Shivanga guides Joes victory

Middle order batsman Shiwanga Ranasuriya hit a fighting half century to spearhead St. Peter’s College to a 45 run victory over the giant killers Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda in their Munchee inter school under 19 knock out limited overs cricket tournament quarter final match worked off at the CCC grounds in Maitland Crescent yesterday.

Ranasuriya hit a top score 67 with the help of one six and seven boundaries to help his team reach a healthy 177 runs in 48.1 overs.

Skipper Angelo Perera then snapped up four wickets for 27 as Dharmasoka College were skittled out for just 132 runs from 39.1 overs.

St. Peter’s: 177 in 48.1 overs (S. Ranasuriya 67, I. Peiris 21, A. Fernando 22, A. Berenger 19, L. Ashen 2 for19, K. Niranjana 2 for 36, I. Udayanga 2 for 30)

Dharmasoka: 132 in 39.1 overs (L. Ashen 52, I. Udayanga 33, A. Perera 4 for 27, S. Fernando 3 for 21)

Navin 4/20

Off spinner Navin Kavikara captured four wickets for 20 to lead D. S. Senanayake College to a convincing 86 run victory over Zahira College in their Munchee inter school under 19 knockout limited overs cricket tournament pre quarter final match worked off at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.

D. S. Senanayake: 170 in 49.4 overs (T. Udugamavithana 33, C. Kariyawasam 25, L. Jayampathy 23, N. Kavikara 17, M. Gunasinghe 27 n.o, D. Mohamed 2 for 18, I. Ghouze 2 for 27)

Zahira: 84 in 35.3 overs (M. Irshad 25, N. Kavikara 4 for 20)

Easy for Thomians

Michael van Hoff returned excellent figures of five wickets for 19 to give St. Thomas’ College Kotte a rousing eight wicket victory over St. Patrick’s College Jaffna in their Munchee inter school under 19 division three limited overs cricket tournament semi final match worked off at Baddegana yesterday.

St. Patricks College: 107 in 36 overs (V. Navadeepan 26, A. Manoj 24, A. Kamasgaran 18, M. van Hoff 5 for 19, G. Benedict 2 for 38, R. Allan 2 for 20)

St. Thomas’: 111 for 3 in 29 overs (M. Perera 56, A. Weerasinghe 24, D. Lavateeshan 2 for 33)

Joes in to semis

St. Joseph’s College will take on Maliyadeva College Kurunegala in their Munchee inter school under 19 knock out limited overs cricket tournament semi final match. C.D.