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| Sunday, 10 April 2005 |
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Solomons has captained St. Thomas' in four age groups Andy Solomons who captained the 1st XI team this season performed well scoring over 800 runs. His best individual performance was against Lalith Athulathmudali Vidyalaya Mount Lavinia when he hammered a double century 263 which included 21 sixes and 24 fours. Andy is a stylish right-hand bat and also scored three half centuries against Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte, Dudley Senanayake MV, Colombo and Piliyandala Central. Andy, medium-pace opening bowler captured 46 wickets, with best figures being 6 for 50 against Ananda Sastralaya. He had a match bag of 9 for 80 against Dharmapala. In the limited-over games Andy notched an unbeaten 100 against St. Mary's College, Matugama and 58 runs against C. W. W. Kannangara MV. His best bowling feat in the 50-over game was 4 for 38 against Holy Cross College, Kalutara. The 17-year-old Andy has played cricket for college since 12-years and had the rare distinction of captaining the college under-13, under-15, under-16 and under-19. He has played for 1st XI for three successive years and will play in the next season too. Andy is also a member of the NCC and played in the Division Three tournament this season. He said that he will continue to play for the club to improve his standard. He is happy about his performances as the captain of the college cricket team. "We maintained an unbeaten record this year due to fine team spirit and superior performances" he said. He is also a good student and has just finished the O/Level. L.F. |
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