Scintillating tons by Royal College skipper Geeshath Panditharathna and Thiran Dhanapala throttled them to a first innings win against St. Sebastian’s College in their U 19 fixture played at Moratuwa.
Winning the toss, the home team decided to bat first before they made a formidable 253. Tharusha Fernando shined with 66 while Sandaruwan Fernando made 43. For Royal, it was Lasith Embuldeniya who yet again unleashed his nifty spin grabbing 7 for 106.
In an overnight score which stood at 34/2, Royal lost an early wicket at the beginning of Day 2 but in came Geeshath and Thiran who took the responsibility to build the innings. While the captain scored a brilliant knock of an unbeaten 150, Dhanapala braced in with 115 to taking Royal to 371/9.
At close, the St Sebastain’s second innings stood at 91/3.
Chief Scores –
St. Sebastian’s 1st innings – 253 all out (76.5 overs) (Tharusha Fernando 66, Sandaruwan Fernando 43, Praveen Perera 40, Avishka Fernando 35; Lasith Embuldeniya 7 for 106, Charuka Hathurusinghe 2 for 90)
Royal College 1st innings – 371/9 dec. (97 overs) (Geeshath Panditharathna 150*, Thiran Dhanapala 115, Helitha Vithanage 23; Tharusha Fernando 2 for 57, Nimesh Bandara 2 for 88)
St Sebastian’s 1st innings – 91/3 (14.2 overs) (Avishka Fernando 65; Lasith Embuldeniya 3 for 42)
Result – Match Drawn
