Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ Cricket
Mahinda College, Galle took the top spot in group ‘B’ with four wickets victory over Royal College as they reached a target of 202 runs with 11 overs to spare in the final group match of the Under 19 Division I tier ‘A’ tournament on Monday.
Chasing a target of 202 runs to win, Thevindu Rashmika and Dulsith Darshana scored half centuries and put on a stand of 88 runs for the first wicket to give them a strong start.
Later Sehas Ashinsa and Manitha Rajapaksha contributed with useful runs to seal the victory with many overs to spare.
Manitha Rajapaksha and Vishmitha Sathsara (4/37) shared bowling honours for Mahinda.
Mahinda will meet the runners up of group ‘C’ in the quarter-finals.
Scores:
Royal
201 for 9 in 50 overs (Hirun Liyanarachchi 38, Ramiru Perera 31, Himaru Deshan 40, Dushen Udawela 39; Manitha Rajapaksha 3/36, Vishmitha Sathsara 4/37)
Mahinda 203 for 6 in 38.3 overs (Thevindu Rashmika 55, Dulsith Darshana 51, Sehas Ashinsa 29, Manitha Rajapaksha 33n.o.; Sandul Abeywardena 2/25)
The quarter-finals begin today
The quarter-finals of the Tier ‘A’ tournament will commence today with the clash between defending champions St. Joseph’s and Richmond.
The quarter-final line up was amost complete after Mahinda beat Royal on Monday.
But Mahinda will wait for a Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association decision to know who their quarter final opponents are.
In the other two quarter-finals, St. Sebastians’ Moratuwa will meet Royal while Prince of Wales encounter Mahanama. Both matches will be played on Wednesday.
Division I Tier ‘B’ quarter-final line up
Sri Sumangala, Panadura V St. Anne’s, Kurunegala
Dharmaraja, Kandy V Devapathiraja, Ratgama
Ananda Colombo V St. Benedict’s Kotahena
De Mazenod, Kandana V St. Thomas’ Matara
by Reemus Fernando
