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The annual Old Thomian Cricket 6s, organised for the 12th consecutive year overall and the second consecutive year by the Old Thomian Cadet Union (OTCU), came to a successful conclusion on 23 November at the CH&FC grounds.
Altogether 18 teams participated in the tournament, with 14 teams competing in the open tournament and four teams taking part in the Over-40 category. The competition was keenly contested, with several great battles between bat and ball and some dazzling cricket on display throughout the day. After a very exciting day of cricket, the Thomian Batch of 2015 were crowned Champions of the Open category and the Thomian Batch of 2014 emerged runners-up. First XI Cricket Captain in 2015, Helakamal Nanayakkara, was adjudged the ‘Player of the Tournament’. The Over-40 category too saw several close match-ups featuring fine Thomian cricketers and some who even went on to represent the country. The champions of the Over-40 category was the Thomian Batch of 1976 filled with many stars namely Ken de Alwis, Ranil Peries, Mahinda Halangoda and Ruwan Sirisena. The runners-up were from the Thomian Batch of 1998, who participated in this category for the very first time. The event had a large gathering where everyone enjoyed the live music and fun-filled entertainment which was on offer. Furthermore, glamour was added to the event when veteran cricket commentator Amitha Abeynaike joined in for commentaries throughout the tournament.
The OTCU thanked the Gold Sponsor of the event, the Blue Ocean Group, Banking Partner Sampath Bank, Appeton and Smart Marine and Media Partner Pulse for coming forward and being a part of the event.
The organisers said they were looking forward to seeing many more batch and union teams participate in next year’s edition of the competition.
