S. Thomas’, St. Sebastian’s battle for second final slot
Janishka Perera St. Sebastian’s Captain
The Under-17 Division I Inter-Schools second semi-final between unbeaten S. Thomas’ and St. Sebastian’s has been rescheduled for tomorrow at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona.
Shalin de Mel S. Thomas’ Captain
The semi- final was scheduled to be played on Thursday but due to the ground had not been prepared after the date was confirmed by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association, the game was not played. .
The two sides are being spearheaded by experience players who both have represented the senior team with the unbeaten boys from the sea side school being led by Shalin de Mel and the cricket crazy town of Moratuwa being led by Janishka Perera.
The Thomians come into the this crucial game with a clean record of having played 11 matches and winning them all and in the run up to the semi finals they outclassed Dharmaraja by seven wickets in the pre-quarter final and Nalanda by four wickets in the quarter final encounter which was replayed after the first Match ended in a tie.
The Teams
- S. Thomas’: Shalin de Mel (Capt), Kishan Munasinghe, Ravindu de Silva, Maneesha Rupasinghe, Dilmin Ratnayake, Deon Fernando, Ryan Fernando, Umayanga Suwaris, Shamilka Wickrmatileke, Mohamed Ishaq, Randiv Gunasekera, Gavin Boteju, A. Rajadurai, Shehan Silva, Dhihan Hilmi, Dinesh Kumarasinghe (Head Coach), Dilshan Mendis (Assistant Coach).
- St. Sebastian’s: Janishka Perera (Capt), Savindu Rodrigo, Sukitha Prasanna, Dunith Jayatunga, Dihanga Mendis, Nadeera Fernando, Dulara Fernando, Sasika Perera, Thadula de Silva, Saveen Fernando, Chamoth Mendis, Harith Fernando, Kanishka Lakshan, D. Praneeth, Sandula Lehan, Imal Boteju (Coach), Tharanga de Silva (Assistant Coach).