Old Royalists from Down Under on Lankan tour
View(s):A combined team of Old Royalists and Friend from Australia is on a cricket tour of Sri Lanka at present. So far they have played three matches against Maris Stella, Foundation of Goodness, Seenigama and the Colombo Masters Cricket Association.
Marist Stella was captained by former Sri Lanka First Class Cricketer Wendell Labrooy. The Foundation of Goodness Combined Team was captained by Anura De Silva.
Chief Guest for the game against the Colombo Masters was the 1971 Royal College Cricket Captain Jagath Fernando who was introduced to the two teams at the start of the game.
Following are the results
- Vs Marist Stella Old Boys at Negombo
Old Royalists and Friends 88 for 9 off 20 overs (Radesh Rajaratnam 21; Lalin Anthony 2/6, Kasun Fernando 2/3)
Maris Stella 89 for 6 in 13 overs (Vinod Fernando 25rtd, Niluk Fernando 15rtd, Viraj Jayasundera 17rtd; G. Skandakumar 2/19)
- Vs Foundation of Goodness Combined Team at Maggona
Old Royalists and Friends 148 for 7 in 30 overs (G. Skandakumar 23, Kingsley Rajaratnam 27rtd, Stanley Jayanthakumar 25rtd, Janaka Subasinghe 25n.o; Chikary 4/29)
FOG 78 (Sathya 27, Nadeesha 16; Rajan Sivarajah 2/5, Stanley Jayanthakumar 2/8)
- Vs Colombo Masters Cricket Association at the Oval
CMCA 177 all out in 35 overs (Nalliah Devarajan 30rtd, Amitha Abeynayake 30rtd, Sisila Indraratne 33n.o; Gane Sanmugaratnam 2/23, G. Skandakumar 2/16, Stanley Jayanthakumar 2/34, Rajan Sivarajah 2/22)
Old Royalists and Friends 172 for 8 in 35 overs (Prasanna Kariyawasam 31rtd, G. Skandakumar 28, Kingsley Rajaratnam 23)
- VS St. Anthony’s College Old Boys at Katugastota
Old Royalists and Friends 134 (Janaka Subasinghe 26rtd, Kingsley Rajasingham 25rtd; Muthalip 4/5)
SAC 135 for 8 in 21 0vers (Siriwardena 25rtd, Muthalip 26 rtd; Kingsley Rajasingham 2/38)