Thurstan skipper Thisura Madurappereuma called correctly when the Chief-Guest Rtd Brig Lalith Peris tossed the coin.
The Chief Guest who was instrumental in leading Thurstan for it’s first victory way back in 1965 was conducted by the Thurstan College Western Band in a colourful opening ceremony and the teams then posed for the traditional group photograph.
Isipathana batted for 83 overs in 310 min and scored 254 runs. Captain Dimuth Warapitiya scored stoked filled 96 runs with some crisp drives & cuts on the offside and was unfortunate to miss a well deserved century. He was ably supported by Deshan Jayakumar who scored 63 & was associated with a record breaking partnership for the 5th wicket of 124 runs eclipsing the Isipathana record which stood for 26 years. At one stage Isipathana were struggling at 59 for 4 wickets when Jayakumar was missed in the slips by the Thurstan skipper before he had scored. Warapitiya was also dropped when he was in the 60’s. Feature was that Thurstan off spinner Sachith Dias who came into the match with 92 wickets in the season could not take a wicket on the plumb SSC track. A similar fate befell Isipathana’s champion Left arm Spinner Anusha Samaratunga who came to the big match last year with a record 141 wickets could capture only 1 wicket in both Innings. Simliar fate befell Dias in this year’s match.
Thurstan ended the day with 52 for 1 wicket in the19 remaining overs. But they batted the whole of the morning session of 140 minutes and scored a miserly 58 runs for the loss of another 4 wickets in 28 overs and at lunch were 110 for 5.Soon after averting the follow on Thurstan declared 89 runs behind & threw the match open to Isipathana. But Thurstan batted far too long 300 minutes which was not helped by the slow over rate of Isipathana who bowled only 70 overs.
Remembering last year’s spirited effort by Thurstan snatch victory when they chased 189 runs & fell short by only 14 runs, Isipathana played safe and made a token declaration at 120 for 4 leaving Thurstan to get 209 runs in 13 overs!!
There has been 12 consecutive draws from 1999 and it is high time that the organizers restrict the 1st Innings to 60 overs so that there a chance for side to manufacture a victory as a declaration in the 2nd Innings with less than 2 hours only give the side chasing a chance of victory as it is highly unlikely that a side could take 10 wickets in that time on the plumb SSC track
Thurstan vs Isipathana | ||||||||
48th Cricket Encounter Played at SSC grounds | ||||||||
on February 26th & 27th, 2011 | ||||||||
Isipathana 1st Innings | ||||||||
Nilusha Sasanka [ V.Capt ] ( 59 min, 28 balls, 3-4 ) | c Perera | b Wijewickrama | 15 | |||||
Chenutha Wickramasinghe ( 33 min,18 balls, 1-4 ) | b Wijewickrama | 8 | ||||||
Ravindu Jayawardane ( 5 min, 2 balls ) | Lbw | b Silva | 0 | |||||
Dimuth Warapitiya [ Capt ](213 min,151 balls,1-6,14-4) c Nawaratna | b Perera | 96 | ||||||
Harith Kalindu Wanigarachchi ( 36 min, 23 balls, 1-4) Lbw | b Perera | 11 | ||||||
Deshan Jayakumar ( 184 min, 161 balls,9-4 ) | C and | b Perera | 63 | |||||
Danushka Sandaruwan (2 min,3 balls) | Lbw | b Perera | 0 | |||||
Samitha Sulochana ( 90 min,85 balls,5-4) | st Nawaratna | b Arthavidu | 48 | |||||
Pavan Anjana ( 10 min, 9 balls,) | c Nawaratna | b Arthavidu | 1 | |||||
Bushana Nibanda ( 19 min, 21 balls,) | c Nawaratna | b Arthavidu | 1 | |||||
Charith Rajapaksa ( 23 min, 7 balls ) | Not Out | 0 | ||||||
Extras | b-2,lb-2,nb-6,w-1 | 11 | ||||||
Total | all out | 254 | ||||||
2 3 1 | 5 4 7 6 9 10 8 | 83.4 overs | ||||||
Fall of Wickets | 13, 14 ,33, 59, 183, 189, 214, 217, 229,254 | (310 min) | ||||||
