Trinity’s Nethumal 10/45 but match ends in a draw
View(s):The 125th encounter between Trinity and Royal at Asgiriya ended in a draw. But it was a draw with a difference.
Trinity’s hero was left armer Vimukthi Nethumal who ended with match figures of 10 for 45. The pitch seemed to be made to order for left armers, as Royal’s Manula Perera also ended up with a bag of 7 for 62.
Royal disappointed on one day one, totaling only 149. Trinity who has a lot of batting obtained a 24 run lead.
Royal’s top-order exacted revenge from the Trinity attack by rushing to 213 for 5. Madarasinghe got his second sixty of the match, while Gayan Dissanaike and Bhagya Dissanayake made runs attractively.
To enhance their second day performance, Royal declared and hit back at the home team to have them at 32 for 4.
Royal 149 in 55 overs (Bhagya Dissanaike 30, Kavindu Madarasinghe 60, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 30, Vimukthi Nethumal 7 for 57, Rushmika Dilshan 2 for 18) and 213 for 6 dec in 65.4 overs (Gayan Dissanayake 69, Bhagya Dissanaike 40, Kavindu Madarasinghe 67, Kamil Mishra 14, Thevindu Senaratne 15, Thevendu Senaratne 15, Vimukthi Nethumal 3 for 88, Ruvin Pieris 2 for 14).
Trinity 173 in 54.4 overs (Hasitha Boyagoda 24, Hasintha Jayasuriya 21, Pubudu Bandara 19, Abishek Ananda Kumar 15, Avishka Senadheera 15, Trevor Percival 25, Ruvin Pieris 18, Kavishka Senadheera 13, Manula Perera 5 for 49, Lahiru Madusanka 2 for 15) and 32 for 4 in 13 overs (Manula Perera 2 for 13)
– A.K