The inter-school Kotmale Chox T20 U 19 T20 league took place at Darely Road yesterday with home team St Joseph’s managing a narrow win against St Benedict’s College in the pre-quarter final match.
Pathum Madushanka top scored for the Joes with 43 while vice-captain Arvindh Fernando ballooned the score with 24 runs. St Josephs ended their 20 overs on 135 for 9. Sumeera Sandamal for the Bens was on target scalping 3 wickets for 20 runs.
St Benedicts took up the challenge with a scintillating 60 runs in 42 balls by Madura Madusanka which included 7 fours and two towering sixes. However the wheels fell away for Bens and ended up just 4 runs short of the target of 135 when their innings closed at 131 for 9 in 20 overs. The bowling honours for St Joseph’s were shared by Priyamal Perera 3 wickets and Fabian Fernando and Sachin Hewawasam chipping in with 2 each.
Scores:
St. Joseph’s College 135 for 9 wkts in 20 overs (Arvindh Fernando 24, Pathum Madusanka 43, Fabian Fernando 16 n.o.; Sameera Sandamal 3/20)
St. Benedict’s College 131 for 9 wkts in 20 overs (Madura Madusanka 60, Mahel Jayalath 16; Fabian Fernando 2/22, Sachin Hewawasam 2/17, Priyamal Perera 3/21).
In another encounter Paceman Chemila Obeysekera struck twice in the super-over for St. Peter’s College to record 12 runs victory over Lumbini College after the Inter School Under-19 Twenty-20 Tournament Pre-quarterfinal was tied (at 118 runs) at BRC Ground, Colombo.
Scores:
Lumbini 118 all out in 19.5 overs (Vimukthi Ellegoda 21, Chamara Nishantha 32; Dushan Hemantha 3/10, Sahan Nanayakkara 2/26) and (Super Over) 2/2 in 0.4 overs (Chemila Obeysekera 2/02)
St. Peter’s 118 all out in 20 overs (Lahiru Milantha 18, Julian de Zilva 21, Chrishan Fernando 23; Thanura Dabare 2/08, Jammika Darana 3/16, Mohamed Akram 2/33) and (Super Over) 14/1 (Lahiru Milantha 9 n.o.)
