A noble gesture by British School U-13 Cricket Team
View(s):The British School in Colombo (BSC) in a noble gesture donated cricketing gear to the Under-13 Cricket Team of Mahadivulwewa Maha Vidyalaya, Trincomalee following their charity cricket encounter worked off at the Shalika Grounds, Narahenpita.
The British School of Colombo Under-13 Cricket team, their parents along with the Mahadivulwewa Maha Vidyalaya Under-13 cricketers
The event was organised by the BSC Under-13 Cricket Team along with their parents in collaboration with the ‘Saviya’ Development Foundation. The cricket aid contained bats, pads and all cricket equipment in addition to 50 new pairs of shoes to improve their cricket through the courtesy of the BSC parents.
In fact, the Mahadivulwewa Under-13 Cricket Team reached the second-round of the 2017 Division Three Cricket Tournament but could not make further progress in the event due to financial constraints.
BSC won the charity match in the last over of the innings as they bowled out their opponents for 171 runs after having amassed 374 for eight from their 55 overs.
BSC 374 for 8 wickets in 55 overs (Nehan Moonasinghe 79, Karn Kasyep 71, Rohan Rajesh 67, Kennath de Silva 45, Kavya Shukla 30, M. Asanka 2 for 41, S. Buddika 2 for 35, C. Shanaka 2 for 58)
Mahadivulwewa MV 171 all out in 39.5 overs (A. Pahan 43, C. Sachinthana 36, M. Isuru 26, Thyago Perera 3 for 27, James Graham 2 for 37, Kavya Shukla 2 for 8 )