Royal College and Trinity College qualify for the Semi-Finals of the U19 Schools Tier A Limited Over Cricket Tournament, as they defeated Nalanda College and St. Sebastian’s College respectively in the Quarter-Final encounters worked off today at Colombo.
Royal College, Colombo vs Nalanda College, Colombo
Having won the toss, Nalanda College Skipper Raveen de Silva opted to bat first, but were unable to post a competitive score on the board as they were restricted to 189 for 7 in the allotted 50 overs.
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The Skipper de Silva himself was the top run scorer for Nalanda College as he made an unbeaten 59 runs off 85 balls, with 2 fours and a six. The left-arm spinner Dasis Manchanayake was very impressive with the ball for Royal College as he managed to pick up 3 wickets for 17 runs.
Royal College cruised to victory in the 39th over with 6 wickets in hand. The man-in-form Ahan Wickramasinghe stroked an unbeaten 71 runs off 79 balls with 6 fours, while the opening batsman Sineth Jayawardena made 60 runs off 75 balls with 6 fours and a six.
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Brief Scores
Venue – S. Thomas’ College Grounds, Mount Lavinia
Toss – Nalanda College
Nalanda College, Colombo 189/7 (50) Raveen De Silva 59*, Nadil Jayakody 32, Rashan Dissanayaka 30, Vinuja Ranpul 22, Dasis Manchanayake 3/17
Royal College 191/4 (39) Ahan Wickramasinghe 71*, Sineth Jayawardena 60, Dasis Manchanayake 22, Isiwara Dissanayaka 21, Dineth Samaraweera 2/32
Result – Royal College won by 6 wickets & qualified to Semi-Finals
St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa vs Trinity College, Kandy
Sukitha Prasanna of St. Sebastian’s College won the toss and chose to bat first, but they struggled with the bat against quality a bowling attack from Trinity College as they were restricted to 131 runs in 43.2 overs.
The opening batsman Yashan Avishka top-scored for the lads from Moratuwa with a knock of 51 runs off 95 balls with 5 fours. The left-arm spinner Dinuka Thennakoon (4/22) and off-spinner Abhishek Anandakumar (3/40) shared 7 wickets among them.
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The strong Trinity batting lineup had no issue of chasing down the modest target of 134 runs as they went over the line in the 31st over with 7 wickets in hand. The opening batsman Umair Raizan was the chief contributor with the bat as he made 60 runs off 79 balls, including 8 fours.
Brief Scores
Venue – Royal College Grounds, Colombo
Toss – St. Sebastian’s College
St. Sebastian’s College 131 (43.2) Yashan Avishka 51, Savindu Rodrigo 30, Dinuka Thennakoon 4/22, Abishek Anandakumar 3/40
Trinity College 133/3 (30.1) Umair Raizan 60, Thewin Amarasinghe 39, Pawan Pathiraja 21*, Sandeesh Fernando 3/39
Result – Trinity College won by 7 wickets & qualified to Semi-Finals
