A splendid knock of 125 runs by the glove man of the side Geeshan Fernando enabled Prince of Wales’ College to beat De Mazenod College, Kandana on first innings in their inter school under 15 division one tournament second round fourth match worked off at Ratmalana. By virtue of this victory Cambrians have booked a berth in the pre quarter finals.
Geeshan had sixteen hits to be ropes and four over and occupied the crease for 120 minutes and faced 77 balls and also he was associated in a fourth wicket partnership of 109 runs with Lasiru Sandaruwan who contributed 38 runs. So far Geeshan has scored 468 runs in this tournament and his contribution has carried a long way for his Alma Mater’s success. Batting first visitors scored 264 for 6 with Lester Jayaweera scoring 68 runs and in reply at stumps homesters were 265 for 6.
De Mazenod College – 264/6 in 70 overs Lester Jayaweera 65, Ruwin Fonseka 49, Mithun Senarath 38, Ashen Silva 28, K N Kaushalya 28 n/o, Shehan Rodrigo 3/40.
Prince of Wales’ – 265/5 in 35 overs Geeshan Fernando 125, Chenula Fernando 46, Lasiru Sandaruwan 38, Rithika Fernando 31 n/o, Ashen Silva 2/93.
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