The Murali Harmony cup began in the Northern Province as 8 games of the boys segment was worked off in four different venues on day one in the Northern Province.
Four games began at 09:50 am while another four began at 14:00 am
The first four games to begin were:
Group B: Trinco-Batti Combined Schools v Richmond College at Jaffna.
Group C: K & M Combined Schools v St. Peters College at Kilinochchi.
Group D: Mannar-Vavuniya Combined Schools v Devapathiraja College at Mullaitivu.
Group A: Jaffna Combine Schools v Ananda College at St Patrick’s College Ground, Jaffna.
Richmond College beat Trinco-Batti Combined Schools with 5 wickets to spare as they began their group B game with a win.
TBCS 71 (16.3/17 ov)
Richmond College 72/5 (10/17 overs, target 72)
Richmond College won by 5 wickets (with 42 balls remaining)
Favourites St. Peters College began the defence of their title as they easily beat Kilinochchi & Mannar Combined Schools by 8 wickets.
K & M Combined Schools 82 (19.3/20 ov)
St. Peters College 86/2 (10.5/20 ov)
St. Peters College won by 8 wickets (with 55 balls remaining)
The game between Mannar-Vavuniya Combined Schools and Devapathiraja College was washed out after just 8 overs of the MVCS innings. The game ended without a result.
MVCS 29/3 (8.3/14 ov)
Devapathiraja College
No result
The game between Jaffna Combined Schools and Ananda College was washed out after the first innings (Ananda College innings) of the game.
Ananda College 143/9
Jaffna Combined Schools
No result
The second four games to begin were:
Group B: Karandeniya Central College v St.Thomas’ College Bandarawela at Jaffna.
Group C: FOG-Seenigama v Badulla & Monaragala Combine Schools at Kilinochchi.
Group D: Maris Stella College v Polonnaruwa Combined Schools at Mullaitivu.
Group A: Prince of Wales College v International Schools Combined at St Patrick’s College Ground, Jaffna
St.Thomas’ College Bandarawela were stunned by Karandeniya Central College as they beat St. Thomas’ College by 84 runs.
Karandeniya 169/9 (20/20 ov)
Bandarawela 85/8 (20/20 ov)
Karandeniya Central College won by 84 runs
FOG-Seenigama beat Badulla & Monaragala Combine Schools by 4 wickets to begin their campaign in group C
Badulla 122 (19.1/20 ov)
FOG-Seenigama 128/6 (14.3/20 ov)
FOG-Seenigama won by 4 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)
The games between Maris Stella College v Polonnaruwa Combined Schools and Prince of Wales College v International Schools Combined did not begin as rain interrupted play.
Eight more games of the boys segment will continue tomorrow (Oct 30th) in the Northern Province.
Women’s segment of the Murali harmony cup
Three games of the women’s segment of the Murali harmony cup began in the Northern Province today.
The women’s segment games began at 11:40 am but only one match was completed while the other two games were abandoned due to inclement weather conditions.
The three games were:
Group A: Shakthi Ladies v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Women at Mankulam.
Group A: Matale Ladies v Badulla Ladies at Mankulam.
Group B: Nittabuwa Ladies v FOG-Seenigama Ladies at Mankulam.
The only game to be completed on day one was played between Shakthi Ladies v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Women. Shakthi Ladies won the game with ease as they beat Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Women by 79 runs.
Shakthi Ladies 103/3 (15/15 ov)
Kurunegala W 24 (8.5/15 ov, target 104)
Shakthi Ladies won by 79 runs
The other two games between Matale Ladies v Badulla Ladies and Nittabuwa Ladies v FOG-Seenigama Ladies were abandoned due to the weather without a ball bowled.
Three game of the women’s segment will be played tomorrow (Oct 30th).
