Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Army take national baseball league title

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Sri Lanka Army scored an exciting 7/5 victory over Sri Lanka Navy in the finals of the Sri Lanka National Baseball League Championsh­ip 2018 played at the Diyagama Baseball Complex yesterday.

Eight top teams of the island took part in this year's edition of the championsh­ip where the competitio­n proved that the future of baseball look good with the performanc­es exhibited by the competing teams.

H.E. Mr. Akira Sugiyama, the Japanese Ambassador in Sri Lanka graced the the final day's play as the chief guest and distribute­d the awards.

The individual awards were won by -

Best Pitcher: Sugath De Silva (Army)

Best Fielder: Thushara Wickremasi­nghe (Navy)

Best Batter: Niroshan Sriyaratne (Army) Player of the Match: Gayan Tharindu (Army)

Most Valuable Player: Gayan Tharindu (Army)

 ??  ?? Army's Gayan Tharindu was the best
Army's Gayan Tharindu was the best

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