Nalanda crush Mahinda by 10 wickets to win Olcott Trophy

Excellent bowling by Shanuka Disanayake, Ishara Amarasinghe and Mewan Porage helped the past cricketers of Nalanda College Colombo overcome the past cricketers of Mahinda College Galle at the final to clinch the Sir Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Trophy for the first time in the 21 year old history of the tournament.

Nalanda restricted the unbeaten Mahinda team to 34/9 in their six overs and scored the winning runs in 2.3 overs with ten wickets in hand.

In the preliminary rounds Mahinda defeated Dharmasoka, Ananda and Rahula teams to lead group A while Nalanda defeated Maliyadewa, Dharmaraja and Dharmapala to top group B .

In the semi finals, Mahinda defeated Maliyadewa by 9 wickets and Nalanda overcame Dharmasoka by eight runs in a high scoring game to qualify for the final.

Nalanda’s Shanuka Disanayake won the Man of the Final and Best Batsman award while Nalanda’s Ishara Amarasinghe was awarded the Best Bowler award and Nalanda’s Malinga Suriyappulli was named the Best Fielder.

Scores

SEMI FINAL 1

Mahinda defeated Maliyadewa by 9 wickets

Maliyadewa 32/2 in 5 overs (Ayantha 10; M M Tharanga 1/08, Upul Chandana 1/07)

Mahinda 36/1 in 2.2 overs (Asela Wewelwala 10 not out; Madushika Jayalath 1/09)

SEMI FINAL 2

Nalanda defeated Dharmasoka by 8 runs

Nalanda 73/5 in 5 overs (Shanuka Disanayake 10, Malinga Surappulli 23, Chathushka 10, Mewan Pieage 18; Nalin Thenuwara 1/11, Lal Rajasinghe 1/09, T Wasantha 1/23, Tharanga Zoysa 1/12, Saman Mohan 1/18)

Dharmasoka 65/1 in 5 overs (Nalin Thenuwara 29 not out, Nalaka Thenuwara 16, Chuminda Binduhewa 20 not out; J P Gunawardhena 1/16)

FINAL

Mahinda 34/9 in 6 overs (Malinga Surapulli 1/04, Shanuka Disanayake 3/07, Ishara Amarasinghe 2/06, Mewan Porage 2/09)

Nalanda 36/0 in 2.3 overs (Shanuka Disanayake 13 not out, Prabath Kariyapperuma 10 not out)