rinity’s under 17 cricketers, who had demolished all opposition up to now with a combination of explosive batting and penetrative bowling, fell at the last hurdle when a spunky Antonian side that refused to be beaten, won in the last ball at Katugastota.
Trinity’s top order fired once again with half centuries from Dikwella, Premasinghe and Atugoda and 294 looked a tall order. However Sarathchandra’s 80 together with other good contributions saw them home. The Antonians needed 18 off the last over and two off the final delivery. A Trinity bowler ran out the last Antonian batsman for backing up too far. But the appeal was subsequently retracted – to their detriment.This was one of the finest limited over games seen in Kandy for a long time.
Trinity 294 in 50 overs (N. Dikwella 50, T. Premasinghe 67, K. Atugoda 50, S. Fernando 18, C. Jayasinghe 17, S. Jayasinghe 14, T. Bandara 14; T. Jayasinghe 2 for 51, T. Hettige 2 for 42, T. Premaratne 2 for 41)
St. Anthony’s 295 for 9 in 50 overs (S. Liyanage 30, A. Premaratne 18, M. Sarachchandra 80, K. Ranaraja 45, T. Jayasinghe 39, A. Bandara 12, T. Hettige 23 n.o; T. Bandara 3 for 35, J. Premasinghe 2 for 52)
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