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Victory for St. Peter’s College in the 48th Josephian-Peterite One Day Cricket Match!!!

On the 48th, St. Peter’s College managed to win the Josephian-Peterite one-day Cricket match held at the SSC ground in Colombo on 6th August 2022.
St. Peter’s College batted first at the invitation of St. Joseph’s College who won the toss. At the end of the 50 overs, St. Peter’s College scored 245 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Wanuja Sahan Kumara and Danal Hemananda managed to build a huge partnership of 174 runs for the seventh wicket for St. Peter’s College, who was in a very difficult situation with six wickets falling for 61 runs. Wanuja Sahan Kumara scored an unbeaten century and Danal Hemananda scored a half-century. In bowling, Muditha Lakshan took three wickets and Deshan Seneviratne took two wickets for St. Joseph’s College.
Entering the field to chase a huge victory of 246 runs, the first wicket of Joseph College was lost in the opening over but for the second wicket. Sadeesh Jayawardena and Shevon Daniel managed to build a partnership of 147 runs. Peter College’s leading bowlers Wanuja Sahan Kumara, Shenon Rodrigo and Niman Umesh managed to prevent the other batsmen from settling on the pitch after the fall of the second wicket.
Accordingly, at the end of the 50 overs, Joseph’s College was able to score only 219 runs with the loss of nine wickets. Shenon Rodrigo and Niman Umesh took three wickets each and Wanuja Sahan Kumara took two wickets.
Accordingly, St. Peter’s College managed to record a victory of 26 runs in the 48th Josephian-Peterite one-day big match.
St. Peters College 245/8 (50 Ov.)
Wanjula Sahan Kumara 102* (111)
Danal Hemananda 81 (106)
Muditha Lakshan 43/3 (10)
Deshan Seneviratne 45/2 (9)
St. Joseph’s College 219/9 (50 Ov.)
Shevon Daniel 91 (94)
Sadeesh Jayawardena 61 (112)
Shannon Rodrigo 32/3 (10)
Niman Umesh 34/3 (10)
Wanuja Sahan Kumara 50/2 (9)
48 වැනි Josephian-Peterite එක්දින මහා ක්රිකට් තරඟයේ ජය ශාන්ත පීතර විද්යාලයට
48 වන වතාවට අද (6) කොළඹ එස් එස් සී පිටියේ පැවැති Josephian-Peterite එක්දින මහා ටිකට් තරඟයේ ජය වාර්තා කිරීමට ශාන්ත පීතර විද්යාලය සමත්විය.
කාසිය වාසිය ජයග්රහණය කර ශාන්ත ජෝසප් විද්යාලයේ ආරාධනයෙන් ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහර දුන් ශාන්ත පීතර විද්යාලය නියමිත පන්දුවාර 50 අවසානයේදී කඩුළු 8ක් දැවී ලකුණු 245ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත්විය. පන්දුවාර 16ක් අවසානයේදි ලකුණු 61කට කඩුළු හයක් බිදවැටී ඉතාම අසීරු අවස්ථාවක සිටි ශාන්ත පීතර විද්යාලය කණ්ඩායමේ හත්වැනි කඩුල්ලට ලකුණු 174ක දැවැන්ත සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැඟීමට Wanuja Sahan Kumara සහ Danal Hemananda සමත් විය. එහිදී Wanuja Sahan Kumara නොදැවී අගනා ශතකයක් රැස් කිරීමටද Danal Hemananda අර්ධ ශතකයක් වාර්තා කිරීමට ද සමත් විය. පන්දු යැවීමේදී ශාන්ත ජෝසප් විද්යාලය වෙනුවෙන් Muditha Lakshan කඩුළු තුනක් ද Deshan Seneviratne කඩුළු දෙකක් ද දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
ලකුණු 246ක දැවැන්ත ජයග්රහි ඉලක්කයක් හඹා යාමට පිටියට පිවිසි ජෝසප් විද්යාලයේ ප්රථම කඩුල්ල ආරම්භක පන්දුවාරයේදී දැවී ගියද දෙවන කඩුල්ලට පිටියේ එක් වූ Sadeesh Jayawardena
සහ Shevon Daniel ලකුණු 147ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැඟීම සමත්විය. දෙවන කඩුල්ල බිඳ වැටීමෙන් පසු අනෙකුත් පිතිකරුවන්ට පිටියේ ස්ථාවර විමට ඉඩ ලබා නොදීමට පීතර විද්යාලයේ Wanuja Sahan Kumara, Shenon Rodrigo සහ Niman Umesh ප්රමුඛ පන්දු යවන්නන් සමත් විය. ඒ අනුව ජෝසප් විද්යාලයට නියමිත පන්දුවාර 50 අවසානයේදී කඩුළු නමයක් දැවී රැස් කිරීමට හැකි වූයේ ලකුණු 219ක් පමණි. එහිදී Shenon Rodrigo සහ Niman Umesh කඩුළු තුන බැගින් ද Wanuja Sahan Kumara කඩුළු දෙකක් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
ඒ අනුව 48වන වරට පැවැති Josephian-Peterite එක්දින මහා ටිකට් තරඟයෙන් ලකුණු 26ක ජයක් වාර්තා කිරීමට ශාන්ත පීතර විද්යාලය සමත්විය.
