St. Joseph’s College Colombo emerged champion of the ‘Singer Cup’ Under 19 inter-schools two-day knockout cricket tournament when they beat Trinity College Kandy on the first innings in the final played at Havelock Park yesterday.
The Josephians batting first rattled up a challenging score of 300 in 82.4 overs and Trinity resuming at 35-1 could reply with only 173 – their batting falling to the spin of Dunith Wellalage (4/40) and Lakshan Gamage (3/42).
Skipper Hasitha Boyagoda top scored for Trinity with 35.
Josephian skipper Jehan Daniel was named man of the final.
Kumar Samarasinghe Director of Sales Singer PLC Ltd, Oshara Panditaratne, president of Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and Rev. Fr. Travis Gabriel, Rector of St. Joseph’s College Colombo presented the awards.
Scores: St. Joseph’s: 300;
Trinity: 173 (35/1 o/n) in 69 overs (Hasitha Boyagoda 35, Thisaru Dilshan 29, Jeff Weerasinghe 24, Ashan Lokuketiya 21, Dunith Wellalage 4/40, Lakshan Gamage 3/42) - YK
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