Prince of Wales College Moratuwa and St. Joseph’s College Colombo advanced to the quarterfinal round of the ‘Singer Cup’ Under 19 inter-schools two-day knockout cricket tournament yesterday.
Savindu Peiris of Prince of Wales Moratuwa took a match bag of 13 wickets for 76 runs to set up their win over D.S. Senanayake College.
Fifteen-year-old Dunith Wellalage hit a superb 137 off 140 balls with 24 fours and shared a last wicket stand of 174 off 227 balls with Ashan Daniel in their massive win over last year’s runner-up Richmond College.
Prince of Wales will meet defending champion Ananda College and St. Joseph’s will meet St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa in the quarterfinals.
RESULTS:
+At Moratuwa: Prince of Wales won by 228 runs.
Prince of Wales Moratuwa: 342 and 134/6 decl. in 22 overs (Vishwa Chathuranga 62, Muditha Lakshan 6/29)
D.S. Senanayake: 89 (56/6 o/n) in 28.5 overs (Ayantha Shavinda 22, Savindu Peris 6/18, Kaumal Nanayakkara 3/40) and 159 in 35.3 overs (Pasindu Adithya 40, Teron Baskaran 30, Tuwin Osanda 26, Ayantha Shavinda 23, Savindu Peris 7/58, Kaumal Nanayakkara 3/74)
+At Galle: St. Joseph’s won first inning.
Richmond: 216 and 165/4 in 44 overs (Dhananjaya Lakshan 88, Avindu Theekshana 29 n.o., Adithya Siriwardhane 22, Dunith Wellalage 3/38)
St. Joseph’s: 401 (118/3 o/n) in 106.4 overs (Dunith Wellalage 137, Shevaan Rassool 78, Jehan Daniel 47, Ashan Daniel 43 n.o., Lakshan Gamage 34, Sachintha Ravindu 24, Kamindu Mendis 5/87, Avindu Theekshana 2/66) - (YK)
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