St. Peters College 245/8 (50 Ov.)
Wanjula Sahan Kumara 102* (111)
Danal Hemananda 81 (106)
Muditha Lakshan 43/3 (10)
Deshan Seneviratne 45/2 (9)
St. Josephs College 219/9 (50 Ov.)
Shevon Daniel 91 (94)
Sadeesh Jayawardena 61 (112)
Shenon Rodrigo 32/3 (10)
Niman Umesh 34/3 (10)
Wanuja Sahan Kumara 50/2 (9)
48வது ஜோசபியன்-பீற்றரைட் ஒரு நாள் கிரிக்கெட் போட்டியில் புனித பேதுரு கல்லூரிக்கு வெற்றி!!!
48 ஆம் திகதி, 2022 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம் 6 ஆம் திகதி கொழும்பு SSC மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்ற ஜோசபியன்-பீற்றரைட் ஒரு நாள் துடுப்பாட்டப் போட்டியில் புனித பீற்றர் கல்லூரி வெற்றியீட்டியது.
நாணயச் சுழற்சியில் வெற்றி பெற்ற புனித ஜோசப் கல்லூரியின் அழைப்பின் பேரில் புனித பேதுரு கல்லூரி முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடியது. 50 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் புனித பேதுரு கல்லூரி 8 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 245 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது. 61 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு 6 விக்கெட்டுகள் வீழ்ந்து மிகவும் இக்கட்டான நிலையில் இருந்த புனித பேதுரு கல்லூரிக்கு ஏழாவது விக்கெட்டுக்காக வனுஜா சஹன் குமார மற்றும் டனல் ஹேமானந்த ஜோடி 174 ஓட்டங்களின் அபார இணைப்பாட்டத்தை உருவாக்கினர். வனுஜா சஹன் குமார ஆட்டமிழக்காத சதத்தையும், டனல் ஹேமானந்தா அரைசதத்தையும் பெற்றனர். பந்துவீச்சில் புனித ஜோசப் கல்லூரி சார்பாக முதித லக்ஷான் மூன்று விக்கெட்டுக்களையும், தேஷான் செனவிரத்ன இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுக்களையும் கைப்பற்றினர்.
246 ஓட்டங்கள் என்ற அபார வெற்றியை துரத்த களம் இறங்கிய ஜோசப் கல்லூரியின் முதல் விக்கெட்டை ஆரம்ப ஓவரிலேயே இழந்தாலும் இரண்டாவது விக்கெட்டை இழந்தது. சதீஷ் ஜெயவர்த்தனா மற்றும் ஷெவோன் டேனியல் ஜோடி 147 ரன்களின் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை உருவாக்கியது. பீற்றர் கல்லூரியின் முன்னணி பந்துவீச்சாளர்களான வனுஜா சஹன் குமார, ஷெனொன் ரொட்ரிகோ மற்றும் நிமன் உமேஷ் ஆகியோர் இரண்டாவது விக்கெட்டு வீழ்ச்சிக்குப் பின்னர் மற்ற துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்களை ஆடுகளத்தில் நிலைகொள்ள விடாமல் தடுத்தனர்.
அதன்படி 50 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் ஜோசப் கல்லூரியால் 9 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 219 ரன்கள் மட்டுமே எடுக்க முடிந்தது. பந்து வீச்சில் ஷெனான் ரொட்ரிகோ மற்றும் நிமன் உமேஷ் ஆகியோர் தலா 3 விக்கெட்டுகளையும், வனுஜா சஹான் குமார 2 விக்கெட்டுகளையும் கைப்பற்றினர்.
இதன்படி, 48ஆவது ஜோசபியன் – பீற்றரைட் ஒரு நாள் பெருநாள் போட்டியில் புனித பேதுரு கல்லூரி 26 ஓட்டங்களால் வெற்றியைப் பதிவு செய்ய முடிந்தது.
செயின்ட் பீட்டர்ஸ் கல்லூரி 245/8 (50 ஓ.)
வஞ்சுல சஹான் குமார 102* (111)
தனால் ஹேமானந்தா 81 (106)
முதித லக்ஷன் 43/3 (10)
தேஷான் செனவிரத்ன 45/2 (9)
செயின்ட் ஜோசப்ஸ் கல்லூரி 219/9 (50 ஓ.)
ஷெவோன் டேனியல் 91 (94)
சதீஷ் ஜெயவர்தன 61 (112)
ஷெனான் ரோட்ரிகோ 32/3 (10)
நிமான் உமேஷ் 34/3 (10)
வனுஜா சஹான் குமார 50/2 (9)
Football
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✅ U15 Girls
✅ U15 Boys
✅ U20 Girls
✅ U20 Boys
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- U15 Boys: All-Island U14 runners-up out of 462 schools, led by goalkeeper Yash Amarasekara, who was named Best U14 GK in Sri Lanka.
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- U20 Girls: TISSL U20 runners-up, with Fioni Dedhia named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
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👀 Who will come out on top this time? Watch the action LIVE at the link below! 🎥👇
#BigMatch2025 #SchoolFootball #SriLankaFootball #StaffordVsCIS #RivalryRenewed
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Cricket
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