Sri Lanka Schools: Peterite-Ananda clash pick of the quarter-finals (27 April 1999)

27 April 1999

Sri Lanka Schools: Peterite-Ananda clash pick of the quarter-finals

Chris Dhambarage

The League champions St. Peter's College will take on Ananda in a key Elephant Lemonade Cup knock-out cricket tournament quarter-final fixture at the R. Premadasa Stadium today.

The Peterites had an easy passage into the quarter-finals by defeating Mahanama and St. John's Panadura in the first round and pre-quarter-finals respectively. But this time they are up against a formidable side and no doubt they will be under tremendous pressure.

The Anandians will be determined to win this game after having been pushed into the eighth position in the 'A' Division League championship. They also suffered a shock defeat at the hands of their traditional rivals Nalanda in their annual limited over encounter recently. But they recovered well and recorded two good victories over St. Anne's College, Kurunegala and Raddoluwa MV.

S. Thomas' College will go in as favourites when they take on Kalutara MV in their quarterfinal fixture at the CCC grounds, Maitland Crescent. The Thomians are quite confident having scored an impressive win over Isipatana in the pre quarter-finals. Kalutara MV reached the last eight by recording two victories over Richmond and President's College.

The giant killers St. Sylvester's College will be up against Lumbini MV in their quarter-final match at NCC grounds, Maitland Place. The Sylvestrians knocked out the favourites Nalanda in the pre quarterfinals after having defeated Bandaranayake MMV in a first round encounter. Lumbini MV defeated Group 'C' League champions Asoka MV in the first round and followed up with another good win over Joseph Vaz College in the pre quarter-finals.

Meanwhile the traditional rivals St. Sebastian's College and Prince of Wales College will battle it out in another quarterfinal match at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. The Sebastianites edged out D.S. Senanayake while the Cambrians defeated Vidyartha on a faster run rate during the pre quarter-finals.

Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)