St. John’s College Panadura beat Vidyartha College Kandy by 74 runs in the quarter-final at Thurstan College ground yesterday and advanced to the semi-final of the Under-19 Division 2 Tier A schools limited overs cricket tournament.
St. John’s College will meet Sri Sumangala College in the semi-final next week.
St. John’s College: 180/9 (50) (Deneth Peiris 76, Nuwan Bologna 32, Himash Adithya 21, Danupa Kodikara 3/21, Anishka Gunaratne 3/36)
Vidyartha College: 106 (39.2) (Anuja Ratnayake 19, Hirusha Pieris 4/18, Lasindu Chamod 2/15, Charinu Fernando 2/21)
(YK)