Wesley takes honours in inaugural Cartman Cup encounter

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The inaugural cricket encounter between St. Benedict’s College and Wesley College for the Rev. James Cartman Cup ended in a draw at Kotahena yesterday.

Wesley took the honours in the match scoring 228/9 declared in their first innings and dismissing the Bens for 139. With a first innings lead of 89, Wesley declared their second innings closed at 90/5, leaving the Bens the task of chasing an improbable 180 for victory. The Bens closed on 47/1 in 15 overs to draw the contest.

As no team emerged victorious outright, the Cartman Cup was not awarded to either side.

Malinda Perera, the Benedictine slow left-arm orthodox spinner was named the Man of the Match for his first innings performance of 6/66.

Result:

Wesley 228/9 decl. (59.5) (Sahil Dias 50, Kushan Chamalka 45, Thenuka Perera 42, Sidath Dharmasiriwardana 21, Anudith Wickramasinghe 25*, Malinda Perera 6/66) and 90-5 decl. (27.1) (Semila Liyanage 54, Akindu Karunaratne 4/20) drew with St Benedict’s 139 (56.1) (Ashen de Soysa 23, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 21, Dilan Thabrew 22, Akindu Karunaratne 20, S. Zhakirthan 2/21, Thenuka Perera 3/17, Ravindu Sigera 3/39) and 47/1 (15) (Pasan Suwahas 24, Kaviru Perera 20*)

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