U-17 Cricket: St. Anthony’s, St. Servatius, Royal and Nalanda qualify to semis

The Under-17 Division I Cricket Tournament has reached the final stages with the quarter-finals being completed. This saw St Anthony’s Katugastota, St Servatius Matara, Royal Colombo and Nalanda booking the four berths to the semi-finals. 

Results: 

At Kadirana: St. Anthony’s won by 4 wickets 
St. Sebastian’s 135 in 45.3 overs (Nishitha Abilash 54, Lahiru Fernando 22: Gihan Achintha 4 for 20, Thamashana Abeykoon 3 for 31) 
St. Anthony’s Katugastota 136 for 6 in 38.3 overs (Theeksha Gunasinghe 27, Navodya Wijekumara 36 n.o, Thamashana Abeykoon 35 n.o.: Praveen Cooray 4 for 23, Tharindu de Silva 2 for 26). 

At Wattala: St. Servatius won by 11 runs 
St. Servatius Matara 215 for 8 in 50 overs (Kesara Nuwantha 63, Shashika Dulshan 45, Vishmitha Dilshan 30, Shihan Kalindu 27: Kalana Perera 2 for 41, Dellon Peiris 2 for 41) 
S. Thomas’ 204 for 9 in 50 overs (Mohamed Ishaq 43, Kalana Perera 31, Kishan Munasinghe 21: Kesara Nuwantha 3 for 28, Naveen Fahid 3 for 45, Chethaka Denuwan 2 for 46) 

At Mt Lavinia: Royal won by 2 wickets 
Thurstan 202 in 49.1 overs (Nimesh Perera 49, Rashmika Hiripitiya 35, Jayavihan Mahavithana 26, Avishka Kaushalya 15, Sandaru Dias 15: Dimal Wijesekera 4 for 39, Manula Perera 4 for 41) 
Royal Colombo 205 for 8 in 47 overs (Thevindu Senaratne 53, Harindu Palihawadana 45, Kaushan Kulasooriya 30, Weijith Wimalasiri 18, Ahan Sanchitha 18: Shalaka Bandara 2 for 33, Sandaru Dias 2 for 55) 

At Reid Avenue: Nalanda won by 3 wickets 
Mahanama Colombo 137 in 41 overs (Pawantha Weerasinghe 47, Dileesha Thuduwage 23: Chamindu Wijesinghe 2 for 14, Rusara Banuka 2 for 18, Kaveesh Madurapperuma 2 for 25, Sachintha Gunatileke 2 for 27) 
Nalanda 138 for 7 in 45.4 overs (Chamindu Wijesinghe 50, Mahima Weerakoon 23, Ranindu de Silva 23 n.o.: Shonal Dinusha 2 for 21)