FW: FESTIVAL OF CRICKET - 6-a-side tournament in Melbourne
Ashok Ariyaratnam
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Subject: FESTIVAL OF CRICKET - 6-a-side tournament in Melbourne
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 23:13:39 +1100
On a beautiful warm Labour Day holiday, the Festival of Cricket 6-a-side tournament got under away at the most impressive surroundings of Xavier College in Kew. Our old boys were among compatriots from 15 other Sri Lankan schools that took part in this inaugural event in Melbourne.
We did well to defeat Nalanda convincingly, but unfortunately lost to eventual champions Royal and Dharmaraja. Lester scored a belligerent 56 not out against Nalanda in our total of 1 for 72 off 5 overs. Marlon followed suit against Royal scoring an unbeaten 41, along with Lester chipping in with another useful 24, helped us reach a very impressive 1 for 68 in 5 overs. But Royal was too good for us reaching this target in 4 overs. The game against Dharmaraja was a bit disappointing as we managed to muster only 28 runs in our 5 overs. The one highlight in the last game was Spencer’s feat of claiming a wicket with his first ball.
We are extremely grateful to the guys who represented us, giving their time away for the sake of college and in the process sacrificing a long-weekend. Special thanks to Marlon, Lester, Sujith, Adrian, Ashok, Saman, Anton, Lashan, Meri, Sampath and Spencer. Also, thanks to the few families who came along to fly the Antonian flag.
We had the pleasure of meeting the official host Russell Arnold, former SL coach Dave Whatmore, the founder of Foundation of Goodness Kushil Gunasekera among others.
Enjoy the photos, courtesy Ashok.
Regards
Afzal
