Royal, St. Peter’s declared joints champions

The Under 13 Division One cricket tournament final between Royal College and St. Peter’s College played at Ananda Mawatha which ended in a draw resulted in the teams being declared joint champions.

Royal juniors taking first lease of the wicket made a score of 225 for 6 in their allotted overs with Nithesh Jayasinghe making a top score of 51 in 61 balls inclusive of seven boundaries and associating in a 92-run stand for the third wicket with Rasula Madarasinghe.

St. Peter’s juniors in their run chase, helped by a knock of 58 by Hirun Noyar, put on an opening wicket stand of 79 runs and were 124 for 3 when stumps were drawn.

Result:

At Ananda Mawatha – Match drawn

Royal 225 for 6 (Nithesh Jayasinghe 51, Rasula Madarasinghe 41, Thumindu Somasiri 30, Disas Nanayakkarawasam 17, Chanithu Kankanamage 25 n.o.: Leshan Perera 3 for 12)

St. Peter’s 124 for 3 (Hirun Noyar 58, Methuka Gunaratne 32, Reshan Solomons 15)-MSA

Main photo: The joint champions Royal and St Peter’s team posing for a picture with the officials after receiving the trophy.