Royal dominated proceedings against traditional rivals in the Mini Battle which ended in a draw at Reid Avenue yesterday. Royal, aided by half-centuries from Geeshan Perera, Hirun Matheesha, Nethwin Dharmaratne, and Khalid Rahimdeen, continued from their overnight score of 50 for 1 to post a formidable total of 295 for 5 declared. This is in [...]

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Royal dominated proceedings against traditional rivals in the Mini Battle which ended in a draw at Reid Avenue yesterday. Royal, aided by half-centuries from Geeshan Perera, Hirun Matheesha, Nethwin Dharmaratne, and Khalid Rahimdeen, continued from their overnight score of 50 for 1 to post a formidable total of 295 for 5 declared. This is in response to St. Thomas’ score of 221. In their second innings, St. Thomas’ finished the day at 135 for 6.

Result
  •   S. Thomas’ 221 (Avinash Fernando 57, Yatindra Siriwardena 41, Yowel Warnakulasuriya 26, Devin Jayasuriya 24, Anuk Devanarayana 23: Anush Po;onowita 4/31, Tharul Ampemohotti 3/65) and 135 for 6 (Chenuth Eheliyagoda 48, Sachithra Gunasinghe 28, Yowl Warnakulasuriya 20: Shane Abeyratne 2/24, Nethwin Dharmaratne 2/28)
  •    Royal (50/1 overnight) 295 for 5 declared (Geeshan Perera 57, Hirun Matheesha 54, Shane Abeyratne 36, Nethwin Dharmaratne 58 n.o., Khalid Rahimdeen 57 n.o.: Anuk Devanarayana 3/99)

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