Royal retain Sir Frank Gunasekera Trophy

by Ranjan Anandappa

Royal College retained the Sir Frank Gunasekera memeorial trophy when they beat Wesley College by nine wickets in their Singer Under 19 school cricket encounter played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Wesley continued their dismal run in the season as the Royal bowlers had a field day while dismissing the Wesleyites for a paltry 93 in the first innings and 172 while following on.

In reply to Royal's 235 for 8 declared Wesley were 89 for 8 overnight and were dismissed for 93. Medium pacer Chamika Karunaratne, Harith Samarasinghe and Lasith Embuldeniya took three wickets apiece.

Wesley following on with a deficit of142 were unable to put up a challenging total and were all out for172 runs. Jonathan Caderamanpulle (38) and Kavishka Wickremasinghe(32) were among the runs. For Royal Lasith Embuldeniya (5 for 56) and skipper Harith Samarasinghe (3 for 42) were the chief destroyers.

Lasith Embuldeniya was awarded the Eric Jayasekera memorial trophy for the best bowler.

Royal College 235 for 8 declared ( Randev Pathirana 74, Chamika Karunaratne 45, Naveen Vidanapathirana25, Jonathan Caderamanpulle 3 for 18, Charith DE Silva 3 for 36,Kavishka Wickremasinghe 2 for 52) and 34 for 1 (Ronuka Jayawardene 16 n.o)

Wesley College (89 for 8 overnight) 93 (Shamod Athulathmudali 24, Chamika Karunaratne 3 for 22, LasithEmbuldeniya 3 for 20, ) and 172 ( Jonathan Caderamanpulle 38,Kavishka Wickremasinghe 32, Lasith Embuldeniya 5 for 56, Harith Samarasinghe 3 for 42)