Trinity, Mahanama battle for final berth

Manula Kularatne (Trinity Capt)

Duvindu Ranatunga (Mahanama Capt)

By M. Shamil Amit   

Defending joint champions Trinity College and Mahanama College Colombo will clash in the semi final of the Under 19 inter-school Division One Tier ‘A’ two day tournament for one of the slots scheduled to be played today and tomorrow at St. Peter’s grounds in Bambalapitiya.   
The two teams played in the same Group X with Trinity led by Sri Lanka youth player Manula Kularatne ending up as the fourth best team to finish after the completion of the league matches to qualify to the quarter final where they overcame DSS with a first innings win.   
Mahanama Colombo led by Duvindu Ranatunga on the other hand ended up as the second best team in the same group before qualifying to the quarter finals and they came out victorious by five wickets against St. Anthony’s Katugastota to book the berth to the semi final.   
The winners of this semi final will meet the winners of the first semi final between Richmond Galle and St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa.   
The Teams:
Trinity - Manula Kularatne (Captain), Dinusha Pieris, Janith Warnakula, Supun Waduge, Vathila Udara, Viduka Dhammage, Dimantha Mahavithana, Malith Rathnayake, Dinuka Thennakoon, Tharana Wimaladharma, Thisal Yapa, Rajindu Thilakaratne, Jayavi Liyanagama, Kavindu Jayaratne, Viduneth Dhammage, ⁠Sweath Anurajeewa, Ometh Bandara, Kaveen Gamage, Pulisha Thilakaratne, Bryan Senaratne (Master in Charge), Naveen Ekanayake (Head Coach), Lakshitha Alahakoon (Asst. Coach)   
Mahanama Colombo - Duvindu Ranathunga (Captain), Kavindu Amameth, Inuka Karannagoda, Koojana Perera, Rashmika Perera, Anuka Wijewardana, Dulnith Sigera, Chamika Heenatigala, Gimantha Dissanayake, Eshan Withanage, Migara Ranasinghe, Tharusha Amarasinghe, Chamika Rajapaksha, Sithika Kulathunge, Dulneth Algawatte, Osanda Muthugama, Kaveesha Gimhan, Navindu Rodrigo, Uden Rajapaksha, Adeesha Karunarathne, Roshan Bandara (Master in Charge), Ashan Priyanjan (Head Coach), Sudesh Harsha (Asst. Coach)