St. Peter’s and Royal Panadura advance to semis
Defending champions St. Peter’s and Royal Panadura advance to the semi-finals of the 2nd Revatha Sixes cricket tournament played at the Teachers Training School ground in Balapitiya yesterday.
St. Peter’s got the better of Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama in the quarter-final whom they defeated by 21 runs. St. Peter’s drew a bye and then later overcame St. Servatius Matara in the pre-quarter final.
Royal Panadura on the other hand recorded two fine wins against Sri Siddartha MV Balapitiya by 50 runs in a first round match and then followed it with a thrilling last ball six win over Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda in a high scoring pre-quarter encounter.
In the quarter-final they coasted to an easy win over the high riding Kalutara MV side who had the honour of recording the highest score on day one when they made 107 for no loss against Vidyaloka MV Galle in a first round match.
The match also saw Kalutara MV opener making an unbeaten knock of 82 which comprised four boundaries and ten towering sixes. But Kalutara MV was short of the highest score of the tournament which was 126 made by defending champions St. Peter’s in the final against Karandeniya Central in the inaugural tournament last year.
Richmond along with host side Revatha MMV too made steady progress when they got the better of President’s Rajagiriya and Karandeniya Central to book a berth to the quarter finals.
The second day’s proceedings will see the bottom half of teams comprising Zahira, Prince of Wales, Mahinda, and Gurukula MV Kelaniya who bagged the OWSC Munchee Sixes title two months ago in action.
The 2nd Revatha Sixes organized by the Old Revathians Cricket Association with Citihealth Imports (Pvt) Ltd as the main sponsor saw 24 teams around the island in action. The chief guest at the closing ceremonies today will be Col. Chandra Jayaratne, Chairman of the main sponsor. Results: First Round: Royal Panadura 84 for 4 in 5 overs (Ya- sitha Chamod 38) beat Siddhartha MV Balapitiya 38 for 4 in 5 overs (Damindu Ashan 2 for 7); Revatha MMV Balapitiya 61 for 3 in 4.3 overs (Charith Sasalanka 29, Dilshan de Zoysa 21) beat Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda 60 for 5 in 5 overs (S. Chilan 16); Kalutara MV 107 for no loss in 5 overs (Seneth Hasara 82 n.o., Dulan Weerasuriya 24 n.o.) beat Vidyaloka MV Galle 28 for 5 in 4.2 overs; St. Servatius Matara 49 for no loss in 3 overs (Lochana Ruvin 25 n.o.) beat P. de S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda 44 for 1 in 5 overs; Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama 50 for 1 in 3.1 overs (Ramindu Nikeshala 22, Dilshan Kanchana 15 n.o.) beat St. Aloysius Galle 49 for 2 in 5 overs (N. Ruchika 15). Pre-Quarter Finals: Royal Panadura 90 for 1 in 5 overs (Damindu Ashan 35 n.o., Yasitha Chamod 35 n.o.) beat Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda 84 for 1 in 5 overs (Isuru Chathuranga 22, Ramesh Mendis 19, Kaveesh Kumara 35 n.o.); Richmond 80 for 2 in 4.5 overs (Kelum Nanayakkara 20, Wanindu Hasaranga 19, Sithara Gimhana 22 n.o.) beat President’s Rajagiriya 77 for 3 in 5 overs (Chandeepa Wimalaweera 18, Kanishka Perera 15 n.o.); Kalutara MV 85 for 2 in 5 overs (Seneth Hasara 23 n.o., Sumudu Sameera 20 n.o.) beat Moratu MV 60 for 5 in 4.5 overs (Dushan Sulakshana 19: Sumudu Sameera 2 for 13); St. Peter’s 56 for 1 in 4.2 overs (Sanjula Madushan 20) beat St. Servatius Matara 53 for 4 in 5 overs (Ruchira Jayatunge 19: Naveen Dharshana 2 for 4); Revatha MMV Balapitiya 55 for 1 in 3 overs (Charith Sasalanka 17, Dhanush Lakmal 30 n.o.) beat Karandeniya Central 53 for 4 in 5 overs (Nadun Manamekela 27: Dhanush Lakmal 3 for 2). Quarter-finals: Royal Panadura 93 for 1 in 4.3 overs (Yasith Chamod 48 n.o., Madawa Nimesh 29 n.o.) beat Kalutara MV 89 for 1 in 5 overs (Seneth Hasara 21, Dulan Weerasuriya 49 n.o.); St. Peter’s 64 for 5 in 5 overs (Oshan Karunaratne 31: Umesh Kasun 2 for 12) beat Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama 43 for 3 in 5 overs (Lahiru Maduwantha 19 n.o.).