The opening day’s play of the 44th Saints Quadrangular being contested by old boys from the four leading catholic schools in Sri Lanka St Joseph’s, St Benedict’s, St Anthony’s and St Peter’s saw the Old Josephians advanced to the finals of both the 50 over (main tournament) and the 25 over (Over 40’s) tournament.
In the 50 over tournament the Old Josephians recorded a convincing ten wicket win over the Old Antonians. The Darley Road old boys were guided by Charinda Fernando who made a 40 ball knock of 80 and Tissara Perera who put in a fine allround performance. Tissara ended with impressive figures of 4 for 26 and then made a quick fire 67 in only 37 balls.
In the other semi final the Old Peterites recorded a massive 145 runs win over Old Benedictines in the match which was played at Bambalapitiya. The highlight of this match was a knock of 135 by Gihan de Silva.
In the Over 40 (25 overs) semi finals the Old Josephians recorded a close 11 runs win over Old Antonians in a match which was curtailed to 20 overs while the Old Benedictines defeated the Old Peterites by 17 runs despite a knock of 101 by Roshan Anthony. The finals of the two segments will begin at 10.00 a.m. today with the 50 over final between Old Josephians and Old Peterites scheduled to be worked off at Darley Road.
The Over 40’s final between Old Benedictines and Old Josephians is also scheduled to be played from 10.00 a.m. onwards at Kotahena. Meanwhile the round robin matches of the Basketball quadrangular were played at the Darley Roads basketball courts. The first semi final today will be played at 7.30 a.m. which will be between Old Josephians and Old Peterites followed by the second semi final between Old Benedictines and Old Antonians slotted to be played at 9.30 a.m.
The third place play off is scheduled to be played at 2.30 p.m. with the grand final due to be played from 4.00 p.m. onwards.
Cricket Results:
At Darley Road:
Old Josephians beat Old Antonians by ten wickets
Old Antonians 157 in 33.3 overs (Mahesh Palihakkara 53, Mahimadasa Patrick 28 n.o.: Tissara Perera 4 for 26, Rajiv Weerasinghe 2 for 18, Sanjeewa Rasih 2 for 44)
Old Josephians 158 for no loss in 11.4 overs (Charinda Fernando 80 n.o., Tissara Perera 67 n.o.)
At Bambalapitiya:
Old Peterites beat Old Benedictines by 145 runs
Old Peterites 392 for 9 in 50 overs (Gihan de Silva 135, Chathura Peiris 58, Delon Udugamasuriya 39, Srimantha Wijeyaratne 31, E. de Silva 3 for 64, J. Priyantha 2 for 37)
Old Benedictines 247 in 44.5 overs (Chanaka Wijewardena 71, Amila Perera 45, Bernard Karunaratne 28: Chathura Peiris 3 for 23, Lakshan Rodrigo 3 for 73, Hans Fernando 2 for 18
Over 40 years (20 overs a side)
At Kotahena:
Old Josephians beat Old Antonians by 11 runs
Old Josephians 123 for 7 in 20 overs (Dushan Soza 33, Shehan Fernando 16: Priyanka Nanayakkara 4 for 13, Asela Herath 2 for 25)
Old Antonians 112 in 17.1 overs (Mohamed Azary 33, Asela Herath 23: Rukshan Soza 3 for 17, Harin de S. Wijeratne 2 for 11, Hiran Cooray 2 for 20, Kumudu Fonseka 2 for 26)
Old Benedictines beat Old Peterites by 17 runs
Old Benedictines 209 for 7 in 20 overs (Ranil Perera 50, Lalith Fernando 38, N. Shanthilal 28, Lorenso Jayasinghe 27, Gihan Perera 23, Malcolm Rodrigo 18: Walter Fernando 3 for 29, Roshan Anthony 2 for 40)
Old Peterites 192 for 5 in 20 overs (Roshan Anthony 101: R. Ranasinghe 3 for 45, Neville Noyar 2 for 19)
Basketball Results:
Old Josephians beat Old Antonians 55-42. Old Benedictines beat Old Peterites 57-48. Old Benedictines beat Old Josephians 68-64 and Old Peterites beat Old Antonians 61-60. - MSA |
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