St. Peter’s reach 176 for seven wickets

91st Battle of the SaintsElecting to bat first St. Peter’s reached 176 for seven wickets at stumps against St. Joseph’s on day one of the 91st Battle of the Saints Big Match at the SSC ground on Thursday.

After skipper Oween Salgado was given out leg before wicket to paceman Manasa Madubashana in the fifth over of the day, the Petes were cautious in their approach and scored at just over two runs an over to reach stumps with three wickets in hand.The Joes will consider it their day with Nusha Perera and Demion de Silva taking two wickets each to trouble their opponentsOpen bat Dilana Damsara top scored with 44 runs. He faced 94 deliveries for his knock which contained six fours and a six.



ScoresSt. Peter’s176 for seven in 71.4 overs (Dilana Damsara 44, Nathan David 29, Asadisa de Silva 38, Joshua Sebastian 27, Tharin Sanketh 20n.

o.; Nusha Perera 2/29, Demion de Silva 2/47) (RF).