Old Thurstanites clinch Division Three title
Dilwin Mendis - Moratuwa sports correpondent
Old Thurstanites 'A' won the All Island Diviwsion three cricket title
and earned a promotion to Division two of Sri Lanka cricket when they
beat Seenigama Cricket grounds, Maggona.
Batting first Old Thurstanites scored 288 for 7 in their alloted
fifty overs with Milhaj Jaleel making the top score of 79 runs while
Charana Nanayakkara was unbeaten on 48.
In reply Seenigama Cricket were 180 for 6 in 50 overs with Layan
Eranga scoring 75 runs while Ramesh Tudor contributed 44 runs.
Chief scores
Old Thurstanites 'A' - 288/7 in 50 overs - M.Jaleel 79, Sajith
Gunatilleke 31, Thumira Jayasinghe 48, Kavindu Kulasekera 40, Chalana
Nanayakkara 48 n/o, Layan Eranga 2/51
Seenigama Cricket - 180/6 in 50 overs - Ramesh Tudor 44, D. Sampath
31 N/O, Kavindu Kulasekera 2/42, Thimira Jayasinghe 2/29.
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