Richmond College Old Boys will battle with Kingswood College Old Boys in their third annual T-20 cricket encounter at St Anthony’s College ground Katugastota today.
Dilshan Amarasinghe will lead the Richmond Old boys team while Suwanji Madanayake the experienced all rounder will lead the Kingswood Old boys.
The Richmond side comprises former skippers Manohara Kudagodage and Samantha Lorensuhewa while Buddhika Ekanayake, Dhanushka Gamage and Dharshana Kalansuriya are the key players of Kingswood Old boys.
Champaka Ramanayake the first Test cricketer of Richmond and later the National fast bowling coach who presently works as head of the High Performances Centre in Bangladesh will play for the Richmond over-50 Old Boys side while Rohan Raj Perera and Lalith Wijeratne, an outstanding rugby, hockey and soccer player will turn out for Kingswood.
Richmond Old Boys: Dilshan Amarasinghe (Capt), Manohara Kudagodage (V.Capt/WK), Thushan Jayawardena, STR Jayasekera, Samantha Lorensuhewa, Upul Yatawara, Chamil Perera, Suboda Gunawardena, Chamath Siriwardena, Sanjaya de Silva, Amila de Silva.
Richmond Over 50: Lasatha de Silva, Champaka Ramanayake, PA Gunawardena, Prasad Abeysundara, Nishantha Mendis, Thushara de Silva, Shehan Seneviratne, Prasanna Ramanayake, Anura Mahendra, CK Hewamanna, Asoka Sirimanne.
Kingswood Old Boys: Suwanji Madanayake (Capt), Dharshana Kalansuriya, Demintha Dahanayake, Danushka Gamage, Manjula Pihilianga, Malith Mallawaarachchi, Muditha Abeykoon, Thushara Samarakoon, Buddhika Ekanayake, Chathura Kumarasiri, Udayanga Nanayakkara, Saluka Walisundara, Samindu Wijesinghe, Ruwantha Hathurusinghe, Subodha Lakmal, Gayan Fernando (manager)
Kingswood Over-50: Tissa Wijeratne, Rohan Raj Perera, Lalith Wijeratne, Upul Sumanasekara, Mangala Dharmaprema, Sujeewa Fernando, T.A. Miskin, T. Gamage, N. Sawall, L. Kankanamge, UB Seneviratne, S. Wickramanayake, N. Cooray, S. Seneviratne, N. Kulatunga, N. Sarifoodeen