Sasi Ganeshan Memorial Trophy back at the School by the Sea

St. Thomas’ Masters beat Royal Masters by 07 runs, Series 3 – 2 in favour of Royal Masters

St. Thomas’, Mount Lavinia Masters put into bat, 215 all out – ( 29.2 Overs ) Vajira Wijegunawardena 112 ( 8×6, 10×4, 70 balls ), Skipper Naresh Adikaram 27, Chaminda Silva 20, Arjuna Waidyasekera 15, Ravi Kumarasinghe 13no, Extras 15 – Naresh Adikaram / Vajira Wijegunawardena 99 run opening stand, Vajira Wijegunawardena / Chaminda Silva 60 runs for the 02nd wicket – the last 08 wickets fell for the addition of 40 runs – Gihan Shiromal 4 / 31, Shezzard Nizar 2 / 09, Nalliah Devarajan 2 / 36, Amal Karunaratne 02 catches, Manju Ariyaratne 02 victims.

Royal, Colombo Masters in reply, 208 / 7 – ( 30 Overs ) Lasantha Perera 52, Skipper Dharsha Abeywardena 41, Nuwan Perera 34, Chinthaka Edirimanna 31, Nalliah Devarajan 14, Amal Karunaratne 13, Extras 12 – Nuwan Perera / Chinthaka Edirimanna 53 runs for the 02nd wicket, Nuwan Perera / Amal Karunaratne 22 runs for the 03rd wicket, Lasantha Perera / Nalliah Devarajan 35 runs for the 05th wicket, Lasantha Perera / Dharsha Abeywardena 74 runs for the 06th wicket – Ravi Kumarasinghe 2 / 29 & 02 catches, Arjuna Waidyasekera 2 / 38.

Player of the Match : Vajira Wijegunawardena STC, ML Masters

Chief Guest : Anura Tennekoon Former Thomian & All Ceylon Captain
Umpire : Sumith Perera, Palitha Liyanage
Scorer : Sathasivam Ravindran
Venue : Reid Avenue ( Bloomfield C & AC )

Photos courtesy Ramesh Wannakuwatta, Dilshan Jayasuriya, Naresh adikaram, Sajith Gunaratne & Deepal Ahangama

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