St. Peter’s College and Wayamba Royal College Kurunegala advanced to the quarter-finals of the Under-17 division 2 inter-school cricket tournament in matches played on Friday.
St. Peter’s College beat Jaffna Central by six wickets in Jaffna and Wayamba Royal Kurunegala beat Nalanda College by one wicket at Narammala in their pre-quarter final encounters.
At Jaffna
St. Peter’s College win by six wickets
Jaffna Central: 103 (38.3) (Sathakaran Similton 27, Dimalsha Jayawardana 3/15, Seniru Fernando 2/14, Aaron Moses 2/27)
St. Peter’s: 104/4 (35.3) (Movin Amarasinghe 26, Seniru Fernando 22, Dimalsha Jayawardana 21 n.o., Ranjithkumar Newton 3/20)
At Narammala
Wayamba Royal College Kurunegala win by one wicket
Nalanda 140 (45.1) (Senuka Gunasekara 34, Semika Gamage 23, Malith Premathilaka 3/29, Upadhi Indusara 2/17, Kavindu Dulanjana 2/25)
Wayamba Royal: 141/9 (47) (Kethmika Savingith 32, Matheesha Pankaja 20, Mithila Hewarathnage 3/24, Vinidu Keshan 2/23) (YK)