Bowling | O | M | R | W | ||||
R Wijewickrama | 11 | 1 | 52 | 2 | ||||
K Silva | 8 | 2 | 25 | 1 | ||||
R Perera | 25 | 7 | 50 | 4 | ||||
S Dias | 16 | 1 | 58 | 0 | ||||
P Arthavidu | 16.4 | 5 | 30 | 3 | ||||
T Madurapperuma | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
S Wijesinghe | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
S Salgado | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Thurstan 1st Innings | ||||||||
Supun Nawaratna ( 142 min, 92 balls,7-4 ) | c Sasanka | b Wanigarachchi | 49 | |||||
Harith Dias ( 33 min,11 balls,) | c Sulochana | b Rajapaksa | 7 | |||||
Sajeewa Salgado (65 min,52 balls,) | c Anjana | b Nibanda | 8 | |||||
Prabodha Arthavidu [ V. Capt ] ( 82 min,49 balls,2-4 ) Lbw | b Wanigarachchi | 17 | ||||||
Thisura Madurapperuma[Capt] (142 min,92 balls,) c Sasanka | b Wanigarachchi | 28 | ||||||
Ashan Wanigaratna (26 min,2 balls,1-4) | c Sulochana | lbw | b Warapitiya | 6 | ||||
Kaveen Silva ( 20 min, 18 balls) | c Anjana | b Warapitiya | 3 | |||||
Sachith Dias ( 6 min,5 balls ) | lbw | b Warapitiya | 2 | |||||
Ranga Wijewickrama ( 86 min, 57 balls, 3-4 ) | Not Out | 25 | ||||||
Rajitha Perera ( 36 min, 27 balls ) | Not Out | 4 | ||||||
Sachintha Wijesinghe | ||||||||
Extras | b-2,,lb 2, nb 6,w 6, | 16 | ||||||
Total | 8-Dec | 165 | ||||||
2 3 1 4 6 7 8 5 | 70 overs | |||||||
Fall of Wickets | 27, 60, 81, 90, 106, 1110, 112, 148, | (300 min) | ||||||
Bowling | O | M | R | W | ||||
B Nibanda | 12 | 1 | 50 | 1 | ||||
D Sandaruwan | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
C Rajapaksa | 14 | 3 | 24 | 1 | ||||
S Sulochana | 15 | 8 | 20 | 0 | ||||
H Wanigarachchi | 14 | 2 | 24 | 3 | ||||
D Warapitiya | 13 | 2 | 33 | 3 | ||||
Isipthana 2nd Innings | ||||||||
Nilusha Sasanka [ V.Capt} ( 77 min, 72 balls,3-4 ) c Maduarapperuma | b Arthavidu | 39 | ||||||
Chanutha Wickramasinghe ( 79 min,69 balls, 4-4) | b Arthavidu | 29 | ||||||
Danuashka Sandaruwan ( 36 min, 29 balls,1-4) Lbw | b Dias | 10 | ||||||
Dimuth Warapitiya [ Capt} ( 45 min, 31 balls,2-4 ) c S Dias | b Perera | 25 | ||||||
Harith Wanigarachchi ( 15 min, 17 balls, 1-4) | Not Out | 8 | ||||||
Extras | b-5,lb-2,nb-1 w-1 | 9 | ||||||
Total | 4 wkts dec | 120 | ||||||
2 1 3 | 4 | 36.1 overs | ||||||
Fall of Wickets | 72, 73 ,100, 120, | (125 min) | ||||||
Bowling | O | M | R | W | ||||
K Silva | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
R Wijewickrama | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
R Perera | 11.1 | 4 | 27 | 1 | ||||
P Arathavidu | 13 | 2 | 27 | 2 | ||||
S Wijesinghe | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
S Dias | 7 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||||
T Madurapperuma | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
Thurstan 2nd Innings | ||||||||
Supun Nawaratana (47 min,25 balls) ) | Not out | 13 | ||||||
Harith Dias ( 42 min, 26 balls,5-4) | Lbw | Wanigarachchi | 29 | |||||
Sajeewa Salgado ( 4 min, 5 balls,1-4) | 4 | |||||||
Extras | w 1 | 1 | ||||||
Total | 3 wkt | 47 | ||||||
2 | 10 overs | |||||||
Fall of Wickets | 43, | (45 min) | ||||||
Bowling | O | M | R | W | ||||
C Rajapaksa | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||
B Nibanda | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
D Sandaruwan | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
S Sulochana | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
H Wanigarachchi | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||
Man of the Match | Dimuth Warapitiya | |||||||
Best Batsman | Deshan Jayakumar | |||||||
Best Bowler | Rajitha Perera | |||||||
Best Fielder | Nilusha Sasanka | |||||||
Umpires | Lyndon Hannibal & Ravindra Wimalasiri | |||||||