Royal College Colombo pulled off a thrilling 2 run win over Richmond College Galle in their under 15 division one quarterfinal played at the Moors grounds. Richmond was last year’s joint runners up.
Royal batting first were in dire straits with 5wickets down for 30 runs with right arm offie Charith Asalanka taking 4 for 27. Wicket keeper batsman Thiran Dhanapala scored 56 but Royal were all out for 141 in 43.3 overs.
The Richmond innings was reduced to 36 overs with a victory target of 129. Requiring 8 to win in the last over they only got 5.
Royal 141 all out in 43.3overs- (Thiran Dhanapala 56- Chamika Karunarathne 17, Umesh Sooriyahewa 13, Lasith Embuldeniya 13; Charith Asalanka 4/27, Thilanka Wijeratne 2/7, Wanida de Silva 2/41,
Richmond 126/7 in 36overs. (Pasindu Gunarathna 43. B H Hirasha 14, Buddhika Arasakulerathna2/18, Chamika Karunarathne 2/24) |
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