Under 17 Division Two Avishka, Pramod guide Christ King

By M. Shamil Amit 
Avishka Nirmal and Pramod Chathuranga shone for Christ King College Ja-ela in their 69-run win against Maliyadeva Model School Kurunegala in the quarter-final encounter of the Under 17 Division Two limited over tournament at Thimibirigaskatwa.
The duo cracked half tons to help Christ King, taking first lease of the wicket, to make a formidable score of 258 runs while Maliyadeva Model School in their run chase were restricted to a score of 189, giving them a berth in the semi-finals.
Zahira College Colombo recorded a comfortable six-wicket win over Royal Central Kurunegala in a low scoring match of the same tournament played at Kurunegala to qualify to the semi-final.

Results:

At Thimbirigaskatuwa - Christ King won by 69 runs 
Christ King College Ja-ela 258 in 47.5 overs (Avishka Nirmal 89, Pramod Chathuranga 56, Wishmitha Aloka 42, Rayan Sachintha 26: Hasaranga Ranjith 2 for 31, Vihanga Kularatne 2 for 43 Savishka Tennekoon 2 for 50, Kanchana Ratnayake 2 for 53)
Maliyadeva Model School Kurunegala 189 in 44.2 overs (Vihanga Kularatne 36, Dinusha Abeyratne 36, Isuru Anjana 28, Sayuru Jayatileke 17, Rajitha Samarasinghe 15: Sharith Sudeena 3 for 34, Sunesh Nimshan 3 for 37, Rayan Sachintha 2 for 30)
At Kurunegala - Zahira won by six wickets 
Royal Central Kurunegala 75 in 28 overs (Jinajith Dulmika 33: Abdul Azeez 5 for 12)
Zahira Colombo 78 for 4 in 21.5 overs (Roshan Careem 33: Sonal Aswin 2 for 26)