Murali Harmony Cup:

Semi finalists found

The four teams making up the men’s semi final at the Murali Harmony Cup were decided during yesterday’s final group games with Nalanda College,Mahinda College, Seenigama Combined Schools and St. Joseph’s College, all making the cut.

All four teams remain unbeaten having dominated their respective groups at the tournament. St. Joseph’s managed to beat Zahira College in Group B by 7 wickets in Jaffna with S.P. Fonseka contributing a half century for the victors while in Group A the Seenigama Combined team beat the home Jaffna Combined Schools team by 59 runs. K.U. Imantha struck for the Seenigama team with an impressive four wickets.

In Group C, Nalanda College racked up 175 against St. Aloysius in their final group game and then managed to restrict the latter to 102 in their allotted 20 overs giving them a 73 runs win.

The match was witnessed by Nalanda old boy and Sri Lanka cricket legend, Mahela Jayawardene who also dropped in to the matches played in Jaffna as part of his endorsement of the Murali Harmony Cup. Mahinda College trounced Manna Vavuniya Combined Schools reaching the target set of 80 runs in just 10 overs with an equal number to spare.

Semi-final line-up

*Semi-final 1 (Boys): *Seenigama Combined Schools v Mahinda College. *Semi-final 2 (Boys): *Nalanda College v St. Joseph’s College Both matches will be played at the IODR Oval in Mullativu.

In the Ladies tournament Sathya Sandeepani from Seenigama Ladies scored a half century off 28 balls, racking up 8 boundaries, and paving the way for her team’s win by five wickets with 21 balls remaining. Along with Seenigama, Matale Ladies and Shakthi Ladies were also winners.

The ladies tournament will not contain a semi-final, instead the teams will play through the 24th and the two teams with the highest points will continue to the finals at Kilinochchi Central College Grounds on Sunday 25.