Right-arm spinner Arulseelam Kavishan bagged five scalps as St. John’s College Jaffna dominated proceedings against the traditional rivals Jaffna Central College on day one of the 117th Battle of the North Big Match played at the Jaffna Central Grounds today.

Chief scores 

• Jaffna Central: 157 (Shakadevan Sayanthan 55, Anjithkumar Newton 24, Sathakaran Similtan 22, Arulseelam Kavishan 5/34, Kugathas Mathulan 3/52)
• St. John’s: 109/2 (Uthayanan Abijoyshanth 39, Anderson Sachin 36 n.o, Mahendran Kinthushan 22 n.o). MSA