Royal College Cricket 1^st XI conquer the Saints at Reid Avenue

The 1^st XI Cricket team of Royal College emerged victorious against St. Joseph’s College for the first time since 2010 at the tournament match which took place at the College Grounds on the 8^th and 9^th of January. The match featured two half tons by opener Naveen Withanapathirana and an impressive match bag of 11 wickets by the side’s top wicket-taker for the season, Lasith Embuldeniya bringing his total up to a massive 78 wickets. A summary of the game is as follows:

St. Joseph’s College 1^st Innings:                 131 (35.1 overs)

Lasith Embuldeniya                                          6/56

Geeshath Panditharathne                                2/16

Shan Tennekoon                                              2/22

Royal College 1^st Innings:                             226/8 dec. (57 overs)

Naveen Withanapathirana                                59

Geeshath Panditharathne                                 43

Pasindu Sooriyabandara                                  33

Ganith Sandeepa                                              26

St. Joseph’s College 2^nd Innings:                186 (58.1 overs)

Lasith Embuldeniya                                         5/46

Ganith Sandeepa                                             3/41

Shan Tennekoon                                              2/36

Royal College 2^nd Innings:                           94/2 (21 overs)

Naveen Withanapathirana                              55

Ronuka Jayawardena                                    30

Result: Royal College won by 8 wickets.