Maliyadeva defeat St. Anne’s by innings
Maliyadeva College Kurunegala defeated home town traditional rivals St. Anne’s by an innings and one run in their 31st Battle of the Rocks big match encounter at the Welagedera Stadium in Kurunegala yesterday.
Maliyadeva was well set for the kill when play stopped for lunch as they had the Annites batting the second time struggling on 65 for 4. The Annite batsmen though putting in some resistance was unable to prevent the Devans from securing an innings win as they folded up for 138 falling short by one run.
The morning session of play saw Maliyadeva opting to make a declaration on their overnight score of 264 for 7 which came on the back of a quick fire 116 off 100 balls by Minod Bhanuka and a half ton by Sachintha Peiris. This was in reply to the Annites score of 125.
Minod Bhanuka was adjudged the best batsman and man of the match with Keshan Wijeratne the best bowler and Janith Perera of St Anne’s taking the best fielders prize.
St. Anne’s 125 (Shehan Cooray 48 (Keshan Wijeratne 5 for 28, Damitha Silva 4 for 27) and 138 (Randeera Ranasinghe 38, Manoranga Wickramasinghe 19, Shehan Cooray 18: Sachintha Peiris 2 for 27, Keshan Wijeratne 2 for 32, Damitha Silva 2 for 32)
Maliyadeva 264 for 7 declared (Minod Bhanuka 116, Sachintha Peiris 52. Kusal de Silva 22 n.o.: Mohamed Afsal 2 for 46, Yohan Kalhara 2 for 101) – MSA