Sri Lanka: Mt. Lavinia magistrate's Court beat AG's team at cricket (26 May 1998)
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26 May 1998
Mt. Lavinia magistrate's Court beat AG's team at cricket
by Sarath Malalasekera
Mount Lavinia Magistrates' Court cricket team led by the Additional
District Judge and Chief Magistrate, Mount Lavinia Sarath de Abrew
beat the Attorney General's team by four wickets in their annual
limited over cricket match played at the S. Thomas' College grounds on
Saturday.
The Attorney General Sarath N. Silva, PC and Additional Magistrate,
Mount Lavinia Sarath Edirisinghe gave away the prizes to the winners.
The Man-of-the-Match and best batsman's award were won by Susil
Panagoda of the Mount Lavinia Magistrate's Court. Best bowler was
Duleep Jayakody of the Attorney General's Department.
The Chief Justice Mr. G. P. S. de Silva, Justice Priyantha Perera,
Fisheries Minister Mahinda Rajapakse S. Thomas' College Warden Neville
de Alwis, Chairman, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited Aloy
Ratnayake, PC, Additional Solicitors General D. P. Kumarasinghe, PC
and C. R. de Silva, PC and several lawyers of the Mount Lavinia Courts
and the Attortney General's Department graced the occcasion.
The Attorney General thanked the organisers for inviting him to the
awards ceremony.
Mr. Sarath de Abrew who delivered the vote of thanks said that he
greatly appreciated the work of the organising committee comprising
Clinton Dabare, Ranjith Dahanayake, Saumya de Costa and Athula
Ranagala assisted by members of the Mount Lavinia Magistrate's court
and the staff.
He also thanked the warden of S.Thomas' College, Neville de Alwis and
Mr. Dinesh Weerasinghe for the asistance given by them.
Main scores:
Mount Lavinia Magistrate's Court 209 for 8 in 30 overs (Susil Panagoda
72 n.o, Pradeep Abeyratne 47, Sarath de Abrew 22 in 12 balls with four
fours and K. Navaratne 22. Duleep Jayakody 4 for 34).
Attorney General's Department 167 for 9 (Duleep Jayakody 73, D.
Gunasekera 22, Sarath de Abrew 2 for 14 and Susil Panagoda 2 for 38).
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)