St. Peter’s College and Isipathana College, two schools with sworn rugby rivalry, will leave aside the oval shaped ball and pick up bats and balls in cricket to decide who goes into the final of the Division One Tier B inter school two-day championships in the semi finals on April 2 and 3 at the Navy ground Welisara.
St. Peter’s beat Dharmaraja College and Isipathana beat St. Aloysius College Galle in the quarter finals.
The final will be play at the ACE Capital CC ground on April 10 and 11.
Sri Lanka youth cap Vishen Helambage will lead St. Peter’s and Sithuka Gunawardane will lead Isipathana.
St. Peter’s College: Vishen Helambage (Captain), Rusanda Gamage, Shannon Rodrigo, Oween Salgado, Dilana Damsara, Lashmika Perera, Asadisa de Silva, Ishira Ayupala, Nathan David, Joshua Sebastian, Rithil Suraweera, Janith Kaushan, Sachin Perera, Virul Amarapala, Savi Fernando, Enosh Peterson, Lashen Pushpakumara, Chamindu Perera, Hiruka Silva, Anupa Garumanna, Nirmalath Priyadarshana
Isipathana College: Sithuka Gunawardena (Captain), Tharushka Ashel (Vice Captain), Kevin Samuel, Ruchith Rodrigo, Maleesha Sandaruwan, Lesandu Kalpage, Navindu Umeth, Dasith Senal, Selvakadir Kabileswaran, Chanul Dinoth, Menula Sandew, Dushan Malinga, Dilpa Ruwanara, Ranmith Senarath, Thithira Sansira, Viduna Genura, Mohamed Asjan, Jayantha Dassanayake
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