Royal in strong position

Royal ended day one on a strong position in their Under-19 Inter-school cricket encounter against St. Anthony’s College, which commenced at Katugastota yesterday.

Batting first, the home team made 170 and, in reply, the lads from Reid Avenue ended on 101 for 4.

St. Anthony’s 170 in 51.2 overs (Chamidu Wickramasinghe 57, Lahiru Abeysinghe 22, Sadisha Rajapaksha 5/65, Gihan Balasooriya 4/34)

Royal College 101/4 in 26 overs (Sadisha Rajapakse 56 n.o.; Kaveesha Piyumal 2/16)