Prep Under 15 Cricket team tops the 1st round table
The teams to play in the second round of the Under 15 and 17 Division Two inter-schools cricket tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association have been decided. The completion of the first round matches saw St Thomas’ Prep, Taxila MMV Horana, President’s Rajagiriya ‘B’, Trinity ‘B’, St Peter’s ‘B’ Bambalapitiya, Anuradhapura Central, St Sebastian’s ‘B’ Moratuwa, St Thomas’ Bandarawela, St Mary’s Chilaw, Dudley Senanayake MV Tholangamuwa and Sri Sumangala MMV Wariyapola come out on top in their respective groups.
In the Under 15 category from the 78 teams that participated in the first round 40 teams qualified for the second round and the teams will be divided into eight groups of five teams each. The second round matches will have to be completed on or before August 25 after which eight teams will qualify to the pre-quarter finals.
Royal ‘B’ were the champions last year with St Sebastian’s ‘B’ Moratuwa being the runners up.
In the Under 17 category the teams to emerge group champions were Royal ‘B’, St Peter’s ‘B’ Bambalapitiya, St Sebastian’s ‘B’, Moratuwa, St Peter’s Negombo, Wadduwa MMV, Taxila MMV Horana, Sri Sumangala Wariyapola and Anuradhapura Central from which 16 teams have qualified for the second round from the 38 teams that contested in the first round.
The 16 teams will be divided into four groups with the winners and runners up of these groups qualifying for the quarter finals. The second round matches of these age groups should be completed on or before August 18.
Harischandra NS Negombo and St Patrick’s Jaffna who were the champions and runners up last year in the Division Three category have been promoted. In the Under 17 Division Two St Peter’s ‘B’ Bambalapitiya emerged champions and St John’s Nugegoda runners up.
The teams to qualify in the Under 15 tournament:
Group ‘P’ – St Thomas’ Prep, Colombo 3, Wadduwa MMV, Seevali MMV Ratnapura, Christ King Ja-Ela, Taxila MMV Horana ‘Q’ – President’s ‘B’ Kotte, Wayamba Royal Kurunegala, Mahanama ‘B’ Colombo, Galahitiyawa M.M.V., Trinity ‘B’ Kandy ‘R’ – St. Peter’s ‘B’ Bambalapitiya, St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya, Sri Sumangala MMV Hikakaduwa, Sri Rahula Katugastota, Anuradhapura M.M.V ‘S’ – St. Sebastian’s ‘B’ Moratuwa, Harischandra M.V. Negombo, Vijaya Matale, Devapathiraja Rathgama, St. Thomas’ Bandarwela ‘T’ – St. Mary’s Chilaw, Isipathana ‘B’ Colombo, St. Aloysius’ Ratnapura, Royal ‘B’ Colombo ‘U’ – Dudley Senanayake M.M.V. Tholangamuwa, St. Anthony’s Panadura, Azhar Akurana, Dharmaraja ‘B’ Kandy, Prince of Wales “B” Moratuwa ‘V’ – Sri Sumangala M.M.V. Wariyapola, Ananda ‘B’ Colombo, Galagedara MMV, Kekirawa M.M.V., St. Joseph’s ‘B’ Colombo ‘W’ – St. Servatius’, Matara, S.De S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala, Mahanama Panadura, Bandarawela MMV, Sri Dharmaloka M.V. Kelaniya
The teams to qualify in the Under 17 tournament:
Group ‘J’ – Royal ‘B’ Colombo , St. Patrick’s Jaffna, St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya, Wadduwa MMV ‘K’ – St. Peter’s ‘B’ Bambalapitiya, Dudley Senanayake M.M.V. Tholangamuwa, C.W.W. Kannangara MV Colombo, Taxila M.M.V. Horana ‘L’ – St. Sebastian’s ‘B’ Moratuwa, St. Aloysius’ Ratnapura, Veluwana Colombo, Sri Sumangala National School Wariyapola ‘M’ – St. Peter’s College Negombo, S. Thomas’ Mt. Lavenia ‘B’, Ananda M.V. Kottawa , Anuradhapura MMV.
By M. Shamil Amit