St. Sebastian’s, Nalanda advance to final

St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa recorded a convincing first innings win over traditional rivals Prince of Wales in the semi-final encounter of the under 15 division one cricket tournament which concluded at St. John’s College ground in Panadura yesterday to advance to the final.

The second day’s play saw St. Sebastian’s declaring on their overnight score of 310 for 9 and Prince of Wales was able to muster a score of only 155 runs.

In contrast the other semifinal of the same tournament between Nalanda and S. Thomas’ which ended at Darley Road yesterday saw Nalanda prevailing with a close first innings win. S. Thomas’ in reply to Nalanda’s score of 164, resuming from their overnight score of 124 for 8 fell short by four runs as they were bowled out for 160. Results: At Panadura St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa 310 for 9 declared (Janishka Perera 109, Shanel Fernando 82, Sukitha Prasanna 40: Osanda Sandaruwan 5 for 58, Kaveen Chathushka 2 for 32) Prince of Wales 155 (Upeka Fernando 24, Samudra Medis 19, Osanda Fernando 28 n.o.: Shanel Fernando 2 for 24, Chamod Fernando 2 for 25)

At Darley Road

Nalanda 164 (Lakshman Kashyapa 41, Moksha Sankalpa 31, Jithesh Wasala 25, Thamindu Kamalsuriya 23: Dineth Wanniarachchi 5 for 39, Dilmin Ratnayake 2 for 19, Dulith Perera 2 for 35) and 198 (Mokshaya Sankalpa 48, Avishka Perera 39: Dilmin Ratnayake 5 for 73, Krishan Munasinghe 4 for 28)

S. Thomas’ (124 for 8 overnight) 160 (Kishan Munasinghe 34, Ranuk Gunawardena 34, Dilmin Ratnayake 31: Thamindu Kamalsuriya 5 for 44, Jayod Caldera 2 for 13, Lakshan Kashyapa 2 for 17) and 31 for 6 (Jithesh Wasala 4 for 8) -MSA