It’s CCC all the way
The 8th Annual series between CCC School of Cricket and the touring Imtiaz Ahmed C.A. from India, played for the ‘Imtiaz Ahmed – Nelson Mendis’ Challenge Trophy saw the CCC SC retaining the Trophy for yet another year, when they dominated the series, winning seven matches and losing only one match.
The Under 14 team won all four encounters while the Under 12 team won three matches and lost one.
The main award the “Imtiaz Ahmed – Nelson Mendis’ Challenge Trophy was given away by Vikar Ahmed, son of Imtiaz Ahmed and was received jointly by two skippers of CCC SC Thevindu Senaratne (U-14) and Muthaar Nasir (U-12).
The following awards were won by CCC SC players (both U-14 and U-12) at the conclusion of the series:
Under 14: Best Batsman – Yasas Abeysekera, Best Bowler – Monil Silva, Best Fielder – Kavindu Pathiratna, Best All Rounder – Shyamsunder Krishnasriram, Most Promising Player – (miss) Gagani Silva and Player of the Series – Shyamsunder Krishnasriram
Under 12: Best Batsman – Linal Subasinghe, Best Bowler – Omen Kapuliyanage, Best Fielder – Hiran Jayasundera, Best All Rounder – Muthaar Nasir, Most Promising Young Player – Dasis Manchanayake, Player of the Series – Sharu Shanmuganathan
From the visitors, young and promising allrounder Y. Siddharth won two awards on offer for the ‘Best Batsman’ and the ‘Player of the Series’. Chief Scores: (Under 14) – CCC SC 108 in 30 overs (Nusrif Nisthar 41, Monil Silva 22, Prabhasara Herath 18, Tarun 3 for 13, Mithun 2 for 17) I.A.C.A. 68 in 23.4 overs – CCC SC won by 40 runs
CCC SC 152 (29.5) (Kavindu Pathiratna 25, Vinuka Nanayakkara 22, Navidu Wickremarachchi 18 n.o., Pabhasara Herath 19, Vishal 2 for 26, Y. Siddharth 2 for 15) I.A.C.A. 138/9 (30) (Y. Siddharth 53, S. Chethan 27, Monil Silva 4 for 23) – CCC SC won by 14 runs
I.A.C.A. 114 for 6 (30) (Y. Siddharth 26, S. Mukund 23, Shayamsunder Sriram 2 for 13, Thavisha Ranasinghe 2 for 18) CCC SC 120 for 2 wickets (Shiyamsunder Sriram 54 n.o., Gagani Silva 25 n.o.) – CCC SC won by 8 wickets
CCC SC 107 for 7 (20) (Yasas Abeysekera 42, Shyamsunder Sriram15, Gagani Silva 15, Y. Siddhath 2 for 12) I.A.C.A. 102 for 6 (20) (S. Chethan 32, Sumith 23 n.o., Shyamsunder Sriram 4 for 15) – CCC SC won by 5 runs (Under 12) – CCC SC 145 for 4 (30) (Sharu Shanmuganathan 50 n.o., Linal Subasinghe 20 n.o., Hiran Jayasundera 17, Agitha Kudaligama 17, Tharun 2 for 18) I.A.C.A. 97 for 7 (30) (Dhruv 30, Siddharth 15, Omen Kapuliyanage 4 for 15) – CC SC won by 48 runs
I.A.C.A. 118 (30) (Y. Siddharth 36, B. Vignesh 22, H. Mithun 22, Hiran Jayasundera 3 for 00) CCC SC 85 (26) (Sharu Shanmuganathan 20, Agitha Kudaligama 14, Tarun 4 for 13, Kushan 2 for 12, Vigesh 2 for 1) – I.A.C.A. won by 33 runs CCC SC 138 (30) (Mutthar Nasir 37, Gavin Dharmasena 25, Hiran Jayasundera 22, Y. Siddharth 2 for 26) I.A.C.A. 94 (29.1) (Y. Siddharth 16, Omen Kapuliyanage 3 for 17) – CC SC won by 44 runs
I,A.C.A. 89 for 5 (30) (Mithun 32 n.o., Vigneh 29, Agitha Kudaligama 2 for 13) CCC SC 90 for 5 wickets (Sharu Shanmuganathan 28 n.o., Linal Subasinghe 27 n.o., Omen Kapuliyanage 16, Akshath 2 for 13, Dhruv 2 for 8) – CC SC won by 5 wickets. – Lakshman Ranasinghe