Devapathiraja College “A” Rathgama cruised to the quarter finals with a win over Nalanda College “A” on points basis with the help of an unbeaten century from Pawan Sandesh In the pre quarter final stage of the Singer Under 13 Division I Cricket Tournament. Pawan Sandesh who has been having an excellent season was backed up by Jeewaka Shasheen (51 n.o). Declaring at 253/4 in 64 overs, the lads from Rathgama were able to put Nalanda College in a spot of trouble with Shehan Hasaranga taking 3/09 with play been stopped with the score 86/7.
Devapathiraja : 253/4 in 64.4 overs (Pawan Sandesh 100 n.o., Jeewaka Shasheen 51n.o., Nithin Chamuda 26, Ravindu Randika 22, Hareen Achintha 10, Chanul Athukorala 2/59)
Nalanda : 86/7 in 39 overs (Chanul Athukorala 22, Shehan Hasaranga 3/09, Kavindu Nirmana 2/30)
In another match today Royal College “A” faced off against Mahinda College “A” with the former winning the game on points basis. The boys from Reid Avenue were bolstered with a stellar performance by Sineth Jayawardhana (102) with the bat who was complimented by Thevithu Hansaja (69). Declaring at 267/5, Royal College had Mahinda College in shambles losing 3 early wickets and with the help of Thevithu Hansaja 2/09, who was having good game with the bat and ball. Play stopped with the score reading 98/6 for Mahinda College.
Royal : 267/5 decl. in 57.2 overs (Sineth Jayawardhana 102, Thevithu Hansaja 69, Sadeepa Rajapakse 27)
Mahinda : 98/6 in 42 overs Akash Simasha 28, Thevidu Hansaja 2/09, Kanika Dhayarathne 2/17
In Campbell Place St. Anthony’s College played against Ananda College with St. Anthony’s College winning the encounter on first innings basis. It was a low scoring game and anything was possible in this fixture as St. Anthony’s College was kept to a minimum score of 165/8 with Hasitha Wanninayake making 47 not out and Sanath De Silva taking 4 scalps for 25 runs for the Anandians. Ananda coming into bat was bundled out for 148 in 30 overs with Jayoda Jayasena taking 4/33 and Hasitha Wanninayake ably supporting with 4/62.
St. Anthony’s : 165/8 decl. in 63 overs (Hasitha Wanninayake 47 n.o., Dinindu Bandara 33, Sanath De Silva 4/25)
Ananda : 148 in 30 overs (Sunad De Silva 43, Jayodha Jayasena 4/33, Hasitha Wanninayake 4/62)
In the last pre quarter match at Karadeniya it was Ananda Shastralaya vs Richmond College. Yet another low scoring game Ananda Shastralaya batting first were bundled out for 137 in 57 overs. In reply the lads from Galle were not able to back their bowling performance with the bat as they were skittled out for a mere 87 in 31 overs.
Ananda Shastralaya : 137 in 56.4 overs (Vimukthi Maduwantha 46 n.o, Nirmal Hirusha 21, Kalpa Nethsara 3/18, Hasindu Kavishka 3/38, Pulindu Kiriella 2/30)
Richmond : 87 in 31.1 overs (S. A. Azeem 3/05, Mihiranga Weragoda 2/06, Vinuk Dilwan 2/22)
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