Mevan bowls Bens to victory
Left-arm spinner Mevan Dissanayake helped St. Benedict’s College pull off a 46-run win over traditional rivals Wesley College in their annual James Cartman Trophy encounter concluded at the P. Sara Oval yesterday.
Dissanayake concluded with an impressive match haul of 9 for 69, leading St. Benedict’s to their first outright win since the inception of the James Cartman Trophy three years ago. The match was notably low scoring, with no batsmen from either side managing to reach a half century. The highest individual score was 42 by Steve Arshan of St. Benedict’s.
On the second day, Wesley declared at their overnight total of 122 for 8 in response to Bens’ 150. St. Benedict’s struggled in their second innings, losing their top five wickets with only 38 runs on the board. However, they managed to recover with brief partnerships, reaching a total of 110 runs.
Chasing a modest target of 139 runs for victory, Wesley found themselves in trouble at 47 for 5 and failed to recover as Dissanayake and left-arm spinner Vihanga Ratnayake dismantled Wesley’s lower-order batting, dismissing them for just 92 runs.
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| St. Benedict’s 1st innings 150 all out (S. Arshan 42, J. Nandasena 30, S. Shanmuganathan 29: L. Subasinghe 4/40, S. Amarasinghe 4/45) Wesley 1st innings 122 all out (A. Pahansara b Edirisinghe 28, R. Tharanga 21n.o., B. Fernando 20, L. Subasinghe 20; M. DIssanayake 5/43, Y. Edirisinghe 2/38) St. Benedict’s 2nd innings S. Peiris b Perera 13 D. Edirisuriya lbw b S. Amarasinghe 09 J. Nandasena b Perera 04 M. Dissanayake lbw b Perera 01 S. Shanmuganathan c Tharanga b S. Amarasinghe 07 N. Fernando lbw b S. Amarasinghe 18 S. Arshan c Fernando b Perera 1 2 V. Ratnayake not out 20 A. Gajanayake c Tharanga b Perera 08 Y. Edirisinghe c Fernando b Perera 00 N. Jayatileke b Minon 07 Extras (b1, lb7, nb2, w1) 11 Total (all out; 44.2 overs) 110 Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-26, 3-27, 4-38, 5-38, 6-71, 7-71, 8-95, 9-95, 10-110 Bowling: S. Amarasinghe 18-3-54-3, U. Perera 17.5-5/34-6, A. Pahansara 1-0-2-0, L. Subasinghe 6.1-0-10-0, S. Minon 1.2-0-1-1. Wesley 2nd innings K. Amarasinghe lbw b Gajanayake 04 B. Fernando c and b Edirisnghe 18 L. Subasinghe c Shanmuganathan b Gajanayake 12 A. Pahansara lbw b Dissanayake 10 S. Amarasinghe lbw b Edirisinghe 06 L. Senuja not out 18 U. Perera c Arshan b Dissanayake 04 R. Tharanga c Nandasena b Ratnayake 12 S. Minon c Edirisinghe b Ratnayake 00 N. Liyanage c Edirisuriya b Dissanayake 11 G. Sathsara b Dissanayake 00 Extras (w1) 01 Total (all out; 39.2 overs) 92 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-16, 3-44, 4-46, 5-47, 6-54, 7-69, 8-69, 9-82,10-92 Bowling: A. Gajanayake 6-1-28-2, N. Jayatileke 2-1-7-0, Y. Edirisinghe 8-2-20-3, M. Dissanayake 14.2-3-26-4, V. Ratnayake 9-2-11-2 |