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De Mazenod book final berth as Sasmitha shines with five wickets
Under 17 Division I Cricket
By Reemus Fernando
Left-arm spinner Dinidu Sasmitha grabbed five wickets including a wicket each in three consecutive overs to lead De Mazenod College to a huge 138 runs victory over St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa in the semi-finals of the Under 17 Division I cricket tournament at Katunayake yesterday.
Chasing a target of 232 runs to win the Sebs were bowled out for 93 runs as Sasmitha triggered a top order collapse taking a wicket each in the 10th, 12th and 14th overs.
De Mazenod will now meet Prince of Wales in the final after the latter shocked defending champions Trinity in their semi-final played on Tuesday.
When they batted De Mazenod made 231 runs with Thisanga Semith (50), Shewan Menusha (65) and Dinosh Jelon (51) scoring the bulk of the runs.
Scores:
De Mazenod
231 (Thisanga Semith 50, Shewan Menusha 65, Dinosh Jelon 51; Akash Dissanayake 2/31, Malintha Silva 3/31)
St. Sebastian’s
93 all out in 29.1 overs (Shenuka Kalhan 20; Dinidu Sasmitha 5/25, Ravindu Silva 2/17) (RF)
