Sharujan helps Bens take honours with double ton

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Benedictine skipper Shan Shanmuganathan celebrates his double century

Sri Lanka Under-19 cricketer and St. Benedict’s College Captain Sharujan Shanmuganathan hammered an unbeaten double century – his best batting performance in the school circuit to propel St. Benedict’s to their highest total of the season in the Under-19 traditional school cricket encounter against St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya at Kotahena.

Shanmuganathan hit 17 fours and 8 sixes in his innings of 202* which came off 183 balls. His knock powered the home team to 410-7 declared in reply to the Peterites total of 378. He reached his century off 107 balls and took a further 49 balls to get to 150. The last 50 of his double century took just 27 balls.

The Bens have been struggling the whole season and had to play the relegation league before retaining their place in the top tier of the Under 19 Division I tournament. On such a backdrop their performance was a huge turnaround as they earned first innings honours against the Peterites.

Scores:

St. Peter’s 378 (Oween Salgado 70, Dilana Damsara 54, Jason Fernando 64, Enosh Peterson 65, Thareen Sanketh 34, Lashmika Perera 28, Virul Amarapala 23, Hashen Olagama 2/55, Mewan Dissanayake 5/57) and 22-2.

St. Benedict’s 410-7 decl. (Didula Edirisuriya 32, Janindu Nandasena 115, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 202*, Mewan Dissanayake 20, Trishen Silva 27; Lashmika Perera 2/83)