S. Thomas’ Gurutalawa captained by Udesh Ranaweera beat S. Thomas’ College Bandarawela by four wickets to bag the Headmasters E. St. Patrick Gunawardena and SLA Ratnayake Trophies for the first time since this annual encounter was revived in 2009 in their traditional cricket encounter played at the Bandarawela Esplanade.
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The triumphant S. Thomas’ Gurutalawa cricket team |
S. Thomas’ Bandarawela 282 (Ashan Weeraman 31, Nihanga Liyanage 62, Hansaka Liyanarachchi 43; Tharindu Bandara 2 for 17, Anjana Silva 3 for 68, Ravishan Wickremarachie 2 for 0).
S. Thomas’ Gurutalawa 284 for 7 (MTS Maduka 74, Tharindu Bandara 41, Anjana Silva 71, AM Sarathchandra 32 n.o; Manoj Prabath 3 for 45).
Best Batsman: MTS Maduka of STC Gurutalawa; Man of the Match: Anjana Silva of STC Gurutalawa; Best Bowler: Manoj Prabath of STC Bandarawela.
Prof. Mohan de Silva, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sri Jayawardenapura and an Old Boy of STC Gurutalawa was the Guest of Honour.
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