Richmond hold Royal to a draw

by Ranjan ANANDAPPA

Royal were held to a draw in their curtain raiser Under-19 cricket match for the season against Richmond, Galle at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Richmond were set to make 222 runs for a win in the last session after tea, were 175 for 5 in 39 overs.

Royal batted first on the first day and scored 273 for 6 wickets declared with Roanaka Ahangamage (34), Sampath de Silva (41), Hashen Ramamnayake (53), Milan Abeysekera (63) and skipper Devin Pathmanathan (43) making useful contributions.

Richmond in reply were 82 for 4 overnight and were all out for 190 with Sithara Gimhana, Charith Asalanka and Wasidu Hasaranga all being dismissed in the thirties.

Royal in their second essay declared their innings at 138 for 6 with Ahangamage and Milan Abeysekera doing the bulk of the scoring.

[Brief scores]

Royal: 273 (R. Ahangamage 34, S.de Silva 41, H. Ramanayake 53, M. Abeysekera 63, D. Pathmanathan 43, V. Deshapriya 2 for 30, A.K. Tyronne 2 for 6 and 138 for 6 declared (R. Ahangamage 44, M. Abeysekera 49 n.o, S. Nanayakkara 2 for 37, T. Banuka 4 for 50).

Richmond: (82 for 4 overnight) 190 in 61.2 overs (S. Gimhana 38, C. Asalanka 38, W. Hasaranga 31, Prabath Nishantha 19, Poorna Aluthge 4 for 46, Devin Pathmanathan 3 for 44, Harith Samarasinghe 2 for 17) and 175 for 5 in 39 overs (Charith Asalanka 54, A.K. Tyronne 61 n.o).