MATALE, ROYAL INTL SCHOOLS CLASH IN FIRST BIG MATCH

The inaugural under 17 and 15 Twenty20 cricket fixtures and Netball encounters (u/17 and 15) between two International Schools, Matale International School, Matale and Royal International School, Kurunegala organised by Matale International School, will get underway at the Bernard Aluvihare Stadium, Matale on Thursday July 18th commencing at 9 am.

The cricket encounter is being played for the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Challenge trophy and the players are expected to wear coloured clothing for the play.

Ihthisham Imthiyas will captain Matale Interntaional with M. Shakeel captaining Royal International, while under the captaincy of Dinura Perera MIS will take on RIS Kurunegala led by M. Ubaidulla in the under 15 match.

Led by Nipuni Wansuriya the under 17 netball team of RIS, Kurunegala will meet MIS, skippered by Thilini Gunasekara while Nadushi Sena-

Ihthisham Imthiyas will captain Matale Interntaional with M. Shakeel captaining Royal International, while under the captaincy of Dinura Perera MIS will take on RIS Kurunegala led by M. Ubaidulla in the under 15 match

nayake will lead RIS under 15, Kurunegala team against MIS captained by Dinusha Samararathna. The Netball encounter is being played for the Monty Gopallawa Memorial Challenge Trophy.

In addition to the Challenge trophies, awards are on offer for the best batsman, bowler and man of the match in both cricket matches and also for the two best players in the net ball fixtures.

The two International Schools from the two cities, Kurunegala and Matale will treat the cricket and netball fixtures as the traditional big matches of the two schools that and be continued as their annual fixture in the future.