Kalutara Big Match ends with hospitalisation of vice-captain

Vice-captain of the Kalutara Tissa College’s cricket team was injured and admitted to the hospital with serious head injuries following a clash between students at the end of the cricket match between Kalutara Tissa College and Kalutara Maha Vidyalaya at the Maggona Surrey sports grounds, yesterday, police said.

The Payagala police said that the clash erupted after the victory of the Kalutara Maha Vidyalaya in the last over.

Hospital sources said that the injured vice-captain of the Tissa National School cricket team was initially admitted to the intensive care unit of the Nagoda General Hospital, and steps were to be taken to transfer the victim to the Colombo National Hospital for urgent surgery.