Jaffna boy now a Joe wrecks Peterites

The Peterites batting the second time found Akash too hot to handle and were struggling on 59 for 5. They never recovered and lost their remaining five wickets for the addition of just 20 being bowled out for 79 

By M. Shamil Amit

Right arm spinner Vigneswaran Akash wrecked the batting of St Peter’s College in the second innings with an eight wicket haul to give St Joseph’s College the edge when play ended on day two in the Under 19 Division 1A quarter final encounter played at the Army ground in Kuruwita.

Akash learnt his cricket at Hartley College in Jaffna and crossed over to St. Joseph’s College this season.

St Peter’s were bowled out for their overnight score of 204 and St Joseph’s in their turn underwent some anxious moments but managed to end their innings with a score of 187.

The Peterites batting the second time found Akash too hot to handle and were struggling on 59 for 5. They never recovered and lost their remaining five wickets for the addition of just 20 being bowled out for 79.

The Joes set a target of 97 runs for victory too underwent some anxious moments as they lost two wickets in the two overs that they faced to end the day on 3 for 2 and need a further 94 runs when play gets underway on the final day today.

Scores:

St Peter’s (204/9 overnight) 204 (Jason Fernando 37, Savi Fernando 34, Dineth de Silva 33, Sadeesha Silva 24, Sanketh 19, Evan Rodrigo 17, Dimalsha Jayawardena 19 n.o.: Vishwa Peiris 6/54, Vigneswaran Akash 3/66) and 79 (Jason Fernando 25: Vigneswaran Akash 8/21, Vishwa Peiris 2/37)

St Joseph’s 187 (Dilpa Maduranga 38, Yenula Dantanarayana 29, Nushan Perera 27, Chethina Kavinda 18: Sadeesha Silva 4/52, Evan Rodrigo 2/12, Janith Panditharatne 2/60) and 3 for 2