Opener Kavindu Pathiratna scored an unbeaten 87 as Royal College scored 359 for six wickets in their first innings on the opening day of their two-day Under-19 cricket fixture against Ananda College played at Ananada Mawatha yesterday.
The left-hander batting at number six struck nine fours and a six in his 150-ball innings and was well supported by the wicket-keeper batsman Nethin Panapitiya who made 50 in 51 balls inclusive of four fours and two sixes.
Chief scores
* At Ananda Mawatha
Royal: 359/6 (Isiwara Dissanayake 40, Prashan Kalhara 34, Dasis Manchanayake 67, Kavindu Pathirathna 87 n.o, Nethin Panapitiya 50 n.o Maoshada Fernando 3/63) vs Ananda.
* At Kotahena
Zahira: 279/8 (Sameer Majeed 43, Venket 45, Saidh Naleem 55, Mohamed Ruhaim 30 n.o, Akindu Karunaratne 4/50) vs St. Benedict’s.
* At Thurstan Grounds
St. Peter’s: 277/5 decl (Shanuka Galagoda 63, Vishen Halambage 44, Shenal Boteju 46, Nimutha Gunawardena 55 n.o, Rusanda Gamage 31)
Thurstan: 20/2.
