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THURSTAN – ISIPATHANA 48TH BIG MATCH

 

 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    
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