Under 17 Cricket Kavija shines in Kingswood’s six-wicket win

By M. Shamil Amit   
Kavija Gamage’s quick fire unbeaten knock of 117 in 90 balls including nine boundaries and an equal number of sixes guided Kingswood College to a convincing six-wicket win over Wesley College in the second round match of the Under 17 Division One limited over tournament match played at Lakeview.   

Gamage along with Nikeshala Nanayakkara shared an unbroken stand of 92 runs for the fifth wicket which helped Kingswood in pursuit of 223 runs victory to reach the target in the 39th over to qualify to the pre-quarter finals.   
Half tons by Savi Fernando and Emosh Peterson paved the way for St. Peter’s College to record an easy seven wicket win over traditional rivals St. Joseph’s College played at Darley Road to book a berth to the pre-quarter final.   
Rahula College Matara, Maliyadeva Kurunegala and Taxila Central Horana too booked the berths to pre-quarter finals when they came out victorious against Gurukula MV Kelaniya, Mahanama College Colombo and Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda.   

Results:
At Lakeview – Kingswood won by six wickets
Wesley 222 for 6 in 42 overs (Praneeth Vithanage 75, Jathon Wyman 41, Sehandu Nimneth 24, Senila Senaratne 21: Kavija Gamage 3 for 49)  
Kingswood 223 for 4 in 38.2 overs (Manuka Wijeratne 31, Adhil Sheriff 27, Kavija Gamage 117 n.o., Nikeshala Nanayakkara 26 n.o.: Enreen Ali 2 for 19)  
At Darley Road – St. Peter’s won by seven wickets
St. Joseph’s 167 in 44.5 overs (Ameesha Sucheetha 42, Rishma Amarasinghe 32, Kalana Potzmann 24: Ethan Ransilge 3 for 47, Dimalsha Jayawardena 2 for 26)  
St. Peter’s 168 for 3 in 37 overs (Enosh Peterson 52, Savi Fernando 64 n.o.)  
At Matara – Rahula won by seven wickets
Gurukula MV Kelaniya 131 in 42.3 overs 9 (Denura Demanath 24: Imeth Manamperi 5 for 19, Manage Resali 3 for 21, Janiru Wijewardena 2 for 34)  
Rahula Matara 133 for 3 in 40.4 overs (Imeth Manamperis 38, Rasinu Geenuka 33 n.o.,  Janiru Wijewardena 21 n.o.: Ometh Hansaka 2 for 15)  
At Kurunegala – Maliyadeva won by three wickets
Mahanama Colombo 148 in 34.4 overs (Ranindu de Silva 43, Eshan Vithanage 32, Dulnith Sigera 25: Pahasara Bandara 2 for 16)  
Maliyadeva Kurunegala 151 for 7 in 32.3 overs (Vinudha Mapa 55, Dimath Abeysinghe 42: Dulnith Sigera 5 for 28)  
At Horana – Taxila Central won by 55 runs
Taxila Central Horana 181 for 9 in 47 overs (Rashan Nawanjana 80, Omalka Amarasinghe 34: Sithum Vihanga 2 for 17, Induwara Dineth 2 for 31, Sandul Rashmija 2 for 3 for 46)  
Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda 126 in 33 overs (Sithum Vihanga 61: Sanvidu Dissanayake 5 for 41, Sanditha Ranaweera 3 for 25)