Sri Lanka, March 23 -- St Peter's opener, Dilana Samsara, made a fine knock of 103 in 150 balls as St Peters piled up 270 for 9 wickets in 60 overs., St. Joseph's were 91 for 1 wicket in their first innings when bad light stopped play in their 90th Battle of the Saints big match played at SSC grounds yesterday.

St. Peter's, invited to bat first, saw their openers Oween Salgado and Dilana Samsara forge a solid partnership of 108 runs to set a good platform. However, the top-order batsmen struggled to maintain momentum, and at one stage, were 172 for 5 wickets. Skipper Vishan Halambage was unfortunately run out after scoring 8 runs, while key batter Rusanda Gamage, the National Under-19 player, was dismissed for 4 runs. Promising all-round...