Sports - SSC pays tribute to Mahela and Sanga

Sinhalese Sports Club paid their tribute to young Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara for their epic 634 run 3rd wicket stand against South Africa on Thursday. Besides that Jayawardena also became the fourth highest scorer in the history Test cricket by scoring 374 in the same innings

The President of SSC Daya Perera P.C unveiled a photograph of Mahela Jayawardena, in the Gallery of all time greats. There were quite a number of golden oldies to mark the occasion. C.J.E. Anthoniez and Dudley Gunesekara - two senior vice-presidents, Cambridge Blue Ian Pieris, Neil Chanugam, Anura Tennekoon, Sidat Weetimuni , Marvan Attapattu, Michael De Zoysa, Mahinda Halangoda, Priya Paranawitarana, Mohan de Silva and Jagath Pattiarachchi.Speaking at the occasion Jayawardena said it was a real honour for him and Kumar Sangakkara He said “I am only the stop-gap captain. Continuing the good work of my skipper Marvan Atapattu still I am happy to play under him. We have done well at the moment and all have contributed as a team. We are confident that we could forge ahead and do proud for Sri Lanka cricket”.