Grant Advertising wins CRICADS 2012

•  Beats Leo Burnett with one ball to spare

Grant Advertising (Pvt.) Ltd. won the Inter Advertising Agency six-a-side softball cricket tournament ‘CRICADS 2012,’ beating Leo Burnett in the finals. The tournament was held last weekend at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium (the Oval).

Leo Burnett batting first scored 89 for 5 wickets in their allotted 5 overs. In reply, Grant Advertising reached the target in 4.5 overs. In the first semi finals Grant Advertising beat Sarva Integrated.

The Grant team was captained by Imzeth Faleel and comprised Pathmapriyan Suthanthiraraj, Achala Ramanayake, Shevan Motha, Charaka Rajapakse, Lahiru Manawadu, Shalika Peiris, Chathura Ranasinghe, Gayan Ranasinghe, and Reshad Mohideen.

The award for the Best Female Player of the Tournament went to Shalika Peiris (Grant Advertising), Best Batsman – Pathmapriyan Suthanthiraraj (Grant Advertising) who also won the Player of the Finals trophy for his superlative performance.  CRICADS 2011 is a the leading cricket tournament for advertising agencies and was organised for the third consecutive year by TV Derana together with FM Derana and Derana Macro Entertainment. This year, the cricket tournament was organised under the theme ‘Cricket Rastafarian Style.’ A total of 24 teams took part in the competition.