Under-17 Cricket Nethmina spins De Mazenod to quarter finals

By M. Shamil Amit
An impressive match figure of 6/12 by right-arm spinner Kaveen Nethmina paved the way for De Mazenod College, Kandana, to record a crushing seven-wicket win over Royal College, Colombo, in the pre-quarterfinal encounter of the Under-17 Division One inter-school limited over tournament encounter played at Kandana.
Nethmina ran through the Royal batting to bundle them out for a paltry 62 runs, and De Mazenod, in their run chase, reached the target in the 15th over to advance to the quarter final.
St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa, along with Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala, and Rahula College, Matara, came out victorious in three other pre-quarterfinal encounters against Nalanda College, St. Aloysius’ College, Galle, and Taxila Central, Horana, in the matches played at Campbell Place, Kurunegala, and Matara, respectively, to book their berths in the quarter finals.

Results:
At Kandana - De Mazenod won by seven wickets
Royal 62 in 34 overs (Kaveen Nethmina 6/12)
De Mazenod 63/3 in 14.4 overs (Janith Karindra 26, Thisanga Semith 15 n.o.)
At Campbell Place - St. Sebastian’s won by eight wickets 
Nalanda 119 in 37.2 overs (Omith Rathnayake 44, Sandith Akmeemana 32; Vimuth Dinsara 6/23)
St. Sebastian’s 120/2 in 32.3 overs (Adesh Almeda 68 n.o., Vimath Dinsara 36, Adesh Almeida 68 n.o.)
At Kurunegala - Maliyadeva won by 53 runs
Maliyadeva 213 in 48.4 overs (Ramidu Pehesala 47, Vinudha Mapa 36, Pahasara Bandara 35; Thivanka Dissanayake 31, Dimath Abeysinghe 20, Sasindu Randeepa 2/22, Sevitha Dulmal 2/39)
St. Aloysius Galle 160/9 in 50 overs (Sasinda Madusara 45, Deneth Dewminda 26; Dimath Abeysinghe 3/14, Thaveesha Balasooriya 3/48)
At Matara - Rahula won by five wickets)
Taxila Central Horana 177/8 in 50 overs (Rashan Nawanjana 62, Omalika Amarasinghe 41, Tenusha Thathsara 22, Jayod Chanuka 20; Akash Ambepitiya 3/31, Manage Resali 3/35)
Rahula College Matara 178/5 in 42.4 overs (Imeth Manamperi 63, Janiru Wijewardhane 57, Nadil Sandeesh 25)