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105th Hill Country Battle of the Blues ends in draw

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Manula Kularathne, captain of Trinity College (left), and Thisara Ekanayake, skipper of St. Anthony's College hold the Hon. John Halangoda Memorial Trophy that was presented by C.I. Fernando – Chief Guest, captain of the 1988 Trinity team and Dr. Romesh Ranawana - Group Chief Analytics and AI Officer, Dialog Axiata PLC. after their 105th big match ended in a draw at the Asgiriya Cricket Ground on Saturday. Also in the picture are (from left) Gihan Samarasekara - Director of Sports, Trinity College, Kandy, Rev Fr. Araliya Jayasundara – Principal, Trinity College, Kandy (left), Rev. Father Henry Bernard Wijerathne – Principal, St. Anthony's College, Kandy (right).

The 105th Hill Country Battle of the Blues between St. Anthony’s and Trinity ended in a draw at the Asgiriya Stadium on Saturday.

In reply to St. Anthony’s 249 runs, Trinity reached 232 for nine wickets at close on the final day.

Scores:

St. Anthony’s

249 all out in 89 overs (Thisara Ekanayake 63, Kaushika Kumarasinghe 32, Janith Rathnasiri 59; Manula Kularatne 2/68, Dinuka Tennakoon 2/43, Vathila Udara 2/33, Supun Waduge 2/14)

Trinity

232 for 9 in 96 overs (Viduka Dhammage 70, Dimantha Mahavithana 39, Manula Kularatne 36, Dinusha Peiris 21; Bimash Vidudaya 3/30, Kaveesha Piyumal 2/60)

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