St. Joseph’s, Nalanda, St. Peter’s advance to quarter-finals

By M. Shamil Amit

St. Joseph’s College along with Nalanda College and St. Peter’s College advanced to the quarter-finals of the Under 19 inter-school limited over cricket tournament in the matches played at Kotahena, Sooriyawewa Stadium and Bambalapitiya.

Results:
At Kotahena – St. Joseph’s won by 49 runs
St. Joseph’s 316 for 8 in 50 overs (Dunith Wellalage 74, Shevon Daniel 29, Abishek Jayaweera 25, Muditha Lakshan 25, Hiran Jayasundara 78 n.o.; Sachin Senanayake 3 for 63)
St. Benedict’s 267 for 9 in 50 overs (Shanujan Shanmuganathan 108, Shenel Samaratunga 65, Ashen de Soyza 33, Yohan Soyza 21; Deshan Seneviratne 3 for 52, Muditha Lakshan 2 for 50, Shevon Daniel 2 for 58)
At Sooriyawewa - Nalanda won by 57 runs
Nalanda 291 for 6 in 50 overs (Raveen de Silva 104, Vinuja Ranpul 100, Rusiru Vilochana 40; Kalpa Nethsara 2 for 48, Sharon Abishek 2 for 65)
Richmond 234 in 46.3 overs (Vishara Fernando 85, Janeth Kaushal 39, Malsha Tharupathi 30; Raveen de Silva 4 for 53, Sajitha Vithanage 2 for 44)
At Bambalapitiya – St. Peter’s won by 181 runs
St. Peter’s 275 in 49.3 overs (Lahiru Dawatage 117, Niman Umesh 42, Nimuthu Gunawardena 31, Wanuja Sahan 29; Ushan Galagedera 3 for 39, Thisara Sishara 3 for 52)
Dharmapala MV 94 in 29 overs (Pasindu Theekshana 24; Shenon Rodrigo 2 for 6, Wanuja Sahan 2 for 11, Danal Hemananda 2 for 15, Niman Umesh 2 for 21)
At BRC – Isipathana won by three wickets
St. Joseph Vaz 187 in 44.4 overs (Chamath Fernando 76, Vishwa Rajapakse 44; Akash Balakrishnan 3 for 21, Randunu Ganganath 3 for 23)
Isipathana 189 for 7 in 35.2 overs (Yasith Kalupahana 44, Tharusha Nethsara 35, Themiya Gunaratne 28, Randunu Ganganath 20 n.o.: Dhanuka Nirmal 2 for 35, Raveen Chethana 2 for 35, Kaushan Wijeratne 2 for 42)