St. Benedict’s, Thurstan advance to pre-quarters

By M. Shamil Amit
St. Benedict’s College and Thurstan College advanced to the pre-quarter finals of the Under 19 inter-school limited over cricket tournament. 
St. Benedict’s recorded a convincing eight-wicket win over Maliyadeva College and Thurstan College overcame De Mazenod College by four wickets.

Results
At Kotahena – St. Benedict’s won by eight wickets
Maliyadeva 109 in 28.4 overs (Amesh Tennekoon 36, Nikila Dharmadasa 20: Hasindu Kaviratne 4 for 19, Malinda Perera 3 for 9, Sanosh Perera 2 for 27)
St. Benedict’s 111 for 2 in 25.4 overs (Sanoj Perera 33 n.o., Nimesh Soysa 32 n.o.: Shaluka Atapattu 2 for 27)
At Kandana – Thurstan won by four wickets
De Mazenod 77 in 24.3 overs (Bawantha Jayasinghe 2 for 13, Avishka Kaushalya 2 for 23)
Thurstan 78 for 6 in 13.2 overs (Asitha Silva 3 for 28)