Nalanda advance to semifinals
View(s):Nalanda College advanced to the semifinals of the Under 19 Division One inter-school two-day tournament with an easy first innings over Thurstan in the quarterfinal match concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.
In response to Trinity’s 165, St. Sebastian’s college ended the day on 86 for 3 in another quarterfinal match played in Kurunegala. The match will be continued today.
Results
- At Mt. Lavinia: First innings win for Nalanda
Nalanda (329/7 overnight) 350 for 9 declared (Lakshitha Rasanjana 87, Avishka Perera 84, Chamindu Wijesinghe 62, Raveen de Silva 29, Dilhara Polgampola 26: Ayesh Harshana 3 for 109, Yohan Liyanage 2 for 45, Sandaru Dias 2 for 101) and 35 doe 2
Thurstan 241 (Yohan Liyanage 43, Jayavihan Mahavithana 35, Ranesh Silva 33, Nimesh Perera 53 n.o.: Lakshitha Rasanjana 5 for 50, Kaveesh Madurapperuma 4 for 61)
- At Kurunegala:
Trinity 165 (Abishek Anandakumar 40, Shane Gunatileke 38, Kavishka Senadeera 35, Ashan Lokuketiya 25 n.o.: Vinuja Ranasinghe 6 for 48)
St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa 86 for 3 (Nishitha Abilash 29, Nunwanidu Fernando 40 n.o.)