Royal bowlers thrive as party intensifies with victory looming

144th Battle of the Blues

17/03/2023

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Royal ended day 2 in a commanding position with a lead of 341 at the 144^th Battle of the Blues played at the Sinhalese Sports Club Grounds.

Royal declared overnight with the score on 326 for 8 looking to exploit the day 2 bowler friendly morning conditions. They did just that, picking four Thomian wickets for 94 by lunch. Bulan Weerathunga took the 1^st wicket, with a brilliant bouncer, which Thisen Eheliyagoda could only nick it to Sandesh Ramanayake at first slip.

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Then, Ramanayake trapped Dineth Goonewardena leg-before wicket for 10 and Ranuka Malaviarachchi got the big wicket of the Thomian captain Romesh Mendis (4). Just as S. Thomas’ were putting together a partnership (38) Nathan Caldera was brilliantly caught by Dasis Manchanayake off the bowling of Ramiru Perera for 20.

After lunch, Senadhi Bulankulame’s dogged 40 off 103 deliveries was ended, caught down the leg-side by Sanvidu Senaratharachchi off Malaviarachchi. Ramanayake picked Charuka Peiris for 17 as S. Thomas’ were reeling at 130 for 6. Substitute Anush Polonowita took an exceptional catch off Sineth Jayawardena to dismiss Senesh Hettiarachchi and the very next over Thomian vice-captain was dismissed for 30 by Bulan Weerathunga.

Jayawardena and Weerathunga took the next two wickets as the Thomians were bowled out for 153, still 23 runs behind the follow-on target. However, Royal skipper Manchanayake decided not to force the follow-on as Royal came to bat in their 2^nd innings.

Akash Fernando, who took 4 wickets in the 1^st innings, bagged two more as Royal were 13 for 2. However, Uvindu Weerasekara and Manchanayake added a 72-run partnership in no time before Fernando bowled Weerasekara for 28. Manchanayake went onto score 57 (49 balls) and he too was bowled by Fernando.

Ramiru Perera kept hitting fours and sixes scoring 46* in 34 balls as Royal ended day 2, 168 for 4 in 26 overs and they are likely to declare overnight once again.

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Result

Royal College

326/8 (74) & 168/4 (26)

S. Thomas' College

153/10 (55) & 161/10 (58.5)

Royal College won by 180 runs

Updated at 11:39 AM 2023-03-22

Batsmen		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rehan Peris	c Senesh Hettiarachchi b Akash Fernando	4	4	1	0	100.00
Sineth Jayawardena	b Nathan Caldera	1	3	0	0	33.33
Ovina Ambanpola	b Akash Fernando	30	71	1	0	42.25
Uvindu Weerasekara	c Nathan Caldera b Kavindu Dias	3	13	0	0	23.08
Dasis Manchanayake	b Kavindu Dais	137	150	17	0	91.33
Ramiru Perera	c Romesh Mendis b Kavindu Dais	128	186	15	2	68.82
Sandesh Ramanayaka	lbw b Akash Fernando	0	4	0	0	0.00
Sanvidu Senartharachchi	not out	8	8	0	0	100.00
Bulan Weerathunga	b Akash Fernando	2	3	0	0	66.67
Nethwin Dharmarathne	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras	13 (b 8 , lb 0 , nb 3, w 2, pen 0)
Total	326/8 (74 Overs, RR: 4.41)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Akash Fernando	13	1	55	4	4.23
Nathan Caldera	16	2	64	1	4.00
Kavindu Dias	13	2	58	3	4.46
Dinura Gunawardena	7	0	35	0	5.00
Charuka Peiris	13	0	55	0	4.23
Abheeth J Paranawidana	10	0	39	0	3.90
Senadhi Bulankulama	1	0	3	0	3.00
Mahith Perera	1	0	9	0	9.00

