Royal Retain the L.D.H. Peiris Mmemorial Trophy

The annual cricket encounter between Royal College and Ananda College was held on the 15th and 16th of January 2016 at Reid Avenue. The much anticipated encountered is played for the coveted L.D.H. Peiris Memorial Trophy.

The toss was won by the Royal skipper Geeshath Panditharatne who invited the Anandians to bat and getting the first leash of the wicket they compiled 253/9 dec.. in 65 overs.

Once again Lasith Embuldeniya was the star of the Royal bowling attack as he picked up 4 wickets for 77 runs. His bowling performance helped him to cross the 80 wickets barrier during this season as he became the first bowler in the country this year to do so. Helitha Vithanage and Shan Tennakoon also contributed with 2 wickets each.

Royal  who were 79/2 at stumps on day one was able to pile up 263/8 dec.. in 73.4 overs.

Half tons by Thiran Dhanapala (84) and Ganith Sandeepa (51) helped Royal to chase down this formidable target. Notable contributions were also made by Pasindu Sooriyabandara (26), Ronuka Jayawardane (47) and Himesh Ramanayake (23).

Ananda College in their second innings managed to score 194/6 in 53 overs at stumps. Helitha Vithanage was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 2 wickets for 45.

This performance saw the Royalists retaining the L.D.H Memorial Trophy for yet another year and it was presented to the Royal Skipper by Mr.Anushka Polonowita who captained Royal in 1996 and was the head perfect of college in the same year.

Match summary
Ananda College (1st innings) 253/9 dec
Asel Sigera 61
Nisal Francisco 60

Lasith Embuldeniya 77/4
Shan Tennakoon      22/2
Helitha Vithanage    33/2

Royal College (1st innings)
263/8 dec
Thiran Dhanapala 84
Ganith Sandeepa 51
Ronuka Jayawardane 47

Asel Sigera 89/3
Kavishka Anjula 47/2

Ananda College (2nd innings)
194/6
Rahal Avishka 63
Kavishka Anjula 38

Helitha Vithanage 45/2
Shan Tennakoon 22/1
Lasith Embuldeniya 46/1
Ganith Sandeepa 47/1

Result – Match drawn