Cambrians advance to quarter-finals

Prince of Wales College advanced to the quarter-finals of the Under-19 Division One Inter-schools Cricket Tournament when they recorded a comfortable first innings win over Richmond College in the pre quarter-final encounter which concluded at Moratuwa yesterday.

Prince of Wales restricted Richmond to 162 runs in their first innings and then went on to make 247 runs in reply.

At Moratuwa (1st innings win for Prince of Wales)

Richmond: 162 and 160/4 (Vinuja Kiriella 55, Thaveesha Abishek 32, Sandun Mendis 35 n.o)

Prince of Wales (120/3 overnight): 247 (Suwath Mendis 57, Prince Fernando 43, Devaka Peiris 37, Sandun Mendis 4/64).

At Ananda Mawatha (1st innings win for St. Joseph’s)

Prince of Wales restricted Richmond to 162 runs in their first innings and then went on to make 247 runs in reply

Ananda: 193 and 251/8 (Kamesh Nirmal 50, Kalana Wijesiri 43, Sudeepa Angulugaha 36)

St. Joseph’s (175/6 overnight): 314 (Dineth Jayakody 115, Johanne de Zilva 59, Lakshan Gamage 43, Sheran Fonseka 31, Saviru Bandara 4/9, Janidu Jayawickrama 3/51).

At Bulathsinghala (Galahitiyawa Central won by six wickets)

Nalanda Boys’ School, Minuwangoda: 100 and 151 (Nipun Kanishka 34)

Galahitiyawa Central (144/5 overnight): 180 (Manujitha Ravishan 48, Manoj Kumara 39, Isuru Tharaka 35, Kavinduu Maduranga 7/49) and 74/4 (Sandaruwan Chinthaka 37 n.o).

At Wadduwa (1st innings win for Wadduwa Central)

Wadduwa Central: 153 and 275/8 (Dhanuja Rukshan 91, Harsha Erandaka 46, Shehan Kavinda 35 n.o, Sithara Heshan 3/58)

Lalith Athulathmudali MV, Mount Lavinia (97/3 overnight): 131 (Ramesh Chamod 42, Ruchira Koshitha 6/35).

At Sandalankawa (Sandalankawa MMV won by 15 runs)

Sandalankawa MMV: 160 and 136 (Chamod Senaratne 86, Sanka Prasad 6/36)

Loyola, Bopitiya: 103 and 178 (Shenal Charuka 44, Tharusha Ulanjana 42, Saumya Niwanthaka 5/73, Induwara Wijetileke 4/76).