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Asadisa steers St. Peter's to victory

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October 03, 2025

A fine knock of 114 inclusive of eight boundaries and four sixes and supported by half tons from Shavidu Silva and Joshua Sebastian helped St. Peter's to record a close 26 runs win over Gurukula MV Kelaniya in a high scoring match of the Under 19 inter-school limited overs cricket tournament encounter played at Panagoda.

- By M. SHAMIL AMIT

Asadisa along with Shavidu shared a 135 runs stand for the third wicket for St. Peter’s taking first lease of the wicket to make a challenging score of 287 and Gurukula MV despite a top knoc

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