S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia crowned champions of the T20 Triangular Cricket Tournament played for the Anura Tennekoon Trophy as part of the Centenary Celebrations of the Big Club Grounds at S. Thomas’ College.
Royal College qualified to final defeating Trinity College by 7 wickets in the 3rd game of the tournament held in the morning session today.
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After restricting Trinity College to just 67 runs courtesy of brilliant collective bowling effort, Royal College cruised to the target in just 12.4 overs losing only 3 wickets.
S. Thomas’ College which dominated the tournament winning both games played yesterday, continued their unbeaten run registering a convincing win over Royal College in the final.
Batting first, the visitors posted only 91/9 in the allotted 20 overs as Shalin Perera produced an impressive bowling performance – 3/11 for S. Thomas’ College.
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The hosts chased down the target of 92 quite convincingly losing only 3 wickets as Dineth Goonewardene and Avinash Fernando played vital knocks in the successful run-chase for them.
Award Winners
Best Batter – Shane Abeyrathne (Royal College)
Best Bowler – Shalin Perera (S. Thomas’ College)
Best Fielder – Sasindu Mapa (Royal College)
Player of the Match – Dineth Goonewardene (S. Thomas’ College)
Player of the Series – Akash Fernando (S. Thomas’ College)
Brief Scores
Match 3
Trinity College, Kandy – 67 (17.3) Movindu Samarasinghe 18, Yenula Bandara 3/10, Ushitha Eleperum 2/11, Sehandu Sooriyaarachchi 2/13
Royal College, Colombo – 71/3 (12.4) Shane Abeyrathne 34*, Hirun Matheesha 20
Result – Royal College won by 7 wickets
Final
Royal College, Colombo – 91/9 (20) Shane Abeyrathne 28, Udantha Gangewatte 22, Shalin Perera 3/11, Akash Fernando 2/11
S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia – 95/3 (17.1)Dineth Goonewardene 44, Avinash Fernando 23
Result – S. Thomas’ College won by 7 wickets
