Royal take major honours as Gishan bags nine wickets

Under 19 Cricket Matches  

Spinner Gishan Balasooriya had a match bag of nine wickets as Royal took major honours against Thurstan in the Under 19 Traditional cricket encounter which ended in a draw at Reid Avenue on Wednesday.

In their second innings Thurstan compensated for their dismal first innings performance as Tharindu Harshana anchored the top order with a valuable 96 runs for them to post 287 for nine wickets declared. He scored 11 fours and faced 199 balls for his knock.

Later chasing a target of 196 runs to win Royal were 83 for two wickets at close with Uvindu Weerasekara top scoring with an unbeaten half century.

Scores:

Thurstan

114 all out in 33.5 overs (Azeem Mohomad 27, Upul Hettiarachchi 32n.o.; Venusha Akash 3/22, Gishan Balasooriya 4/33) and 287 for 9 in 88.5 overs (Tharindu Harshana 96, Shanikya Deshapriya 33, Bawantha Jayasinghe 45, Thenuka Devapriya 39; Gishan Balasooriya 5/44)  

Royal

206 for 4 overnight decl. in 44 overs (Sineth Jayawardana 22, Sanvidu Senaratharachchi 43, Sadisha Rajapaksha 103) and 83 for 2 in 15 overs (Uvindu Weerasekara 50n.o.)

(RF)