Embuldeniya strikes, Royal in seventh outright win

Royal College registered their seventh outright win for the season when they beat Trinity College, Kandy byan innings and 58 runs in a Singer Under 19 school cricket matchdominated by the Royal spinners at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Royal after posting an useful firstinnings score of 309 for 9 declared on the first day had theiropponents in a spin as left arm leg spinner Lasith Embuldeniya witha match bag of ( 8 for 92) with support coming from skipper HarithSamarasinghe and Randev Pathirana striking useful blows. For TrinityArjuna Jayasinghe and Lahiru Kumara were dismissed for 23 and 21respectively while following on.

Chief scores

Royal College 309 for 9 declared (Geeshat Panditharatne 75, Naveen Vidanapathirana 74, HasithaSamarasinghe 49, Himesh Ramanayake 51 n.o, Raveen Sayer 4 for 120,Nushan Weerasinghe 2 for 28, Lahiru Kumara 2 for 61)

Trinity College 146 in 36.1 overs (Kavin Hiniduma 54, Haritha Boyagoda 23, Lasith Embuldeniya 4 for 50,Harith Samarasinghe 3 for 18, Chamika Karunaratne 2 for 21) and 105in 44.5 overs ( Arjuna Jayasinghe 23, Lahiru Kumara 21, LasithEmbuldeniya 4 for 42, Harith Samarasinghe 2 for 7 , Randev Pathirana2 for 30)