Wellalage stars as Josephians outwit Thomians View(s):The Thomian run of success in this year’s tournaments was brought to an unexpected end when the Josephians came up with an stunning performance to defeat them by 53 runs on first innings at the Royal College grounds. Josephians all-rounder Dunith Wellalage produced a brilliant performance with bat and ball to crush Thomians hopes. To begin with he mesmerized the Thomian middle order on his way to bagging 5 for 45 in 15 overs. In fact his 88 runs consumed only 104 balls with the runs coming almost at break-neck speed. Save for skipper Sithara Hapuhinna who made a splendid 117 off 127 balls with 21 fours and a six, the other batsmen notably Ryan Fernando, Ravindu de SIlva and Delon Peiris got starts but failed to go on.

Source: Sunday Times April 12, 2019 14:37 UTC