Under-17 Division One Quarter-finals: Thomians face Antonians; Petes take on Trinity

By M. Shamil Amit 

Two quarter-finals of the Under-17 Division One Limited Over Cricket Tournament will be played today.

S. Thomas’ College will face St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota at the Maris Stella College Grounds in Thimbirigaskstuwa while St. Peter’s College will meet Trinity College at the Dharmapala MV Grounds in Pannipitiya. 

St. Anthony’s led by Okitha Fernando booked their berth to the quarter-finals by ending as the top team in their group at the completion of the first round matches and then overcame Mahanama College, Colombo in the second round encounter before getting the better of Nalanda.

S. Thomas’ led by Abheeth Paranawidana ended as the third best team in their group in the first round and defeated Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya in the second round and followed by overcoming Taxila Central, Horana in the pre-quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, Trinity led by Chamiru Senaratne advanced to the quarter-finals having ended as the top team in their group after the completion of the first round matches and defeated Lyceum, Wattala in the second round before overcoming Richmond in the pre-quarter-finals.

St. Peter’s led by Joshua Sebastians also ended the first round assignments as the best team in their group and defeated Wesley College and St. Servatius’ College, Matara in the second round and pre-quarter-final encounters respectively.

The teams: St. Anthony’s (From): Okitha Fernando (Captain), Kaushika Kumarasinghe (Vice-Captain), Sadew Amarakoon, Yohan Senanayake, Sanuka Kalpana, Tishan Fernando, Ryan Gregory, Dinul Wijesinghe, Kaveesha Samarathunge, Hansana Edirisinghe, Hasanda Sethunge, Imeth Rajapaksha, Praveen Gamage, Chamalka Ishan, M. F. Abdullah, Bandula Ekanayake (Master-in-Charge), Kavindha Jayasooriya (Head Coach), Lahiru Sandakalum (Assistant Coach) and Priyantha Kumara (Physiotherapist).

S. Thomas’ (From): Abheeth Paranawidana (Captain), Shalin Perera, Chanuth Eheliyagoda, Chamash Gunawardena, Nethun Withanage, Akilesh Rajakaruna, Sanuk de Silva, Shaun Fernando, Janidu Chandrasekara, Chelan Weerasinghe, Jaden Amaraweera, Dineth Peiris, Bometh Perera, Murugamoorthi  Sharran, Ashel Mendis, Kemitha Abeywickrama, Lithum Kannangara, Dineth Wijayaratne, Kapila de Silva (Master-in-Charge), Dilshan Gunawardhana (Head Coach) and Romesh Milroy (Assistant Coach). 

Trinity (From): Chamiru Senaratne (Captain), Sethmika Senevirathne, Mahendra Abeysingha, Dinal Fernando, Kanilka Anthony, Ashwin Hearth, Sajana Weerasekara, Ammar Manzil, Nethil Senanayake, Menod Koralagedara, Vageeshan Chandrasekaran, Dawood Hilmy, Senith Herath, Praweenth Hapugoda, V. Raveendran (Master-in-Charge), Naveen Ekanayake (Head Coach), and Lakshitha Alahakoon (Assistant Coach). 

St. Peter’s (From): Joshua Sebastians (Captain), Hiruka Silva, Sandaru Meedum, Jason Fernando, Raphael Hettige, Oshadha Akalanka, Rehan Soysa, Raveen Gunawardena, Dinsara Rathnaweera, Janith Panditharathne, Keshan Hettiarchchi, Okindu Thewnada, Riyon Fernando, Vinesh Ranasinghe, Rumitha Jayasinghe, Nirmalath Priyadarshana (Master-in-Charge), Mohan Liyanage and Thushara Madusanka (Assistant Coach).