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123rd Battle of the Blues Matara

Ochintha and Thisan take day one honours at Uyanwatta

Thisan Dewmith
Thisan Dewmith

Ochintha Chamika scored 79 runs off 231 balls and Thisan Dewmith captured four wickets to take first days honours of the 123rd edition of Battle of the Blues at the Uyanwatta Stadium Matara on Friday.

Invited to bat first the Matara Thomians were more intent on playing for a draw.

They scored 38 runs for the loss of one wicket in the first session (27 overs) and 71 runs for the loss of three wickets in the post lunch session (28 overs) and were 193/7 at stumps on day one.

Brief scores:

St. Thomas 193/7 in 88 overs (Ochintha Chamika 79, Pesandu Sanjan 35 ; Viran Chamuditha 1-26, Kusha Wijerama 2-36, Thisan Dewmith 4-38)

 


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