Bens-Wesley Big Match ends in a draw

The inaugural Big Match between Wesley College and St. Benedict’s College played for the Cartman Cup, ended in a draw at Kotahena yesterday.

Wesley scored 228 for nine in their first innings while in the second innings they scored 90 for five wickets declared leaving a target of 179 to their opponents.

St. Benedict’s were bowled out for 139 in the first innings and were 47 for one in the second innings when the match ended.

Chief scores

Wesley: 228/9 decl (Sahil Dias 50, Kushan Chamalka 45, Thenuka Perera 42, Sidath Dharmasiriwardena 21, Anudith Wickramsinghe 25, Malinda Perera 6/66) and 90/5 (Semila Liyanage 54, Akindu Karunaratne 4/20)

St. Benedict’s: 139 (Ashen de Soyza 23, Sharujan Shanmuganathen 21, Dilan Thabrew 22, S. Zhakirthan 2/21, Thenuka Perera 3/17) and 47/1 (Kaviru Perera 20).

 

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