The 74th traditional cricket match between ๐ฆ๐. ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ. ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐’ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ began yesterday (16th Apr) at the Thomian Grounds at Mount Lavinia.
The ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป skipper called correct where the toss was concerned, had no hesitation in batting first and scored ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ/๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ต.๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, at which point the declaration came.
The ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ for the Peterites were: ๐ก๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐จ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต 2/35; ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป 2/41; ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ 2/80; ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ 1/29.
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ began disastrously losing their first 2 wickets with nothing on the board but ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐๐ฒ on 30 n.o. and ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ on 21 n.o. brought the scored to ๐ฑ๐ญ/๐ฎ (in 12 overs) at stumps.
Continuing today (17th April), the ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ scored an impressive ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ด/๐ฑ (๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ.) in 80.2 overs, with a ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ from the skipper, ๐ก๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฎ.
The Thomians did not fare well in their 2nd innings and were 59/6 at the close.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐: ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ป.
