Seven wicket win for Revatha
The 54th Pasdun Korale encounter between Ananda Sastralaya Matugama and home town rivals St. Mary’s Matugama played at Matugama too ended in a tame draw yesterday.
St. Thomas’ Kotte and Sri Jayawardenapura MV Kotte too figured in a draw in their 40th Battle of Kotte big match concluded at Braybrooke Place yesterday.
Revatha MMV Balapitiya recorded a seven wicket win over traditional rivals Siddhartha MMV Balapitiya in the 31st Battle of Heroes which ended at Balapitiya yesterday.
Revatha MMV had set themselves to record an outright win when play stopped for lunch on day two as they had Siddhartha MMV struggling for survival on 72 for 5 before bowling them out for 198 and then raced to the target of 41 runs with ease.
The 21st Battle of Sri Jayawardenapura big match between St. John’s Nugegoda and Ananda Sastralaya Kotte played at Kotte and the 13th Golden Battle of Uva between St Joseph’s Bandarawela and Bandarawela Central played at Bandarawela too ended in draws. – MSA
| Scores: At Matugama: 54th Pasdun Korale encounter drawn Ananda Sastralaya Matugama (123/7 overnight) 179 (Ravindu Chanuka 43, Vidura Mathika 33: Chamindu Imesh 3 for 28, Dasun Tharuka 3 for 31, Vijitha Maduranga 2 for 25) and 126 for 2 (Supun Geethika 57, Vidura Manthila 32) At Braybrooke Place: 40th Battle of Kotte drawn Sri Jayawardenapura NV Kotte 113 (Dushan Perera 35: Nadeesh Bandara 4 for 11, Kaveesh Samaraweera 3 for 29) and 187 for 8 (Chamod Supun 43, Dushan Perera 100 n.o.: Kaveesh Samaraweera 3 for 34, Charuka Dilshan 2 for 16, Reshan Williams 2 for 21) St. Thomas’ Kotte (120/7 overnight) 187 (Aruthusha Manula 57, Nadeesh Bandara 33, Deshan Perera 21, Malindu Perera 33 n.o.: Dushan Perera 3 for 29, Anushka Sathsara 3 for 38, Sampath Nissanka 2 for 66) At Balapitiya: Revatha beat Siddhartha by 7 wickets to win 31st Battle of Heroes Revatha MMV Balapitiya (229/6 overnight) 245 (Ramesh Madushan 75, Dimuthu Kumara 53, Avishka Dilshan 45, Aminda Tehan 30: Ushan Randika 5 for 39, Dharshana Pushpakumara 2 for 36) and 44 for 3 (Shehan Hansika 32 n.o.) At Kotte: 21st Battle of Sri Jayawardenapura drawn At Bandarawela: 13th Golden Battle of Uva drawn Bandarawela Central (147/4 overnight) 225 (Ruchira Ayodya 52, Heshan Ratnayake 35, Uditha Bandara 25, Charitha Basnayake 20: Ayesha Lakmal 5 for 42, Kaushan Sasanka 4 for 60) and 114 for 7 (Hasarel Nayanajith 28: Aysha Lakmal 5 for 44) |