Ashen steers Royal ‘B’ to final
View(s):An unbeaten half ton by Ashen Gamage helped Royal B record a comfortable eight wicket win over St. Joseph’s Wattala in the Under 17 Division Two inter-schools cricket tournament semi-final encounter played at Wijerama Mawatha. Ashen’s knock steered his side in pursuit of 139 runs for victory. They reached the target in the 30th over for Royal B to book the berth to the final.
Result
- At Wijerama Mawatha: Royal ‘B’ won by eight wickets
St. Joseph’s Wattala 138 (45.2) (Dinidu Akesh 35, Methmal Rajith 22: Uthum Dissanayake 3 for 19, Nipun Praboda 2 for 25, Damith Kappagoda 2 for 31)
Royal Colombo ‘B’ 139 for 2 (30) (Uvindu Weerasekera 39, Nethin Panapitiya 29, Ashen Gamage 53 n.o.: Keith Gunasekera 2 for 51)