Royal-Thomian mini battle  Right-arm leg-spinner Harith Samarasinghe impressed with a match bag of 12 wickets for Royal College in their annual mini cricket battle against traditional rivals S. Thomas’ College which ended in a draw at Reid Avenue yesterday. Samarasinghe took eight Thomian scalps in the first innings and followed up to bag another four [...]

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Royal-Thomian mini battle 

Right-arm leg-spinner Harith Samarasinghe impressed with a match bag of 12 wickets for Royal College in their annual mini cricket battle against traditional rivals S. Thomas’ College which ended in a draw at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Samarasinghe took eight Thomian scalps in the first innings and followed up to bag another four in the second innings as the Mt. Lavinia boys forced the 2nd XI annual encounter to a draw.
In reply to Royal’s first innings total of 292 for 9, the Thomians resumed from their overnight score of 81 for 2 only to be skittled out for 155 with Samarasinghe doing bulk of the damage. Dileeka Herath played a stubborn knock to remain unbeaten on 66 but could not avert the follow on. Batting for the second time, S. Thomas’ played positively to end the day at 294 for 9 wickets to end the game in a draw. Sachitha Jayatilleke top scored with 87 while Samarasinghe added four more wickets to his match tally. Geeshan Panditharatne claimed three wickets while Sandev Pathirana took two.
On the first day, Royal declared at 292 for 9 with Chaminda Dias hitting an elegant knock of 112, followed by an unbeaten knock of 69 from Lakshan Gajaba.
Royal 292 for 9 wickets (63.3) (Sampath de Silva 23, Chaminda Dias 112, Kavinda Malavige 31, Lakshan Gajaba 69n.o, Nimesh Fernando 4/66, Danush Peiris 2/32)
S. Thomas’ 155 all out (62.2) (Dileeka Herath 66n.o, Dilum Fernando 27, Harith Samarasinghe 8/45) and 294 for 9 wickets (77) (Dilendra Gunatilleke 36, Usman Ishak 26, Sachitha Jayatilleke 87, Danush Peiris 36, Kulunu Rodrigo 25n.o, Riahn Pieris 22n.o, Harith Samarasinghe 4/98, Geeshan Panditharatne 3/46, Sandev Pathirana 2/35)




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