51st Battle of Pasdunkorale
Ananda Sasthralaya Matugama dominated the drawn 51st Battle of the Pasdunkorale big match against traditional rivals St Mary’s Matugama which ended at St Mary’s ground in Matugama yesterday. The Sastralians resuming on their overnight score of 174 for 8 added a further 20 runs to end their innings making 194 and in reply the Marians in their turn was able to make a score of only 132.
Ananda Sasthralaya Matugama (174/8 overnight) 194 (Tharaka Madhuwantha 86, Damith Jayasinghe 27, Manjuka Kumara 23: Kushan Chathuranga 4 for 58, Dinethra Malshan 3 for 42, Kavishka Wickramasinghe 2 for 53) and 127 for 4 declared (Sandaruwan Ekanayake 45, Tharaka Madhuwantha 36 n.o., Manjuka Kumara 32 n.o.)
St. Mary’s Matugama 132 (Kavishka Wickramasinghe 70: Tharaka Maduwantha 6 for 36, Kumara Edirisinghe 2 for 14) and 86 for 4 (Nipun Maddumage 30, Dinusha Madhusanka 23 n.o., Praveen Madhusanka 20 n.o.: Umesh Kaushan 2 for 8, Kumara Edirisinghe 2 for 24) -MSA