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The Serasinghe-Perera connection
All rounders Oshadee Serasinghe and Arosha Perera shone in the drawn encounter of the 30th Battle of Kotte between St Thomas’ Kotte and Sri Jayawardenapura MMV concluded at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday. But the Thomians on virtue of a first innings win regained the Dr. G.M. Perera trophy which was on offer.

The match belonged to Oshadee Serasinghe who followed his 7 for 17 in the first innings of SJMV to hit a 51 and was supported by Arosha Perera who hit a blazing 103 in 138 balls with 11 boundaries and a six to give St. Thomas' Kotte a first innings score of 275 all out in reply to SJMV's score of 95. Serasinghe and Perera and added a valuable 96 runs for the seventh wicket which helped the Thomians to make this score from their overnight score of 149 for 6.

SJMV batting the second time were 179 for 2 with Kanishka Perera and Damith Ananda making 82 n.o. and 58 n.o. Ananda also claimed five wickets for 52. Sri Jayawardenapura MMV 95 (Oshadee Serasinghe 7 for 17) and 179 for 2 (Udith Liyanage 20, Kanishka Liyanage 82 n.o., Damith Ananda 58 n.o.)

St Thomas 275 (Arosha Perera 103, Oshadee Serasinghe 51, Sanjaya Samarasinghe 28, Dileepa Tennekoon 18, Suren Indrajith 38.; Damith Ananda 5 for 34, Thila Premanath 2 for 52)

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