Under 13 Final Royal, St. Peter’s declared joints champions

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

The Under 13 Division One cricket tournament final between Royal College and St. Peter’s College played at Ananda Mawatha ended in a draw saw the two 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 runs stand for the third wicket with Rasula Madarasinghe.   

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

Result

At Ananda Mawatha – Match drawn

Royal 225 for 6 in 50 overs (Nithesh Jayasinghe 51, Rasula Madarasinghe 41, Thumindu Somasiri 30, Disas Nanayakkarawasam 17, Chanithu Kankanamage 25 not out; Leshan Perera 3 for 12)   
St. Peter’s 124 for 3 in 37 overs (Hirun Noyar 58, Methuka Gunaratne 32, Reshan Solomons 15)-MSA