Royal in command

Dilwin Mendis

Royal College, Colombo is sitting pretty at the end of day one against Moratu Vidyalaya in their inter-school under 19 cricket match at Moratuwa.

Royalists batting first scored 243 runs with Supun Subasinghe missing a well-deserved century by seven runs. He faced 178 balls and occupied the crease for 245 minutes and hitting eight fours and associated a fourth wicket partnership of 82 runs with Imal Liyanage who made 46 runs. Janidu Devinda took 5 for 70.

In reply Vidyalians were skittled out for a paltry 73 runs with Harith Samarasinghe doing the damage with 6 for 23.

Royal College: 243 (Supun Subasinghe 93, Imal Liyanage 46, Waruna Dissanayake 44, Janidu Devinda 5/70, Sanka Ramesh 3/83). Moratu Vidyalaya: 73 (Ishan Vilaksha 35, Harith Samarasinghe 6/23, Ramith Rambukwella 3/18).