St. Sebastian's College Moratuwa beat Thurstan College by 141 runs to win the All-Island Schools Under-17 Division I Cricket Championship in the final played at the Moors ground on Friday (2).
Batting first St. Sebastian's posted 262-5 in 50 overs with Nuwavindu Fernando top scoring 138 and bowled out Thurstan for 121 with 46 deliveries to spare.
St. Sebastian’s beat Trinity, St. Aloysius and Ananda in the final round.
St. Sebastian's Moratuwa 262 for 5 wickets (50) (Nuwanidu Fernando 138, Tharusha Fernando 42, Praveen Cooray 39, Yeshan Wickramarachchi 2/52, Nipun Lakshan 2/48)
Thurstan 121 all out (42.4) (Nimesh Perera 40, Vinuja Ranasinghe 3/15, Tharusha Fernando 2/30)
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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