Royal in first innings win over Rajans

Upananda Jayasundara - Kandy sports special corr.

Royal College Colombo recorded a first linings victory over Dharmaraja College Kandy in their third term cricket fixture concluded at the Lake View grounds yesterday.

In reply to the total of 190 by the Rajans Royal scored 265 for the loss of 9 wickets in the first innings. Thiran Danapala scored 59 with 7 fours and six Akshan Gajaba scored an unbeaten knock of 50 with 7 fours. Rajans Skipper Deneth Lanka bagged 7 wickets for 118 runs. Imawtha Herath scored 45 and Kavishka, Dissanayake scored 40 for Dharmaraja College in the first innings.

Dharmaraja College first innings 190 all out in 63.2 overs Imawtha, Herath 45, Kavishka Dissanayake 40, Sapumal Tennekoon 29 Jayapadma Tennekoon 27, Anupa Thilakaratne 3 for 45 Lasith Embuldeniya 3 for 44 Malith Kariyawasam 2 for 30).

Royal College first innings 265 for 9 wickets declared in 82 overs

(Thiran Dhanapala 59, Akshan Gajaba not out 50, Anupa Thilakaratne 39 G. Panditharatne 28 Hasitha Samarasinghe 24, Deweth Lanka 7 for 118 Jayapadma Tennekoon 1 for 30 Sapumal Tennekoon 1 for 26)

Dharmaraja College 2nd innings 129 for 6 wickets in 50 overs (Rameesh Ranasinghe 37 Chandimal Silva 17 Kavinda Ratnayake 17 Devin Pathmanathan 3 for 23, G. Panditharatne 2 for 31 Hashen Ramanayake 1 for 21