Ramiru guides Royal to winning start
An all-around performance by Ramiru Perera helped Royal College achieve a convincing 134-run victory over
D.S. Senanayake College in the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.
On the second day, DSS resumed their innings at 144 for 9 but were bowled out for 173, with Ramiru claiming five wickets. In their second innings, Royal was propelled by an unbeaten century from Ramiru, who scored 100 runs off 89 balls, including 10 boundaries. He shared a remarkable 153-run partnership for the third wicket with Vimath Dinsara, who contributed with 57 runs. Royal declared at 206 for 3.
Chasing a target of 249 runs, DSS faltered against the Royal bowling trio of Yenula Perera,
Ranuka Mallawaarachchi, and Ramiru, and were bowled out for just 114 runs.
In other matches, St. Servatius Matara and Karandeniya Central recorded first innings wins against St. Aloysius Galle and St. Peter’s Negombo, respectively. The match between St. Anthony’s Katugastota and
St. Thomas’ in Kandy ended in a draw due to rain.
A DSS batsman is clean bowled - Pic by Akila Jayawardena
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Royal 215 all out (Thevindu Wewalwala 97, Isula Geeganage 51, Shanal Binuksha 21; Dehem Nirmal 4/47, Dilush Kumaranayake 2/19, Vaas Gunawardena 2/38) and 206 for 3 decl (Ramiru Perera 100n.o., Vimath Dinsara 57, Hirun Matheesha 21; Vaas Gunawardena 2/39) DSS (144/9 o’night) 173 all out (Dehem Nirmal 48, Anuhas Dharmawardena 37, Omalka Hapuarachchi 25; Ramiru Perera 5/78, Yenula Bandara 3/37, Dushan Udawela 2/10) and 114 all out (Sahan Yapa 25, Deneth Nirmal 25; Yenula Bandara 4/31, Ranuka Mallawaarachchi 2/16, Dushen Udawela 2/25, Ramiru Perera 2/31)
St. Servatius Matara 145 all out (Risiru Kithmuka 55, Chamod Mihiranga 22; Sevitha Dulmal 4/49, Dulsath Nimviru 3/39) and 60 for 5 decl (Viran Chamuditha 117, Raveen Kavintha 22; Sasindu Randdeepa 3/37) St. Aloysius Galle (25/2 o’night) 105 all out (Navidu Pramod 35, Charya Paranavithana 20; Praveen Madusanka 6/29, Raveen Kavintha 2/9) and 20 for 0 at close
St. Peter’s Negombo 160 all out (Linal Ransana 72, Yasiru Jananjaya 22; Ashen Rasindu 3/27, Lasanga Nimantha 3/41) and 32 for 3 at close (Ashen Rasindu 2/5) Karandeniya Central 387 for 9 decl (Dinuka Dhananjaya 133, Lasindu Chamod 91, Lasanga Nimantha 48, Lochana Ravindu 26, Ashen Rasindu 25; Linal Ransana 3/65, Abdul Rahuman 2/136)
St. Anthony’s Katugastota (393/8 o’night) 413 for 8 decl (Bimash Samarasinghe 108 n.o., Okitha Fernando 97, Nedan Ebert 94, Kevan Ramika 42, Kaushika Kumarasinghe 26, Charuka Ekanayake 23; Shashindu Methpahan 3/61, Ochintha Chamika 3/93) St. Thomas’ Matara 240 for 5 (Pesandu Sanjan 102n.o., Sanura Gihan 43, Kumesh Nuwanjana 42, Abdul Majid 23; Kaushika Kumarasinghe 2/47) |