Ananda College’ stunned Nalanda College to break the hoodoo and became the Champions of Olcott Memorial Trophy 2023 in UAE and Nalanda College became the runner-up. Mahinda College and Dharmasoka College took honours by winning Plate and Shield finals at the 14th Olcott Cricket Tournament held in UAE.
14th Sir Henry Steel Olcott Schools Cricket Tournament organized by Olcott Alumni UAE was held on 26th February 2023 at Sharjah English School ground and newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United Arab Emirates Udaya Indrarathna graced the occasion as the chief guest.
The event, which has become a permanent fixture in the local cricket calendar in the United Arab Emirates, was participated by old boys of seven Olcott Schools (excluding Rahula) and Sri Lankan cricket lovers living in the United Arab Emirates.
The top four ranked teams of league stage played semi-final where Ananda beat Dharmapala and Nalanda beating Mahinda to reach Championship trophy final.
Losers of semi-final Mahinda and Dharmapala played the plate final while Dharmraja the 5th ranked team and Dharmasoka the 6th ranked team played the Shield final.
Ananda secured a dramatic victory off the final ball against Nalanda to become the Olcott Trophy champions for the second occasion. Dinesh De Silva of Ananda was adjudged as the Player of the Final while Namal Gunawardena of Nalanda was adjudged as Best Batsman and Kushan Wijewardena of Ananda was adjudged as Best Bowler of the Trophy Championship.
Mahinda became winner of the Plate final and Dharmapala was runner-up. Ajith Sooriyaarachchi of Mahinda was adjudged as the Man of the Final while Milinda Madhawa of Dharmapala was adjudged as Best Batsman and Kasun Thilina of Mahinda was adjudged as Best Bowler of the Plate Championship.
Dharmasoka beat Dharmaraja to become winner of Shield final. Pasindu Wanniarachchi of Dharmasoka was adjudged as the Man of the Final while Niran Wijesena of Dharmaraja was adjudged as Best Batsman and Kasun Edirisinghe of Dharmasoka was adjudged as Best Bowler of the Shield Championship.
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