Mahanama, Nalanda and Wesley College march into the quarter-finals
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Mahanama College Colombo, Nalanda College Colombo and Wesley College Colombo have booked their places in the quarter-finals of the Inter-School Division One Limited-Over Cricket Tournament, organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association with the support of Sri Lanka Cricket.
Among the matches played today (20), the standout result came as Wesley College Colombo beat last year's runners-up Richmond College Galle to progress in the tournament, while the previous year's champions Mahanama College Colombo also advanced further by defeating St. Joseph's College Colombo.
In addition, Nalanda College Colombo defeated St. Anthony's College Kandy to also qualify for the next stage.
The other team to qualify for the quarter-finals was Mahinda College Galle, who secured their spot a day earlier by beating St. Sebastian's College Moratuwa.
In the matches that concluded today, Sineth Weerarathna (52) of Mahanama College Colombo, Senura Lakshan (51) of Wesley College Colombo and Ranmith Senarath (52) of Nalanda College Colombo recorded half-centuries.
Brief scores of the completed matches
Match between St. Joseph's College Colombo and Mahanama College Colombo at the Supper Grounds, Maththegoda. (Tier A – Pre-quarter-finals)
Toss – St. Joseph's College
- St. Joseph's College – all out for 84 (41.4) Yenula Danthanarayana 20, Sanuka Ganepola 3/09, Kaushika Thilakarathna 4/13, Sanul Weerarathna 2/12
- Mahanama College – 85 for 3 (20.2) Sineth Weerarathna 52, Sanul Weerarathna 17 not out
Mahanama College Colombo won by 7 wickets.
Match between Nalanda College Colombo and St. Anthony's College Kandy at the Nalanda College Grounds, Colombo. (Tier A – Pre-quarter-finals)
Toss – Mahinda College
- Nalanda College – 234 for 6 (50.0) Lithma Wijekumara 32, Nadul Jayalath 20, Ranmith Senarath 52, Nemindu Akmeemana 47, Mihin Soysa 29, Santhul Wijeyarathna 30 not out, Sanithu Gunathilaka 3/39, Ryan Gregory 2/43
- St. Anthony's College – all out for 157 (44.0) Sanuka Kalpana 21, Sadew Amarakoon 47, Kaushika Kumarasinghe 38, Osada Pamuditha 2/22, Rusadu Silva 4/22
Nalanda College Colombo won by 77 runs.
Match between Wesley College Colombo and Richmond College Galle at the Mandaduwa Grounds, Weeraketiya. (Tier A – Pre-quarter-finals)
Toss – Richmond College
- Wesley College – 141 for 6 (30.0) Kavindu Hettiarachchi 30, Senura Lakshan 51, Lithma Perera 23 not out, Vihanga Mihiranga 2/08
- Richmond College – 109 for 8 (23.0) Bevin Jayawardena 20, Aadyan Sain 3/17, Senura Lakshan 3/09
Wesley College Colombo won by 16 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
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Based on ThePapare reporting