Prince of Wales College Moratuwa, Royal College Colombo, Mahanama College Colombo and St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa advanced to the semi-finals of the ‘Singer Trophy’ Under-15 Division One schools cricket tournament.
Prince of Wales won on the first inning against Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda and Royal College won on points against Thurstan College in the quarter-finals.
Mahanama College beat St. Anne’s College Kurunegala and St. Sebastian’s College won on points against St. Peter’s College in the other quarter-finals.
Resandu Thilakaratne of Royal scored his second ton this season when he scored an unbeaten 152 runs. Nithin Panapitiya scored 106 (rtd) runs against Thurstan.
Royal will meet Prince of Wales and Mahanama will meet St. Sebastian’s in the semi-finals next week.
Royal win on points
Royal: 417/4 (Resandu Thilakaratne 152 n.o., Nithin Panapitya 106 (rtd), Sadeesha Rajapakse 77 n.o. Ashen Gamage 34) vs Thurstan (did not bat)
Prince of Wales win on first inning
Prince of Wales: 252/8 dec (Thanuj Kavishan 58, Malisha de Silva 56, Shehan Rodrigo 55, Tharindu Amarasinghe 51, Geeshan Fernando 31, Maneesha Rashmika 3/69, Naveen Rasanga 2/15, Shenitha Halambage 2/69)
Dharmasoka: 154 (Abeeth Chandraguptha 52, Hasitha Rajapakse 50, Malisha de Silva 3/34, Shehan Rodrigo 2/18, Aditha Emasha 2/24)
Mahanama win on the first inning
Mahanama: 120/6 dec (Bhanula Algewatte 33, Devindu Kekirideniya 28 n.o., Kalindu Wijesinghe 2/18, Pasindu Tennakoon 2/27)
St. Anne’s College: 105 (Muiz Rafeel 29, Rishitha Perera 26, Inuka Karannagoda 4/18, Mahen Kulathilake 4/33)
St. Sebastian’s win on points
St. Sebastian’s: 224/7 dec (Yasan Avishka 73, Sandesh Fernando 41, Induwara Alwis 24, Shenitha Fernando 17 n.o., Mahen Silva 17, Dishen Weerasinghe 17, Rishen Perera 13, Nimuth Gunawardane 2/18, Ovindu Perera 2/51)
St. Peter’s: 64/7 (Lahiru Chethaka 33, Chrishen Perera 4/27, Yasan Avishka 2/35)
(YK)