St. Sebastian’s seventh heaven after 13 years
View(s):St. Sebastian’s College emerged victorious against traditional rivals Prince of Wales College with a 4-wicket win in their 74th Battle of the Golds big match concluded at the De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday.
A poor batting performance by the Cambrians in the second innings led to their downfall. Resuming from their overnight score of 139 for 3, the Sebs declared at 288 for 8 on the back of fine half centuries from Adesh Almeida, Tharindu Dilanka, and Vimath Dinsara. This was in reply to the Cambrians’ first innings score of 219 runs.
Batting in the second innings and needing to erase a deficit of 69 runs, the Cambrians were positioned well at 154 for 5. However despite Pasan Cooray’s half-century, they lost their last five wickets for just 10 runs, eventually being bowled out for 164 runs.
This left the Sebs with a run chase of 96 runs. Despite going through some anxious moments, they managed to race to the target, losing six wickets in the process, securing their fourth win of the series, with the last being in 2011.
Scoreboard
Prince of Wales 1st innings 219 all out (60) (Suwas Fernando 52, Oshan de Silva 37, Uneth Peiris 37, Sachira Damian 31, Naveen Fernando 30; Malintha Silva 3/70, Adesh Almeida 2/27, Manuja Chanthuka 2/82)
St. Sebastian’s 1st innings (139/3 o’night)
Janaka Silva c Cooray b Silva 29
Ushen Silva c O de. Silva b Peiris 08
Vimath Dinsara c Jayasooriya b Perera 52
Adesh Almeida b Perera 59
Tharindu Dilanka b N. Fernando 59
Navod Fernando c Cooray b Jayasooriya 13
Manuja Chanthuka b N. Fernando 12
Nadeesh Fernando not out 22
Malintha Silva run out 13
Koshendra Fernando not out 04
Extras (b3, lb9, nb1, w4) 17
Total (8 wickets declared; 60overs) 288
Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-60, 3-139, 4-172, 5-198, 6-235, 7-266, 8-262.
Bowling: Rasindu Fernando 5-1-30-0, Uneth Peiris 11-0-60-1, Achala Perera 15-2-43-2, Naveen Fernando 8-0-49-2, Rusandu Silva 8-0-39-1, Prince Fernando 6-1-24-0, Rivith Jayasooriya 7-1-31-1.
Prince of Wales 2nd innings
Rivith Jayasooriya lbw b Chanthuka 32
Rusandu Silva c Almieda b B. Fernando 03
Suwahas Fernando c Silva b Chanthuka 16
Sachira Damian c Silva b Chanthuka 01
Naveen Fernando run out 00
Pasan Cooray b Silva 58
Oshan de Silva c Dinsara b Silva 42
Uneth Peiris lbw b Chanthuka 00
Achala Perera not out 05
Prince Fernando c Almeida b Chanthuka 04
Rasindu Fernando not out 00
Extras (lb1, w2) 03
Total (all out: 55.3 overs) 164
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-42, 3-44, 4-44, 5-57, 6-154, 7-155, 8-155, 8-`62, 10-164.
Bowling: Manuja Chanthuka 26.3-4-73-6, Malintha Silva 7-3-13-2, Yashin Fernando 4-0-15-1, Nadeesh Fernando 10-1-32-0, Navod Fernando 2-0-12-0, Koshendra Fernando 3-1-8-0, Vimath Dinsara 1-0-7-0, Adesh Almeida 2-0-3-0.
St. Sebastian’s 2nd innings (Target 96)
Janaka Silva b Peiris 00
Ushen Silva b Fernando 02
Vimath Dinsara b Perera 18
Adesh Almeida b Peiris 26
Manuja Chanthuka lbw b Perera 06
Tharindu Dilanka not out 13
Navod Fernando c Fernando b Peiris 16
Extras (b6, lb1, w2, p5) 14
Total (6 wickets; 14.4 overs) 96
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-11, 3-52, 4-60, 5-62, 6-86.
Bowling: Uneth Peiris 6-0-31-3, Rasindu Fernando 2.4-0-14-1, Rivith Jayasooriya 2-0-17-0, Achala Perera 4-0-22-2