Jayanthan slams ton as St. John’s dominate

By M. Shamil Amit 

St. John’s College Nugegoda dominated proceedings of the drawn 23rd Battle of Sri Jayawardenapura against tradition rivals Ananda Sasthtalaya Kotte which concluded at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday.

The second day’s proceedings saw St. John’s resuming from their overnight score of 258 for 8 going on to make 282 with overnight batsman Jayanthan Abinash reaching his ton, and remaining 115 n.o., hitting 12 boundaries.

Ananda Sastralaya in their turn lost wickets at regular intervals and with no significant partnerships coming their way they were bowled out for 170 runs with Piumal Devranga, who bagged four scalps, doing the damage and the Sastralains made to follow on ended the day on 44 for 1.

Result

St. John’s Nugegoda (258/8 overnight) 282 for 8 declared (Anusara Fernando 70, Lakshitha Lakindu 38, Vochan Lakshan 27, Jayanthan Abinash 115 n.o.: Poshitha Madanayake 2 for 47, Janitha Chathuranga 2 for 62, Charuka Eshan 2 for 71)

Ananda Sastralaya Kotte 170 (Kushith Madushan 44, Janitha Chathuranga 31, Nitheesha Kamalasuriya 29, Nadeem Majeed 29: Piumal Devranga 4 for 27, Anusara Fernando 2 for 18, Obasha Malintha 2 for 47) and 44 for 1 (Nitheesha Kamalasuriya 22 n.o.)