Drawn match at Reid Avenue
by Ranjan Anandappa
The school cricket encounter between Royal and St.Anthony's
Katugathota ended in a draw at Reid Avenue yesterday.
In reply to Royal's first innings score of 196 the Antonians were 101
for 1 overnight and went on to take a first innings lead through the
bats of Kanishka Uggalapitiya (61) and D.Panditharatne (44) and a useful
30 from Pulasthi Bandara who saw them reach 204. For Royal skipper Devin
Pathmanathan bowled best taking 5 for 40)
Brief scores.
Royal 196 (Harith Samarasinghe 54, Hashen Ramanayake 43, Naveen
Nimesh 27, Uditha Mahindaratne 5 for 75) and 162 for 7 at stumps
(H.Samarasinghe 16, Saminda Dias 57 n.o, Devin Pathmanathan 20, Uchitha
Mahindaratne 2 for 21, Vivesha Gunasinghe 2 for 38, Buwaneka Wijesinghe
2 for 41)
St.Anthony's Katugastota (101 for 1 overnight) 201 (Kanishka
Uggalapitiya 61, D.Panditharatne 44, Pulasthi Bandara 30, Devin
Pathmanathan 5 for 40, Malith Kariyawasam 2 for 19, Harith Samarasinghe
2 for 10)
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