Royal in innings win over Sebastianites

by Ranjan ANANDAPPA

Royal College were home for lunch when their bowlers gave an excellent display which enabled them to beat St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa by an innings and 169 runs in their school cricket match which concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.

The Sebastianites were dismissed for a paltry 25 in their first innings fared no better in their second innings when they were shot out for 110 while following on with a deficit of 279 runs.

The Royalists recorded their second win for the season and there were two significant performances mainly by Kithruwan Vithanage who struck 142 and a hat-trick by Bhanuka Rajapakse who took 4\0 and followed up with 2 for 25 in the second innings. Yasith Abeykoon too, had an impressive match taking 3 for 19 and 4 for 15 in the second innings.

Royal: 304 for 8 declared (Kithruwan Vithanage 142, Haroon Mowjood 60, A. Rajapakse 28, P. de Mel 3 for 57, A. Gayashan 2 for 63, A. de Alwis 2 for 51).

St. Sebastians: 25 (Bhanuka Rajapakse 4 for 0, Yasith Abeykoon 4 for 15) and 110 (Deshan Dias 24, Yasith Abeykoon 3 for 19, Laksitha de Silva 3 for 19, Bhanuka Rajapakse 2 for 25).