Yashan and Priyamal steer Joes to semis
An unbroken 49 runs stand for the fifth wicket between Yashan Samarasinghe and Priyamal Perera helped St. Joseph’s to record an
Josephian batsman Yashan Samarasinghe cuts against St. Sebastian’s in the Schools T20 quarter-final match played at the Bloomfield ground - Pic by Ranjith Perera
easy six wicket win over St. Sebastian’s in the Under-19 T20 quarter final encounter at Reid Avenue yesterday.
St. Sebastian’s winning the toss and batting first was well placed on 60 for 3 in the first ball of the 11th over before a rush of blood by the late order batsmen only saw them losing wickets at regular intervals.
Apart from a run a ball knock of 48 by opener Sangeeth Cooray the others failed to make any impression as they lost their remaining seven wickets for the addition of only 25 runs being bowled out for 85.
St. Joseph’s in their run chase underwent an early setback losing their first wicket with one run on the board. In the eighth over the Josephians was struggling on 37 for 4 before Yashan and Priyamal guided the side to victory and qualified to the semi finals.
St. Sebastian’s 85 in 18.4 overs (Sangeeth Cooray 48: Hashindra Perera 3 for 9, Aravinda Akurugoda 3 for 16)
St. Joseph’s 86 for 4 in 16.4 overs (Duran de Alwis 17, Yashan Samarasinghe 31 n.o., Priyamal Perera 19 n.o.: Saveen Fernando 2 for 11) – MSA