Antonians advance to U-19 final

St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota advanced into the final of the Under-19 Division Two Inter-schools Cricket Tournament with a comfortable seven-wicket win against Piliyandala Central in the semi-final encounter which concluded at Thurstan College Grounds yesterday.

Piliyandala Central: 137 and 150/7 declared (Janith Dilshan 57, Chamod Sandaru 51, Nimnaka Jayatileke 4/66, Sasith Hirudika 3/53)

St. Anthony’s (139/8 overnight): 151 (Thamashana Abeykoon 29, Mohamed Kameer 24, Asitha Wanninayake 21, Sandun Sathsara 4/26, Ruchira Adikari 3/22, Heshan Madusanka 2/30) and 138/3 (Chamindu Wickramasinghe 49, Asitha Wanninayake 36, Theeksha Gunasinghe 42 n.o, Chamod Sandaru 2/26).