Three victories for Royal 'C' team

Royal College, Colombo's 'C' team registered three victories in the Under-15 Schools Cricket Tournament matches played recently.

They beat Gothatuwa MV by 10 wickets, Ediriweera Sarathchandra MV by 63 runs on the Parabola system and Rajasinghe MV 362 runs.

Their best performance was against Rajasinghe MV in which Royal 'C' piled up 416 for 7 in 50 overs helped by four half centuries by Kavinda Rajapaksa (81 not out), Masith Karunaratne (77), Kulith Samarakoon (62) and Ronuka Jayawardena (50). When Rajasinghe MV batted Chathura Kappagoda ripped through their batting line up by capturing 6 wickets for 8 to bundle them out for a paltry 54 runs.

Vs Rajasinghe MV at Royal Grounds on July 15.

Royal 'C': 416 for 7 in 50 overs (Masith Karunaratne 77, Ronuka Jayawardena 50, Kulith Samarakoon 62, Kavinda Rajapakse 81 n.o, Charuka Hathurusinghe 25 n.o, Mohamed Aseem 3/67).

Rajasinghe MV: 54 all out in 15.1 overs (E G Sudharshan 14, Vimukthi Gunaratne 2/24, Chathura Kappagoda 6/8).

Royal won by 362 runs.

Vs Gothatuwa MV

Gothatuwa MV: 29 all out in 17 overs (Shenal Anuk 3 for 16, Charuka Hathurusinghe 5 for 4, Dinidu Ratnayake 2 for 8).

Royal 'C': 33 for 0 in 5.2 overs (Rashendra Rajaratne 15 n.o, Hasmath Bakir 17 n.o).

Royal won by 10 wickets.

Vs Ediriweera Sarachchandra College

Royal 'C': 324 for 9 in 50 overs (Ronuka Jayawardena 74, Rehan Ratnayake 65, Binsara Samarakoon 60, Nimesha Kappagoda 40 n.o, HNM Sandeepa 3/64, WMCS Perera 2/55).

Ediriweera Sarachchandra College: 143 for 7 in 24 overs (Nimesha Kappagoda 3 for 37, Charuka Hathurusinghe 3 for 30).

Royal won by 63 runs P/Ball method.