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Birthday boy Manasa shines as Joes savour title
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|April 10, 2025
Speedster Manasa Madubashana celebrated his 19th birthday sharing four wickets each with spinner Yenula Dewthusa as St. Joseph's sealed a comfortable 71 runs victory over Trinity in the Under 19 Division I Tier 'A' Limited Overs tournament final at Surrey Village ground on Wednesday.
Chasing 205 runs to win Trinity's top order batsmen were rattled by Madubashana who took four wickets in a decisive seven over spell. He took wickets in consecutive balls in his second over to trigger a collapse from which Trinity never recovered.
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