Royal ‘B’ emerge champions

Singer Cup Under 15 Division II Tourney:

Royal College Colombo ‘B’ emerged champions of the ‘Singer Cup’ Under 15 division II inter schools cricket tournament by beating St. Peter’s College Negombo by 110 runs inthe final played at Thurstan ground Colombo yesterday.

Royal ‘B’ won the toss and elected to bat. Royal (B) scored 240 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. Resandu Thilakarathne scored 58 runs in 67 balls with 5 boundaries and a six. Sadeesha Rajapaksha made an unbeaten 48 runs. Resandu Thilakarathne and Sadeesha Rajapaksha were involved in an 84 runs stand for 6th wicket. Nethin Panapitya (30), Kaveen Ananda (23) and Thevindu Senaweera (20) made useful contributions. Asitha Stevon and Dineth Thathsara took 2 wickets each St. Peter’s Negombo were bowled out 130 runs in 39.5 overs. Opener Lasith Nisalanka scored 39 runs and Brian Julius scored 26 runs. Sadeesha Rajapaksha bagged 2 wickets for 8 runs while Chanindu Dewhan took 2 wickets for 27 runs.

Royal 'B' 240/7 in 50 overs (Resandu Thilakarathne 58, Sadeesha Rajapaksha 48 n.o., Nethin Panapitya 30,Kaveen Ananda 23, Thevindu Senaweera 20, Uthum Dissanayake 13, Bisandu Sandiv 10, Asitha Stevon 2/33, Dineth Thathsara 2/53)

St. Peter’s: 130 in 39.5 overs (Lasith Nisalanka 39, Brian Julius 26,Shan Maleesha 22, Dineth Thathsara 13, Sadeesha Rajapaksha 2/8, Chanindu Dewhan 2/27) (YK)

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