St Joseph’s advance to quarter finals

St Joseph’s advanced to the quarter final of the Under 17 Division One cricket tournament with an easy 54 runs win over Dharmaraja in the prequarter final encounter played at Darley Road. St Joseph’s taking first lease of the wicket though being restricted to a low score of 132 struck back to bundled out the Rajans to a score of just 78.

St. Joseph’s 132 in 48.4 overs (Keshara Kumarapperuma 41, Vimukthi Perera 20, Pethum Madusanka 15: Deshan Gunasinghe 2 for 20, Gihan Senadheera 2 for 21)

Dharmaraja 78 in 32.2 overs (Ashmitha Rajapaksha 16: Hasindu Perera 3 for 14, Clevin Perera 2 for 12, Tashan Perera 2 for 12, Pethum Madhusanka 2 for 25)

Lumbini MV qualify to quarters

Lumibini MV qualified to the quarter finals of the same tournament when they recorded a thrilling six runs win over

St Joseph’s advanced to the quarter final of the Under 17 Division One cricket tournament with an easy 54 runs win over Dharmaraja in the pre-quarter final encounter played at Darley Road

St Benedict’s in the prequarter final match played at Kotahena. Right arm spinner Tharushan Iddamalgoda shone with an impressive bowling figures of 5 for 9 to bowl out the Bens in pursuit of 130 runs for a score of 123.

Lumbini MV 129 in 50 overs (Shane Nalawansa 20, Thushan Ranasinghe 37 n.o.: H. Kularathne 3 for 21)

St. Benedict’s: 123 in 45.3 overs (C. Perera 18 n.o.: Tharushan Iddamalgoda 5 for 9, Mohommed Akram 2 for 17, Sasanka Nadeeshan 2 for 18)