Jaffna Central College scored 43 runs for one wicket against St. John’s College Jaffna on day one in the “112th Battle of the North” annual cricket encounter played at Jaffna Central College grounds yesterday.
Jaffna Central won the toss and elected to field. St. John’s bowled out for 217 runs in 77.1 overs. Devadas Sheropan scored 65 runs and Alshan Dinushan scored 31 runs. Theivendram Dinoshan scored 28 runs. Viyakanth Viyaskanth took 4 wickets for 41 runs and Sivalingam Tasoban took 3 wickets for 34 runs.
Match will be continued today (9) for day two.
St. John’s Jaffna: 217 in 77.1 overs (Devadas Sheropan 65, Alshan Dinushan 31, Theivendram Dinoshan 28, Naganthirajah Saumyan 22, Joel Praveen 21, Viyakanth Viyaskanth 4/41, Sivalingam Tasoban 3/34)
Jaffna Central College: 43/1 in 16 overs (Antondayas Jeyadarshan 16 n.o.). YK
Sri Lanka’s National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel, will be the Principal Sponsor of Sri Lanka’s third oldest school big match, ‘Battle of the North’ 112th cricket encounter’ which is to be worked off from today to March 10 (March 8, 9, 10) in Jaffna.
The limited over match between the two schools will be worked off on March 17. The joint organizing committee of Jaffna Central College and St. John’s College, Jaffna organized the historical event.
This annual sporting encounter between the two leading colleges in Jaffna is eagerly anticipated by students, past pupils, teachers and cricket fans in the Northern region.
Mobitel is committed to enable youth, sharing equal opportunities regardless of social, geographical, religious and cultural differences and supporting this legendary big match encounter is just a pledge of their commitment towards that goal.
Mobitel has come forward to sponsor an array of sporting encounters island-wide empowering generations to sharpen their sporting talent.
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