St. Joseph’s skipper and spinner Dunith Wellalage, made the most of their drawn traditional cricket encounter against Royal College with five wickets and a face-saving 71 at Darley Road yesterday.
The Joes in their second essay, ended the encounter on 107 for three with a lead of 108 as Sheran Fonseka, their wicket-keeper batsman top-scored with 52 not out.
Royal in their first innings were given a flying start, courtesy of their openers who put on 64 before the host team captain Dunith Wellalage, made the first inroad sending back Ashen Gamage for 45.
But Isiwara Dissanayake held the innings together to make an unbeaten 102 off 299 balls.
For the Reid Avenue bowlers, it was the seam-spin combination of Sonal Amarasekara and Gishan Balasooriya, the pick of the bowlers, sharing six wickets between them.
Scores:
St. Joseph’s 210 (D Wellalage 71) and 107 for 3 (Sheran Fonseka 52 n,o)
Royal 209 for 8 (Isiwara Dissanayake 102 n.o., Ashen Gamage 45, Dunith Wellalage 5 for 71) (PS)