St. Anthony’s in final

St. Anthony’s Katugastota advanced to the finals of the Under 17 Division One inter-school final when they registered a thrilling first innings win over Royal in the semi final encounter concluded at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake yesterday.

St Anthony’s - 161 (J. Seegartsp 38, S.T. Palihakkara 28, E.N. Hettiarachchi 26, M.H. Perera 25.; K. Boteju 4 for 19, K. Withanage 3 for 35, D. Rajapakse 2 for 33) and 105 for 5 (M.A. Reyal 32, H. Perera 50 n.o.; K. Withanage 4 for 25)

Royal - (58/2 o’night) 151 (K. Withanage 56; S. Hettiarachchi 33, R. Saldin 22.; M.A. Reyal 3 for 47, D. Hettiarachchi 2 for 17).

St. Peter’s in strong position

Half centuries by Srimantha Wijeyaratne and Shivanga Ranasuriya saw St. Peter’s end the first day’s play in a strong position against DSS in the second semi final of the Under 17 Division One cricket tournament played at Moratuwa yesterday.

St. Peter’s - 274 (Srimantha Wijeyaratne 97, Shivanga Ranasuriya 55, Angelo Perera 38, Chatura Peiris 30 n.o.; Nadeesha Jayakody 4 for 49, Malith Wickramasinghe 3 for 57, Dharshana Jayasundara 2 for 32)

DSS - 52 for 2 (Rajitha Edirisuriya 20 n.o.; Andrew Paulus 2 for 5)

-MSA