Under 19 Quarter Final

St. Joseph’s College Colombo in the Tier ‘A’s segment and Mahinda College Galle in the Tier ‘B’ segment booked their places in the semi-finals of the Under 19 inter-school cricket tournament when they recorded first innings wins against Wesley College and Isipathana College in the quarter-final encounters concluded at Darley Road and Colts today.

Meanwhile, exchanges were even in another quarter-final of the Tier ‘B’ segment between Thurstan College and St. Aloysius’ College Galle when play ended on day one at Thurstan ground. This match will be continued tomorrow.

Results:

At Darley Road – First innings win for St. Joseph’s

St. Joseph’s 232 (Naren Muralitharan 67, D. Serasinghe 37, Muditha Dissanayake 33, Yenula Dewtusa 26, Rishma Amarasinghe 24, S. Ranaweera 17: Uvin Perera 3 for 26, Linal Subasinghe 2 for 47) and 199 for 3 (Sadeesh Jayawardena 117, Sahan Dabare 52, Avintha de Alwis 27: Jathon Wyman 2 for 36)

Wesley 135 (Linal Subasinghe 52, Sanithu Amarasinghe 28: Yenula Dewthusa 5 for 36, Gagan Chamodh 3 for 24)

At Colts – First innings win for Mahinda

Mahinda 300 for 8 declared (Dhanuja Induwara 84, Hareen Achintha 74m Hiruna Gallage 68, Pramesh Madubashana 23: Tharushka Ashel 3 for 47)

Isipathana 256 for 9 (Yuneth seneviratne 54, Tharushka Ashel 38, Tharusha Nethsara 31, Yeshith Kalupahana 28, Naveen Kanishka 17, Sithuka Gunawardena 34 n.o.: Tharusha Dilshan 6 for 90, Dhanuja Induwara 2 for 55)

At Thurstan – Thurstan 109/7 in reply to St. Aloysius’

St. Aloysius’ Galle 147 (Vidura Lakshan 52, Charya Paranavithana 17, Dineth Nimsara 17, Oshada Devindu 16: Minuga Dulanmith 3 for 16, Thanuga Palihawadana 3 for 37, Azeem Mohamed 2 for 17, Kavinda Prabath 2 for 30)

Thurstan 109 for 7 (Shanikya Deshapriya 27, Thanuga Palihawadana 23, Ushan Imesh 23, Thenuka Dewapriya 15: Oshada Devinda 3 for 10). By M. Shamil Amit