Sri Lanka, April 10 -- Opener Kavindu Pathiratna scored an unbeaten 87 as Royal College scored 359 for six wickets in their first innings on the opening day of their two-day Under-19 cricket fixture against Ananda College played at Ananada Mawatha yesterday.

The left-hander batting at number six struck nine fours and a six in his 150-ball innings and was well supported by the wicket-keeper batsman Nethin Panapitiya who made 50 in 51 balls inclusive of four fours and two sixes.

Chief scores

* At Ananda Mawatha

Royal: 359/6 (Isiwara Dissanayake 40, Prashan Kalhara 34, Dasis Manchanayake 67, Kavindu Pathirathna 87 n.o, Nethin Panapitiya 50 n.o Maoshada Fernando 3/63) vs Ananda.

* At Kotahena

Zahira: 279/8 (Sameer Majeed 43, Venket 45, ...