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Peterites regain Fr Peter Pillai Memorial Trophy-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Former St Joseph’s skipper test debutant 19 year old Dunith Wellalage receiving special memento from the two Rectors Rev Fr Rohitha Rodrigo and Rev Fr Ranjith Andradi at the awards ceremony held at SSC. (pix by Dhammika Ratnaweera) Source:Dailynews St. Peter’s College led by all rounder Wanuja Sahan regained the Rev. Fr. Peter Pillai Memorial Trophy after a lapse of five years when they beat arch rivals St. Joseph’s College by 26 runs in their 48th annual Limited Overs Cricket Encounter played at SSC Grounds on Saturday. In fact skipper Wanuja Sahan was the match winner scoring a fluent unbeaten 102 well supported by all rounder Danal Hemananda who scored useful 81 to build up their innings .The pair added 174 runs for the seventh wicket. St Peters in their innings were struggling 61 for 6 at one stage .However Skipper ...

BATTLE OF THE SAINTS AT SSC GROUNDS DECEMBER 13TH & 14TH, 2021 Josephians take honours in drawn 87th Encounter of the “Battle of the Saints”By: Upali Obeyesekere – Josephian-Peterite News Network Due to national commitments, St. Joseph’s missed the services of their star skipper Dunith Wellalage, batsman Shevon Daniel and wicket-keeper batsman Sadeesh Jayawardene, while the Peterites did not receive permission from Sri Lanka Cricket to field all-rounder Wanuja Sahan. Rain also marred play on both days. The 87th Battle of the Saints ended in a tame draw, in favour of St. Joseph’s College. The rain delayed big match was played at SSC grounds on Monday, December 13th & Tuesday, December 14th sans spectators due to Covid-19 protocols. The first innings is restricted to 60 overs which is standard procedure. BRIEF SCORES SJC 261.7 in 60 Overs (Sheran Fonseka 52, Yesith Rupasinghe 57, Hiran Jayasundera 53 not out, Mithira Thenura ...