The 105th Battles of the Blues in Kandy between St. Anthony’s College and Trinity College ended in a drab draw at Asgiriya yesterday. Having resumed day two on 232 for the loss of nine wickets, St. Anthony’s were bowled out for 249 facing 89 overs with Thisara Ekanayake making a top score of 63. Trinity, [...]

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Captains Manula Karunaratne (Trinity) and Thisara Ekanayake (St. Anthony's) receiving the Hon. John Halangoda Memorial Trophy from Chief Guest C.I. Fernando

The 105th Battles of the Blues in Kandy between St. Anthony’s College and Trinity College ended in a drab draw at Asgiriya yesterday. Having resumed day two on 232 for the loss of nine wickets, St. Anthony’s were bowled out for 249 facing 89 overs with Thisara Ekanayake making a top score of 63.

Trinity, in reply, batted 96 overs scoring 232 for 9 with opener Viduka Dhammage scoring 70–the only half century in their innings.

brief scores
  •   St. Anthony’s 249 all out (89)

(Thisara Ekanayake 63, Janith Ratnasiri 59, Kaushika Kumarasinghe 32; Supun Waduge 2/14, Vathila Udara 2/33, Dinuka Tennekoon 2/43, Manula Kularatne 2/68)

  •   Trinity 232 for 9 wickets (96) at close (Viduka Dhammage 70, Dimantha Mahavithana 39, Manula Kularatne 26, Dinusha Peiris 21; Bimash Vidudaya 3/30, Kaveesha Piyumal 2/60)

 

 

 

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