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Dasis – Ramiru show produces a Royal party on day 1

144th Battle of the Blues

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Royal skipper Dasis Manchanayake (R) & Ramiru Perera (L) celebrating their partnership

What started as a dream for S. Thomas’, ended with a Royal party at the end of day 1 at the 144th Battle of the Blues at the Sinhalese Sports Club Grounds.

Proving it was the right decision to bowl first the Thomian fast bowlers picked up three Royal wickets inside the first 9 overs with the crowds back after a two-year drought.

The first to go was Rehan Peiris, who was caught down the leg-side by Senesh Hettiarachchi off Akash Fernando in just the 4th ball of the day. Nathan Caldera’s magnificent in-swinger shattered the stumps of the dangerous Sineth Jayawardena for 1 before, Uvindu Weerasekara (3) hauled out to deep mid-wicket as Royal were reeling at 20 for 3

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Just as Ovina Ambanpola and captain Dasis Manchanayake were putting together a partnership (43), Akash Fernando bowled Ambanpola for 30 (63 for 4). At lunch, Thomians were on top with Royal struggling at 83 for 4 in 23 overs, but the pitch was converting into a batting paradise.

However, after lunch it was the Dasis Manchanayake – Ramiru Perera show, dominating the Thomian bowling, where they added 106 runs without losing a wicket in 25 overs (189 for 4). Manchanayake and Perera were not out on 80 & 60 respectively – the partnership at 126 runs.

After tea both the set batters went on their merry way breaking record after record in the process. Manchanayake raised his century off 120 balls, with a boundary off Dineth Goonewardene. He became the first Royal captain to score a century at the Big Match since Anushka Polonowita in 1996. Ramiru Perera too reached his century with a boundary off 168 balls.

By the time Manchanayake was bowled by Kavindu Dias for 137 (150 balls) with the score of 292, the partnership had registered as the highest for the 5th wicket by either team. 229-run (296 balls) partnership had broken the previous Royal record of 165* by Vijaya Malalasekara & C.M. Fernando in 1963 & the Thomian record of 187 by P.I. Peiris & Geoff Wijesinghe in 1953. Manchanayake, who at the toss said it was a good toss to lose, had 17 fours at a strike rate of 91.33.

Royal lost three wickets after that, including the wicket of Ramiru Perera for 128 (186 balls) which included 15 fours and two magnificent sixes. As bad light stopped play, Royal were 326 for 8 in 74 overs. For the Thomians it was Akash Fernando who bowled his heart out picking 4 for 55 in his 13 overs while the somewhat erratic Kavindu Dias took 3 for 58.

Result


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

S. Thomas’ College
153/10 (55) & 161/10 (58.5)

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 6s SR
Senadhi Bulankulama c Sanvidu Senartharachchi b Ranuka Malaviarachchi 40 104 5 0 38.46
Thishen Ehaliyagoda c Sandesh Ramanayaka b Bulan Weerathunga 5 7 1 0 71.43
Dineth Gunawardena lbw b Sandesh Ramanayaka 10 26 2 0 38.46
Romesh Mendis c Sandesh Ramanayaka b 4 9 1 0 44.44
Nathan Caldera c Dasis Manchanayake b Ramiru Perera 20 25 3 0 80.00
Charuka Peiris c Sineth Jayawardena b Sandesh Ramanayaka 17 66 2 0 25.76
Mahith Perera c Sanvidu Senartharachchi b Bulan Weerathunga 30 43 5 0 69.77
Senesh Hettiarachchi c b Sineth Jayawardena 9 33 1 0 27.27
Akash Fernando not out 1 9 0 0 11.11
Kavindu Dais st Sanvidu Senartharachchi b Sineth Jayawardena 0 6 0 0 0.00
Abheeth J Paranawidana b Bulan Weerathunga 0 4 0 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 M R W Econ
Nathan Caldera 7 0 28 0 4.00
Akash Fernando 9 0 59 4 6.56
Kavindu Dias 6 0 39 0 6.50
Dinura Gunawardena 3 0 16 0 5.33
Charuka Peiris 1 0 15 0 15.00


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Thishen Ehaliyagoda lbw b Ranuka Malaviarachchi 0 3 0 0 0.00
Dineth Gunawardena c Uvindu Weerasekara b Sandesh Ramanayaka 15 44 1 0 34.09
Romesh Mendis lbw b Bulan Weerathunga 12 20 2 0 60.00
Senadhi Bulankulama c b Nethwin Dharmarathne 13 39 2 0 33.33
Nathan Caldera b Nethwin Dharmarathne 18 40 1 0 45.00
Mahith Perera lbw b Dasis Manchanayake 7 8 1 0 87.50
Senesh Hettiarachchi c Dasis Manchanayake b Sineth Jayawardena 46 87 7 0 52.87
Charuka Peiris b Ramiru Perera 22 86 3 0 25.58
Akash Fernando c Uvindu Weerasekara b Ramiru Perera 0 1 0 0 0.00
Kavindu Dais lbw b Sineth Jayawardena 14 19 3 0 73.68
Abheeth J Paranawidana not out 0 8 0 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