St. John’s 181; Jaffna Central 59/2 on day one

Jaffna Central College were 59 for 2 wickets at close of the first day of their 3-day 113th Battle of the North annual cricket encounter against St. John’s College Jaffna at the Jaffna Central College grounds yesterday.

Jaffna Central won the toss and elected to field and dismissed St. John’s for 181 runs in 46.5 overs with Thivendram Dinoshan contributing a valuable 98. Iyalarasan Kamalarasa took 5 wickets for 54 runs and Viyaskanth Vijayakanth took 3 wickets for 43 runs.

The match will be continued today on day two.

St. John’s Jaffna: 181 in 46.5 overs (Thivendram Dinoshan 98, Abinash Murfin 24, Iyalarasan Kamalarasa 5/54, Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 3/43)

Jaffna Central: 59/2 at close in 30 overs (K. Ihlarasan 25 n.o., T. Vinoshan 2/17) - YK