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132nd Battle of the Blues
By M. Shamil Amit
Royal after their top order batsmen had things under control faltered as they lost wickets at regular intervals during play after the lunch session on day one in their 132nd Battle of the Blues encounter against traditional rivals S. Thomas’ played at the SSC ground yesterday.
After being invited to take first lease of the wicket the Royalist were given a sound start of 91 by openers Waruna Dissanayake and skipper Ramith Rambukwella.
The Thomian fielding was a bit sloppy as their fielders grassed catches at crucial stages. They went into lunch on 109 for 1 but lost four wickets between lunch and tea as they slid to 231 for 5 before making a declaration with the score on 276 for 9.
Skipper Ramith who was dropped when he was 29 went on to make 83 which had eight boundaries while Bhanuka Rajapakse who was given a life at 24 made a quick fire 55 with five boundaries and two sixes.
Thomian skipper Chamod Pathirana who bowled himself 28 overs though taking five wickets gave away 101 runs while Madushan Ravichandrakumar ended with figures of 4 for 50.
The Thomians in their turn facing 14 overs ended the day making 65 for 3 with Nuwan Kavinda remaining unbeaten on 32 made off 35 balls which included six boundaries.
scoreboard
Royal first inning
Waruna Dissanayake lbw b Ravjchandrakumar 42
Ramith Rambukwella c Peiris b Pathirana 83
Supun Subasinghe c Bongso b Pathirana 19
Bhanuka Rajapakse c Bongso b Pathirana 55
Imal Liyanage c Perera b Ravichnadrakumar 27
Heshan Kumarasiri c Peiris b Pathirana 02
Milan Abeysekera c Peiris b Pathirana 16
Devind Pathmanathan b Ravichandrakumjar 07
Gaurav Deva not out 06
Imran Khan lbw b Ravichandrakumar 00
Extras (b9, lb2, wd2, nb6) 19
Total (for 9 wickets declared, 66.2 overs) 276
Fall – 1-91, 2-147, 3-164, 4-205, 5-217, 6-247, 7-259, 8-276, 9-276
Bowling – Chamod Pathirana 28-4-101-5, Mevantha de Silva 8-1-28-0, Umesh Fernando 16-1-69-0, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 12.2-0-50-4, Neomal Wickramasekera 1-0-6-0, Nuwan Kavinda 1-0-11-0.
S. Thomas’ first inning
Asiri Wickramanayake b Kudattie 01
Javed Bongso b Deva 19
Nuwan Kavinda not out 32
Sachin Peiris lbw b Deva 05
Kavindu Perera not out 04
Extras (lb3, wd1) 04
Total (for 3 wickets, 14 overs) 65
Fall – 1-1, 2-48, 3-60
Bowling – Imran Khan 4-0-25-0, Anjan Kudahetti 3-0-19-1, Bhanuka Rajapakse 4-1-7-0, Gaurav Deva 3-0-11-2.
