The 64th Battle of the Golds encounter between Prince of Wales and St. Sebastian’s ended in a tame draw at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday. However the second day’s play belonged to left-arm spinner Lahiru Heshan who ended with a four wicket haul helping his side to restrict Prince of Wales, who was in [...]

 

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Another tame draw at Moratuwa

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The 64th Battle of the Golds encounter between Prince of Wales and St. Sebastian’s ended in a tame draw at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa

Sri Lanka Under-19 skipper Kusal Mendis top scored with 89 runs for Prince of Wales’ against St. Sebastian’s - Pic by Ranjith Perera

yesterday.

However the second day’s play belonged to left-arm spinner Lahiru Heshan who ended with a four wicket haul helping his side to restrict Prince of Wales, who was in a strong position of 156 for 3, to score 221 in reply to St. Sebastian’s score of 220 made on day one.
Overnight batsman Kusal Mendis who was unbeaten on 80 was able to add only another nine runs before becoming the first Cambrian batsman to fall for the day with the score on 176 for 4.

The Cambrians late order batting had little to offer as they put the Sebs bowlers on top. From a healthy position of 176 for 3 they collapsed, losing six wickets for the addition of only 45 runs, as they slid to 221 for 9 before making a declaration.

Lahiru’s four wickets at a cost of 48 runs were instrumental in the Sebs come back to the game. With just two sessions of play remaining for the day, after the Cambrians made the declaration, the outcome of a draw was inevitable.

Scoreboard

St. Sebastian’s 1st innings 220 (Avishka Fernando 47, Sangeeth Cooray 43, Anuk Fernando 36, Muditha Fernando 32, Sachintha Fonseka 20; Thilan Nimesh 4 for 41, Sachith Pushpakumara 2 for 23)
Prince of Wales 1st innings (156/3 overnight)
Shanuka Dulaj c Fonseka b S. Fernando 04
Gayan Chamara lbw b Heshan 43
Kusal Mendis c Cooray b A. Fernando 89
Ashen Mendis b Cooray 19
Suchira Fernando c Fonseka b Moraes 14
Chrishen Aponso c A. Fernando b Heshan 22
Hasitha Lanka run out 04
Senal de Silva c Cooray b Heshan 06
Sachith Pushpakumara not out 11
Jayanga Peiris c Fonseka b Heshan 00
Extras (lb1, nb4, w4 09
Total (9 wickets: 57overs declared) 221
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-105, 3-152, 4-176, 5-178, 6-186, 7-210, 8-213, 9-221.
Bowling: Anuk Fernando 15-0-62-1, Shan Fernando 4-0-19-1, Kusal Thilina 2-0-11-0, Lahiru Heshan 13.1-2-48-4, Umeshka Moraes 15-2-52-1, Isuru Mendis 2-0-11-0, Sangeeth Cooray 6-0-17-1.
St. Sebastian’s 2nd innings
Sangeeth Cooray c Aponso b Chamara 09
Luke Jayadeva c Aponso b Chamara 04
Muditha Fernando c Chamara b Peiris 09
Avishka Fernando lbw b Nimesh 36
Kusal Thilina b Nimesh 42
Anuk Fernando lbw b Mendis 15
Shan Fernando c Aponso b Pushpakumara 39
Sachintha Fonseka c Fernando b Nimesh 15
Umeshka Morais run out 12
Isuru Mendis lbw b Nimesh 27
Lahiru Heshan not out 06
Extras (b2, nb4, w1) 07
Total (all out: 78 overs) 221
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-15, 3-50, 4-74, 5-106, 6-133, 7-173, 8-175, 9-193.
Bowling: Thilan Nimesh 36-5-91-4, Sachith Pushpakumara 7-2-10-1, Gayan Chamara 4-0-8-2, Jayanga Peiris 16-2-60-1, Senal de Silva 2-0-8-0, Shanuka Dulaj 5-1-19-0, Kusal Mendis 4-0-10-1, Ashen Mendis 5-1-13-0.
Prince of Wales’ 2nd innings
Kusal Mendis c Jeyadeva b Morais 28
Shanuka Dulaj not out 02
Hasitha Lanka c Cooray b Morais 00
Gayan Chamara not out 02
Extras: 00
Total (2 wickets: 3 overs) 32
Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-29
Bowling: Lahiru Heshan 1-0-28-0, Umeshka Morais 1-0-3-2, Muditha Fernando 1-0-1-0.

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