Tendulkar and Jayasuriya Houses in tied match

By Jatila KARAWITA

A tied match in the under-15 age group between Tendulkar and Jayasuriya House teams highlighted the CCC School of Cricket Six-a-Side Tournament to mark the 10th Anniversary Celebrations begun at Maitland Crescent last evening.

Tendulkar House taking first lease of the game in the last match for the day, made 53 for 1 off their allotted five overs while the Jaysuriya House replied with 53 for 3 also in 5 overs or producing an exciting tie in the end.

This paved the way for another fresh game in keeping with Six-a-Side rules with the wicket-keeper of both sides called upon to ball one over.

Jayasuriya House made 11 for 1 in the only over while Tendulkar House replied with 16 for no loss to win by 5 wickets and qualify for the under-15 final with Sobers House at 1.30 p.m. today.

From the preliminary matches worked off yesterday the following finalists were found for the age groups ranging from under-10 to under-15:

8.30 a.m. - Under-13 'A' final - Jayasuriya vs Bradman

9.10 a.m. - Under-13 'B' final - Bradman vs Sobers

9.50 a.m. - Under-12 final - Bradman vs Tendulkar

10.30 a.m. - Under-11 final - Sobers vs Jayasuriya

11.15 a.m. - Under-10 final - Bradman vs Tendulkar

12 noon - Under-14 final - Tendulkar vs Jaysuriya

1.30 p.m. - Under-15 final - Sobers vs Tendulkar

2.15 p.m. - Under-18 final - To be decided later today.

CCC School of Cricket Six-a-Side Tournament commenced yesterday involving four houses namely (Bradman, Sobers, Tendulkar and Jayasuriya) to honour four of the greatest cricketers the world has ever witnessed. The CCC School of cricket one of the leading cricket coaching schools in the island was founded by veteran coach Nelson Mendis back in 1998 on the invitation of former Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala and Shammi Silva two reputed cricketing personalities and officials of the Colombo Cricket Club, who are also cricketers who learnt their basics in cricket under Nelson Mendis.

Results at a glance -

Under-10: Jaysuriya 35-1 (Asela 19), Bradman 36-1 (Naveen 10).

Result - Jayasuriya won by 4 wkts.

Under-10: Sobers 31-3 (Venusha 10), Tendulkar 32-3, Result - Tendulkar won by 2 wkts.

Under-11: Bradman 34-4, Sobers 35-2.

Result - Sobers won by 3 wkts.

Under-11: Tendulkar 31-2, Jayasuriya 34-2.

Result - Jayasuriya won by 3 wkts.

Under-12: Jayasuriya 26 all out. Bradman 27 for no loss.

Result - Bradman won by 5 wkts.

Under-12: Tendulkar 52-1 (Avinash 20), Sobers 44-1 (Kavindu 20).

Result - Tendulkar won by eight runs.

Under-13: Jayasuriya 38-3 (Vishmitha 17 n.o.), Bradman 40-1 (Benuka 20).

Result - Bradman won by 4 wkts.

Under-13: Sobers 51-2 (Madutha 19), Tendulkar 45 all out. (Malinda 17, Thasindu 15).

Result - Sobers won by six runs.

Under-13: Jayasuriya 47-3 (Kanishka 21), Sobers 46-2 (Livin 17, Roshana 20).

Result - Jayasuriya won by 2 wkts.

Under-13: Bradman 41-1 (Devin 13), Tendulkar 39-3 (Saroos 21).

Result - Bradman won by 2 runs.

Under-14: Tendulkar 41-2 (Lahiru 11), Bradman 30 all out.

Result - Tendulkar won by 11 runs.

Under-14: Jayasuriya 49-4 (Sarinda 22), Sobers 40 all out (Kasun 14 n.o.).

Result - Jayasuriya won by 9 runs.

Under-15: Bradman 35-5 (Dulusha 12), Sobers 27-5.

Result - Sobers won by 8 runs.

Under-15: Tendulkar 53-1 (Thanusha 10, Salgado 22), Jaysuriya 53-3 (Shehan 15, Duleeka 21).

Result match tied.