Thurstan sniff win as Isipathana struggle after day two
Thurstan College kept up the momentum as they continued to dominate proceedings against traditional rivals Isipathana College when play ended on day two in the 63rd Battle of the Brothers big match played at the SSC ground yesterday.
Resuming the day on 39-2 in reply to Isipathana’s first innings total of 159, Thurstan posted 276 runs, which gave them a substantial lead of 117 runs. The innings saw two valuable partnerships. Hirushan Dias and Sethru Fernando shared 62 runs for the fourth wicket before a further 73 runs for the seventh between Rachintha de Silva (71) and Thanuga Palihadawana (29) that helped them to a formidable score.
However, Thurstan ended the day in a strong position reducing Isipathana for 22-2 at stumps after facing 13 overs. Isipathana still has a deficit of 95 runs to erase when the play resume for the final day today with eight wickets in hand.
Rachintha de Silva top scored for Thurstan - Pic by Eshan Fernando
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| Isipathana 1st innings 159 all out (62) (Navindu Umeth 43, Tharun Perera 43, Maleesha Sandaruwan 26; Sethru Fernando 3/32, Thanuga Palihawadana 3/51, Sanvidu Dissanayake 2/6, Nithish Kamalasooriya 2/11) Thurstan 1st innings (39-2 overnight) Nithish Kamalasooriya run out 12 Yohan Senanayake c Dewshan b Maneesha 06 Akhen de Alwis c Senal b Maneesha 08 Hirushan Dias c Sandaruwan b Senal 44 Sethru Fernando run out 36 Janitha Rukshan c Dambakumbura b Maneesha 40 Rachintha de Silva c Senal b Sansira 71 Thanuga Palihawadana c Sansira b Senal 28 Udarsha Nimsara b Senal 06 Yovun Silpa not out 02 Sanvidu Dissanayake run out 00 Extras (b13, lb1, nb2, w7) 23 Total (all out; 78.4 overs) 276 Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-22, 3-39, 4-101, 5-130, 6-138, 7-261, 8-273, 9-273, 10-276 Bowling: Yeshindu Maneesha 16-1-51-3, Thithira Sansira 12.4-1-62-1, Dimuthu Tharuka 9-4-21-0, Maleesha Sandaruwan 8-0-29-0, Dasith Senal 22-6-54-3, Manula Dambakumbura 7-0-33-0, Tharun Perera 5-1-13-0 Isipathana 2nd innings Navindu Umeth not out 03 Tharun Perera c Fernando 04 Thithira Sansira lbw b Palihawadana 01 Kavindu Dewshan not out 10 Extras (b4) 04 Total (2 wickets; 13 overs) 22 Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-12 Bowling: Rachintha de Silva 3-2-1-0, Thanuga Palihawadana 5-1-6-1, Yovun Silpa 1-0-1-0, Sethru Fernando 3-0-3-1, Sanvidu Dissanayake 1-0-7-0 |