St. Sylvester’s sports balanced side for Singer Under 19 Inter-School Cricket Tournament

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Sylvester’s College, Kandy is fielding a balanced outfit for the Singer Under 19 Inter-School Cricket Tournament.

Despite some early setbacks, after seeing their game against Isipathana College postponed and losing to Nalanda College away in Colombo, the lads are eager to bounce back this season.

The Sylvestrians are led by Chandula Jayakody, who is also the wicketkeeper of the Kandy School. They are blessed with outstanding youngsters such as Charith Rajaguru, Navod Rodrigo, Abishiek Kumar, Pahan Waduge and Naveen Bandara.

They also have a superb bowling attack consisting of Hashan Ratnayake, Isuru Umayanga and Sadeepa Halangoda. The outfit is coached by H. Gunawardene with Champila Wijetunge functioning as their MIC.

Squad

Chandula Jayakody (Capt.), Navod Rodrigo, Charith Rajaguru, Kasun Endrathilake, Reza Mohamed, Abhishek Kumar, Irosha Ratnayake, Pahan Waduge, Naveen Bandara, Dilanka Tharusha, Sohan Obesekara, Hashan Rathnayake, Nishantha Indrajith, Isuru Umayanga, Maleesha, Nimesha Wijesinghe, Pasindu Jayakody, Sadeepa Halangoda, Shashika Basnayake, Pasindu Viranga, Sathsara Navod, Mihdad Mohamed, Abdul Rahman and Kavishka Dilshan. The Head Coach is H. Gunawardena and MIC is C Wijetunge.

Fixtures

Maris Stella (17 and 18 October away), Maliyadeva (27 and 28 October away), Thurstan (7 and 8 November at Pallekelle), Mahanama (8 and 9 January away), Devapathiraja (16 and 17 January away), St. Anthony’s Wattala (22 and 23 January away), St. Servatius (27 and 28 January away), Gurukula MV (3 and 4 February away), Kingswood (6 and 7 February at Pallekelle), St. Thomas’ Matara (13 and 14 February away), St. Anne’s (22 and 23 February away) and St. Joseph’s (27 and 28 away). The date of the Big Match and traditional one-day encounter against Vidyartha College are yet to be confirmed. (SJ)