St. Joseph’s, Mahinda book berth to semis

Under 19 Quarter Final

St. Joseph’s College Colombo in the Tier ‘A’s segment and Mahinda College Galle in the Tier ‘B’ segment booked their places in the semi-finals of the Under 19 inter-school cricket tournament when they recorded first innings wins against Wesley College and Isipathana College in the quarter-final encounters concluded at Darley Road and Colts today.

Meanwhile, exchanges were even in another quarter-final of the Tier ‘B’ segment between Thurstan College and St. Aloysius’ College Galle when play ended on day one at Thurstan ground. This match will be continued tomorrow.

Results:

At Darley Road – First innings win for St. Joseph’s

St. Joseph’s 232 (Naren Muralitharan 67, D. Serasinghe 37, Muditha Dissanayake 33, Yenula Dewtusa 26, Rishma Amarasinghe 24, S. Ranaweera 17: Uvin Perera 3 for 26, Linal Subasinghe 2 for 47) and 199 for 3 (Sadeesh Jayawardena 117, Sahan Dabare 52, Avintha de Alwis 27: Jathon Wyman 2 for 36)

Wesley 135 (Linal Subasinghe 52, Sanithu Amarasinghe 28: Yenula Dewthusa 5 for 36, Gagan Chamodh 3 for 24)

At Colts – First innings win for Mahinda

Mahinda 300 for 8 declared (Dhanuja Induwara 84, Hareen Achintha 74m Hiruna Gallage 68, Pramesh Madubashana 23: Tharushka Ashel 3 for 47)

Isipathana 256 for 9 (Yuneth seneviratne 54, Tharushka Ashel 38, Tharusha Nethsara 31, Yeshith Kalupahana 28, Naveen Kanishka 17, Sithuka Gunawardena 34 n.o.: Tharusha Dilshan 6 for 90, Dhanuja Induwara 2 for 55)

At Thurstan – Thurstan 109/7 in reply to St. Aloysius’

St. Aloysius’ Galle 147 (Vidura Lakshan 52, Charya Paranavithana 17, Dineth Nimsara 17, Oshada Devindu 16: Minuga Dulanmith 3 for 16, Thanuga Palihawadana 3 for 37, Azeem Mohamed 2 for 17, Kavinda Prabath 2 for 30)

Thurstan 109 for 7 (Shanikya Deshapriya 27, Thanuga Palihawadana 23, Ushan Imesh 23, Thenuka Dewapriya 15: Oshada Devinda 3 for 10). By M. Shamil Amit