8 teams came through from the Pre-Quarters of the Schools’ Under 13 Cricket League that was held yesterday at various grounds all-over the Island.
St. Joseph’s College vs S. Thomas’ College
St. Joseph’s College hosted S. Thomas’ at Maradana. Having won the toss, the home team decided to bat first and put up a total of 239 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 53 overs. Shevon Daniel made a brilliant 160 while Avintha Alwis chipped in with 46. In reply S. Thomas’ could only manage 143 runs with 9 wickets falling in 50 overs.
Photo Album – St.Joseph College v S.Thomas College U13 Div1 Cricket Tournament
St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 239/5d (53) Shevon Daniel 160, Avintha de Alwis 46, Ashen Perera 2/37
S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia 143/9 (50) Ragindu Thilakarathne 28, Nethmal Dassanayake 25, Gagan Chamod 3/41, Thineth Amarasinghe 2/08
MATCH DRAWN (ST. JOSEPH WON THE FIRST INNINGS)
Mahanama College vs St. Anthony’s College
In their match against St. Anthony’s, the Mahanama batsmen stroked their way to 270 runs for the fall of only 2 wickets in 54.3 overs. Banula Algawatta top scored with an unbeaten 124 runs while Kavindu Amameth and Kujana Perera made half centuries. Kujana Perera had a good outing with the ball as well with figures of 4 for 38. Antonian reply was spearheaded by S. Mathew who made a century while R. Anthony chipped in with 62 runs.
Mahanama College, Colombo 270/2d (54.3) Banula Algawatta 124*, Kavindu Amameth 73, Kujana Perera 52*
St. Anthony’s College, Kandy 236/9 (39) T S Mathew 100, R R Anthony 62, G I Galapitage 23, Kujana Perea 4/38, Mithila Silva 2/32
NO RESULT (MAHANAMA ADVANCED TO QUARTER-FINALS ON BONUS POINTS)
St. Peter’s Colombo vs Tissa Central College
It was more of a bowler dominated game at the St. Peter’s College Grounds as the hosts took on Tissa Central. Having batted first, the Peterites could only put on 157 runs all out in 49 overs. Nimuthu Gunawardana top scored scoring the only half-century of the game. Tissa Central in reply managed just 87 runs. Shenon Rodrigo, Jude Dinal and Kavika Jayasundara ran through the Tissa Central batting order picking up 2 wickets each.
Photo Album – St.Peter’s College v Tissa Central College – U13 Div1 Cricket
St. Peters College, Colombo 157 (49) Nimuthu Gunawardana 55, Ravindu Mithsara 5/30
Tissa Central College, Kalutara 87 (43.4) Jude Dinal 2/10, Shenon Rodrigo 2/12, Kavika Jayasundra 2/19, Nethsara Silva 29
MATCH DRAWN (ST. PETERS WON THE FIRST INNINGS)
Royal College Colombo vs Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa
Royal College managed to drag themselves over in their Pre-Quarter final against a tough Joseph Vaz team. Having won the toss, Royal made 195 runs for the fall of 7 wickets. Sanmidu Senaratharachchi made an unbeaten century. In reply Joseph Vaz could only manage 170/6 at the end of the day’s play, giving Royal the opportunity to advance through with bonus points.
Royal College, Colombo 195/7d (53.2) Sanmidu Senratharachchi 100*, Thenuka Deelaka 28, Nishen Navodya 2/63
Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa 170/6 (38) Avishka Perera 61, Vishwa Rajapaksha 54, Navindu Rashmika 36*, Hirusha Wijesena 2/19
NO-RESULT (ROYAL ADVANCED TO QUARTER-FINALS ON BONUS POINTS)
Trinity College vs St. John’s College
Trinity College (B) lost their Pre-quarter final against St. John’s College Jaffna in Jaffna. Trinity were bundled out for 160 runs in 53.5 overs after they were put into bat by the St. John’s team. The hosts made 170 runs for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of the day to earn themselves the victory. Tharana Dalanidu was the top scorer for Trinity while Y Vidushan spearheaded the bowling attacking for St. John’s with 3 scalps to his name.
Trinity College (B), Kandy 160 (53.5) Tharana Dalanidu 52, Sweath Manulka 41, Ulesh Hirumal 19, A Pavinthan 3/18, Y Vindushan 3/45, Anton Abishek 2/29
St. Johns College (A), Jaffna 170/6 (45) A Pavinthan 47, A Jerun 23, K Sabersan 19, Tharana Dalanidu 2/15
MATCH DRAWN (ST. JOHNS WON THE FIRST INNINGS)
