It’s celebration time again for the young and old boys of the two top cricket playing schools Royal College and S. Thomas’ College as they converge when their young cricketers battle it out in the 144th Battle of the Blues big match for the D. S. Senanayake Memorial Trophy over the next three days, beginning tomorrow, at the SSC ground.
St. Joseph’s College Colombo in the Tier ‘A’s segment and Mahinda College Galle in the Tier ‘B’ segment booked their places in the semi-finals of the Under 19 inter-school cricket tournament when they recorded first innings wins against Wesley College and Isipathana College in the quarter-final encounters concluded at Darley Road and Colts today.
Trinity College Kandy achieved an unprecedented double win over Royal College Colombo, recording a six wicket win and qualifying for the semi-final of the Under 19 Inter-School Tier 1 school cricket tournament at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy.
Three junior cricketers, who are part of the national Under 19 squad scheduled to travel to the United Arab Emirates for a tri-nation tournament next week, have been given permission to join the team late owing to their involvement in their respective school big matches.
The Gothami Balika College Colombo 10 recently conducted its indoor sports festival at the Sugathadasa Stadium recently. Major Hiruni Wimalaratne, an alumnus of the Sri Lanka Army, was the guest of honour at the ceremony.
A knock of 70 by Shanujan Shanmuganathan helped St. Benedict’s College to record a first innings win over Richmond College in the Under 19 Tier ‘A’ Division One inter-school quarter-final encounter played at the Army ground in Dombagoda which paved the way for them to book the berth to semi-final.
Despite having an eye on the bigger picture of qualification for the final of the World Championship later this year, Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne said that his team’s focus, for now at least, was the first Test against New Zealand that starts at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday.
The spin and pace combination of Wanindu Hasaranga and Lahiru Samarakoon, who together shared nine wickets, paved the way for Dambulla to coast to a comfortable 85-run win over Galle in the National Super League final concluded at the Galle International Stadium on Sunday to emerge champions.
Australia’s convincing nine-wicket triumph over India in the third Test has helped them book a place at this year’s ICC World Test Championship Final, but just who joins them in the decider remains wide open.