Open batsman Adesh Almeida hammered blistering 122 runs as St. Sebastians’ College Moratuwa beat Lumbini College by 204 runs to kept alive their chances in the Under 19 Division I tier ‘A’ limited overs tournament.
Almeida cracked 18 fours and two sixes in a 75-ball knock to guide St. Sebastians’ to a total of 307 runs for six wickets in the 33 overs a side match. He was joined by Mashone Ferdinando to put on a 158 runs stand for the second wickets. The duo scored at a run rate of over 10 during their stand.
Ferdinando’s 83 runs came in 42 balls as he hammered five fours and seven sixes.
Later Lumbini were dismissed for 103 runs.
The massive victory was the Sebs’ first win of the tournament after two defeats and with two matches to go they can keep alive their hopes of securing a knockout stage berth.
Scores
St. Sebastians’ 307 for 6 in 33 overs (Adesh Almeida 122, Mashone Ferdinando 83, D. Wickramasuriya 20, Malintha Silva 28; Ravindu Keshan 2/47, Mihisara Weerasinghe 2/64, Dinal Sewmina 2/41)
Lumbini 103 all out in 17 overs (Pasindu Mahisha 48n.o.; Adesh Almeida 2/28, Malintha Silva 2/24, Shenas Hashein 3/29)
by Reemus Fernando 
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