Wijerama and De Silva save the day for St. Servatius at 121st Ruhuna Battle of the Blues

By P.D. De Silva

Kushan Wijerama scored 70 runs to help St. Servatius reach a respectable first innings score

A 103-run eighth wicket stand between Kushan Wijerama and Madushan de Silva helped St. Servatius College recover from an unhealthy 117/7 to end their first innings on a respectable 253 on the first day of the 121st Ruhuna Battle of the

Blues. The three-day encounter between St. Servatius College and St. Thomas College – Matara is being played sans spectators at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium – Sooriyawewa, adhering to health guidelines.

Wijerama's 70 was scored off 143 balls with eight boundaries, while de Silva scored a patient 38 off 109 balls with two boundaries and a six.

St. Thomas elected to field first in the three-day encounter and Hirusha Jeewadith drew first blood, capturing three quick wickets to have the Servatians tottering on 20/3, after which Sineth Disanayake

captured two more wickets to have them on 53/5 in 24.3 overs. However, a 63-run sixth wicket partnership between Thaush Damindu and Vishwa Supun took them to 116/6.The Servatians lost their seventh wicket at 117, after which Wijerama and de Silva steadied the ship. 

The Thomians were 1/0 at stumps

Scorecard

St. Servatius 253 (94.5) (Diniru Abeywickremasinghe 31, Thaush Damindu 38, Vishwa Supun 20, Kushan

Wijerama 70, Madushan de Silva 38, Hirusha Jeewadith 3/25, Sineth Disanayake 3/82, Senura Perera 2/37, Harindu Jayasekera 2/25) St. Thomas 1/0 (1)