Sri Lanka Schools: Joes - a well balanced side (12 March 1999)
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12-Mar-1999
12 March 1999
Sri Lanka Schools: Joes - a well balanced side
Chris Dhambarage
St. Joseph's College with a well balanced side will be determined to
prove their all round capabilities when they take on their
traditional rivals St. Peter's College in the 65th 'Battle of the
Saints' cricket encounter on March 12 and 13 at the P. Saravanamuttu
Stadium.
The Joes received a tremendous boost on the eve of their 'Big Match'
by recording their fifth win in the Elephant Lemonade Cup inter
school cricket tournament match against Trinity College. Their
previous victories were against De Mazenod College Kandana, Kingswood
College Kandy, St. Benedict's and Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa.
This was a tremendous performance considering the fact that they were
performing minus one of their star players Ian Daniels who is
currently touring India with the Sri Lanka under 19 team. But the
present outfit is packed with some talented all rounders with skipper
Roshan de Silva leading the way. The medium paceman has captured a
total of 35 wickets and has contributed over 400 runs as a middle
order batsman.
The Josephian bowling attack has always looked penetrative with Ishan
Hettiarachchi, Dinraj Fernando and Anouk de S. Wijeratne all proving
their capabilities. In fact fast bowler Hettiarachchi has a haul of
62 wickets with a best effort of 7 for 7 runs against Mahinda College
Galle.
The Josephian batting line up is spearheaded by opener Johannas
Jayasuriya who has amassed a total of over 620 runs inclusive of five
half centuries. Second year player Dilanka Perera too has crossed the
500 run mark for the season and has three half centuries to his
credit.
The team: Roshan de Silva (captain), Johannas Jayasuriya (vice
captain), Dilan Ramanayake, Ishan Hettiarachchi, Dilanka Perera,
Dinraj Fernando, Dhanuka Pathirana, Anouk de S. Wijeratne, Sanka
Rupasinghe, Glen Perera, Asanga Fernando, Dilshan Perumal, Prageeth
Rajasuriua, Sandakelum Rodrigo, Suren Perera.
Coach: Upali Ahangama.
Master in Charge: John Livera.
Master in Charge: John Livera.
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)