St. Bernadette’s and Nalanda Minuwangoda in quarters
Newcomers to school cricket St Bernadette’s College Polgahawela and Nalanda Boys Schools Minuwangoda impressed by winning their pre-quarter final matches to qualify to the quarter finals of the Under 13 Division Two cricket tournament.
St Bernadette’s recorded a convincing first inning win over Sandalanka Central while Nalanda Boy’s School too coasted to an easy first inning win against St Mary’s Chilaw. The other six teams to booked their berths to the quarter-finals were Loyala ‘A’ Kochchikade, Prince of Wales ‘B’, Royal ‘B’ Colombo, Galahitiyawa Central, St Peter’s ‘B’ Bambalapitiya, and St Joseph’s Wattala having secured wins against Tissa MMV ‘B’ Kalutara, St Aloysius Ratnapura, CWW Kannanagara MMV, Henegama Central and Taxila Central Horana.  - MSA
Results of pre quarter finals:
-  At Polgahawela: St. Bernadette’s on first inning
   St. Bernadette’s Polgahawela 257for 7 (C. Herath 99, R. Sarosh 74: N. Dilshan 4 for 38, S. Bulathsinghala 2 for 48)
   Sandalanka Central 85 (H. Imalsha 16, P. Dilshan 15: P. Bimsara 3 for 14, V. Kasun 2 for 6, C. Herath 2 for 9)
-  At Divulapitiya: Nalanda Boy’s School on first inning
   Nalanda Boy’s Minuwangoda 218 for 8 (Achintha Gunasekera 81, Salindu Pathirana 38, Mahindu Wijerathna 30: Nadeeka Kasthuriarachchi 3 for 51, Yesith Piyatilaka 2 for 36)
   St. Mary’s 53 in 24.4 overs (Nadun Weerasinghe 2 for 05, Achintha Gunasekera 2 for 15, Naveen Perera 2 for 15)
-  At Ragama: St. Joseph’s Wattala on first inning
   St. Joseph’s Wattala 202 for 7 declared (Vinod Weerasekara 63, Hansaja Gunasekera 40, Chalitha Rumal 41 n.o.: Navod Lakshan 4 for 58)
   Taxila Central Horana 113 (Kalhara Mudunpitage 46, Iranga Jayakody 30: Ashen Perera 5 for 20, Matheesha Dinal 3 for 11)
-  At Bambalapitiya: St. Peter’s ‘B’ on first inning
   Henegama Central 122 (Hasindu Nimansith 39: Shawn de Alwis 3 for 12, Shanon Rodrigo 2 for 14, Imesh Chandimal 2 for 14)
   St. Peter’s ‘B’ 123 for 5 (Ravan Ranasinghe 40, Yasith Gayan 23 n.o,, Gevin Karunakalage 22 n.o., Tharusha Indeewara 4 for 19)
- At Reid Avenue: Royal ‘B’ on points
Royal ‘B’ 273 for 4 declared (Ivin Dhevanarayana 72, Keshara Appagoda 29, Ashen Gamage 28, Niduka Jayathunga 101 n.o.: Sachith Tharusha 2 for 55)
   St. Aloysius Ratnapura 106 for 7 (Semiya Abeyasena 39, Kalpa Banuka 20: Abishek Iddavela 2 for 43)
-  Kalutara: Loyola ‘A’ on points
   Loyola ‘A’ Kochchikade 164 for 6 (Steffan Fernandopulle 39, Sameen Nonis 30, Niluka Fernando 35 n.o.: Geeth Silva 2 for 22, Dinusha Weerasekara 2 for 23, Uresh Salgadu 2 for 38)
   Tissa MMV ‘B’ Kalutara 37 for 8 (Dimuthu Anushka 3 for 9, Sameen Nonis 2 for 0, Hansaja Vishwajith 2 for 15)
-  At Moratuwa: Prince of Wales ‘B’ on points
   Prince of Wales ‘B’ 166 for 8 declared (Achira Alwis 36, Ranuka Rodrigo 30, Vinil Fernando 22, Sanuj Kavishan 21: Dinith Thushan 3 for 26, Jaans Ninjaya 2 for 44)
   Ananda ‘B’ 89 for 8 (Yehan Mindika 23: Mesith de Silva 4 for 25, Thanuj Kavishan 3 for 23)
- Â At Galahitiyawa: Galahitiyawa Central on points
   Galahitiyawa Central 161 (Esanda Sithum 76 n.o.: Hashan Madushanka 3 for 14)
               C. W. W. Kannanagara MMV 127 for 9 (R. Damith 20: Pasindu Lakshan 6 for 43)