Old Royalists fall short by eight runs
View(s):Playing their penultimate match of their tour against the old boys of St. Anthony’s, Katugastota, the 50 year old Royalists and Friends from Australia fell short of beating the home side by just eight runs. Electing to bat after winning the toss, the home side posted 151 runs in their quota of 20 overs.
The visitors in their turn made a very spirited reply but fell short by eight runs scoring 144.
St. Anthony’s OBA 151 in 20 overs (Zamique Muthalib 28, Suresh Peiris 27, Thiyar Mohamed 25, Sam Lawton 1 for 17, Lasantha Peiris 1 for 20)
Old Royalists and Friends 144 (Selva Selvanayagam 31 n.o., Ray Ramanan 17, Rajkumar Karunairatnam 16, J.P. Jeyapalan 14, Shaan Hing 14, Ranjit Peiris 2 for 15) (BM)
 The teams pose for an informal photograph. |
 A representative from St. Anthony’s Old Boys receiving a gift from the Old Royalists and Friends. |
 Just after the all-important toss |