St. Joseph’s College gained major bragging rights at the first-ever three-day Joe-Pete ‘Battle of the Saints’ 91st edition, which concluded yesterday (5) in a thrilling draw at the SSC.

However, the Peterites retained the Rev. Fr. Maurice J. Le Goc Trophy since their last win under Vinu Mohotty in 2016. Former Peterite skipper (1978) Suraj Abayasekera was the Chief Guest at this year’s encounter.

Now the attention will move on to the much-anticipated 51st limited-over encounter for the Rev. Fr. Peter A. Pillai Trophy, to be played on 26 April at the SSC. 

Brief scores 

St. Peter’s 1st innings 243/10 (93.3 ov): (Lashmika Perera 58, Dilana Damsara 44, Asadisa De Silva 38, Maanasa Madubashana 3/77, Nushan Perera 2/50, Yenula Dewthusa 2/58, Demion De Silva 2/48)

St. Joseph’s 1st innings 240/7 (72.3): (Yenula Dewthusa 86, Senuja Wakunugoda 48, Aveesha Samash 32, Joshua Sebastian 4/80, Lashmika Perera 3/64)

St. Peter’s 2nd innings 168/10(54.4): (Nathen David 54, Jason Fernando 45, Enosh Peterson 34, Maanasa Madubashana 5/57, Nushan Perera 2/35, Yenula Dewthusa 2/49)

St. Joseph’s 2nd innings 70/2 (13): (Abishek Jayaweera 31*, Aveesha Samash 20, Yenula Dewthusa 14, Joshua Sebastian 1/31)

Result: Match drawn