Batsmen		R	B	4s	SR
Senadhi Bulankulama	c Sanvidu Senartharachchi b Ranuka Malaviarachchi	40	104	5	38.46
Thishen Ehaliyagoda	c Sandesh Ramanayaka b Bulan Weerathunga	5	7	1	71.43
Dineth Gunawardena	lbw b Sandesh Ramanayaka	10	26	2	38.46
Romesh Mendis	c Sandesh Ramanayaka b	4	9	1	44.44
Nathan Caldera	c Dasis Manchanayake b Ramiru Perera	20	25	3	80.00
Charuka Peiris	c Sineth Jayawardena b Sandesh Ramanayaka	17	66	2	25.76
Mahith Perera	c Sanvidu Senartharachchi b Bulan Weerathunga	30	43	5	69.77
Senesh Hettiarachchi	c b Sineth Jayawardena	9	33	1	27.27
Akash Fernando	not out	1	9	0	11.11
Kavindu Dais	st Sanvidu Senartharachchi b Sineth Jayawardena	0	6	0	0.00
Abheeth J Paranawidana	b Bulan Weerathunga	0	4	0	0.00

Extras	17 (b 6 , lb 0 , nb 2, w 9, pen 0)
Total	153/10 (55 Overs, RR: 2.78)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ranuka Malaviarachchi	12	1	39	2	3.25
Bulan Weerathunga	14	6	26	3	1.86
Sandesh Ramanayaka	10	0	36	2	3.60
Dasis Manchanayake	2	0	11	0	5.50
Sineth Jayawardena	7	3	9	2	1.29
Ramiru Perera	10	1	29	1	2.90

Batsmen		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sineth Jayawardena	lbw b Akash Fernando	4	5	1	0	80.00
Ovina Ambanpola	c Romesh Mendis b Akash Fernando	5	11	0	0	45.45
Uvindu Weerasekara	b Akash Fernando	28	43	2	1	65.12
Dasis Manchanayake	b Akash Fernando	57	49	6	0	116.33
Ramiru Perera	not out	46	34	3	2	135.29
Sanvidu Senartharachchi	not out	11	16	0	0	68.75

Extras	17 (b 11 , lb 0 , nb 2, w 4, pen 0)
Total	168/4 (26 Overs, RR: 6.46)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Nathan Caldera	7	28	0	4.00
Akash Fernando	9	59	4	6.56
Kavindu Dias	6	39	0	6.50
Dinura Gunawardena	3	16	0	5.33
Charuka Peiris	1	15	0	15.00

Batsmen		R	B	4s	SR
Thishen Ehaliyagoda	lbw b Ranuka Malaviarachchi	0	3	0	0.00
Dineth Gunawardena	c Uvindu Weerasekara b Sandesh Ramanayaka	15	44	1	34.09
Romesh Mendis	lbw b Bulan Weerathunga	12	20	2	60.00
Senadhi Bulankulama	c b Nethwin Dharmarathne	13	39	2	33.33
Nathan Caldera	b Nethwin Dharmarathne	18	40	1	45.00
Mahith Perera	lbw b Dasis Manchanayake	7	8	1	87.50
Senesh Hettiarachchi	c Dasis Manchanayake b Sineth Jayawardena	46	87	7	52.87
Charuka Peiris	b Ramiru Perera	22	86	3	25.58
Akash Fernando	c Uvindu Weerasekara b Ramiru Perera	0	1	0	0.00
Kavindu Dais	lbw b Sineth Jayawardena	14	19	3	73.68
Abheeth J Paranawidana	not out	0	8	0	0.00

Extras	14 (b 8 , lb 4 , nb 2, w 0, pen 0)
Total	161/10 (58.5 Overs, RR: 2.74)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ranuka Malaviarachchi	10	2	34	1	3.40
Bulan Weerathunga	9	4	18	1	2.00
Sandesh Ramanayaka	7	1	24	1	3.43
Sineth Jayawardena	9.5	3	14	2	1.47
Dasis Manchanayake	4	0	9	1	2.25
Nethwin Dharmarathne	10	2	27	2	2.70
Ramiru Perera	9	2	25	2	2.78

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S. Thomas' College 2nd Innings