St Peter’s and Wesley advance to quarters
View(s):By M. Shamil Amit
St Peter’s and Wesley advanced to the quarter finals of the Under 19 T20 cricket tournament with wins over Gurukula MV Kelaniya and St Joseph’s played at Braybrooke Place yesterday.
The first match between St Peter’s and Gurukula MV was a high scoring game with St Peter’s taking first lease of the guided by Shasheen Fernando making a formidable score of 156.
Action at Wesely Vs St.Joseph’s U-19 T-20. Pic by Ranjith Perera
Gurukula MV in their run chase despite a captain’s knock of 61 by Nalin Perera fell short as they were able to muster a score of only 142 giving St Peter’s a 14 run victory.
In contrast the match between St Joseph’s and Wesley was a low scoring affair and the Josephians had to blame themselves for their defeat as they let Wesley off the hook when they were struggling on 19 for 5.
St Joseph’s batting first was bundled out for a paltry 68 with Migara Wickramasinghe doing the bulk of the damage.
Wesley in pursuit of just 69 runs fell into deep trouble as they were tottering on 19 for 5 in the 11th over before Lakmal Ediriweera who made an unbeaten 27 which included three sixes turn the tide to steer Wesley to a two wicket win.
At Braybrooke Place
St Peter’s 156 in 19.5 overs (Shasheen Fernando 65, Lahiru Milantha 26, Dushan Hemantha 20: Namal Pethum 3 for 15, Jayamal Wanniarachchi 2 for 33)
Gurukula MV Kelaniya 142 in 19.2 overs (Nalin Perera 61, Namal Pethum 15: Julian de Zylva 4 for 6, Shasheen Fernando 2 for 20)
St Joseph’s 68 in 15.2 overs (Aravindh Fernando 15: Migara Wickramasinghe 4 for 4, Jonathan Caderamanpulle 2 for 8, Deshan Jayawardena 2 for 14)
Wesley 72 for 8 in 18.4 overs (Basith Muzammil 22, Lakmal Ediriweera 27 n.o.: Trishan Thanuja 3 for 7, Fabian Fernando 2 for 15)
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