Thurstan force a draw

Thushan JAYASURIYA

A fighting knock of 80 by skipper Sajeewa Salgadu helped Thurstan to force a draw in their interschool under 19 cricket match against Royal at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Royal: 456 for 7 declared (Roanaka Ahangama 131, Imal Liyanage 92, Milan Abeysekara 112, Devin Pathmanathan 49 n.o., Chamika Karunaratne 34, Kavindu Silva 3 for 81, Minhaj Jaleel 2 for 93)

Thurstan: 169(Minhaj Jaleel 76, Ramindu Kumarasinghe 32, Harith Samarasinghe 4 for 36, Devin Pathmanathan 4 for 40, Poorna Aluthge 2 for 21) and 170 /4 (Sajeewa Salgadu 80, Kavindu Kulasekara 36 n.o., Anupa Tiilakeratne 2 for 18)