Trinity enjoying a fine season

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Published on Sunday, 15 January 2012 23:21

Written by Sankha DLT

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Trinity College Kandy has been having a purple patch with regard to their College cricket during recent years and this year too they have strung up some convincing wins to make a statement in the interschool cricket season.

The Trinity team is nothing short of class and experience having 3 ‘Trinity Lions’ in their ranks. Last year’s captain Akila Jayasundara, current skipper Niroshan Dickwella and Deputy Janishka Premasinghe are the three Lionsmen in the side.

The other senior players include Alwin Fernando, Heshan Wanniarachchi, Dinuk Wickramanayake, Sajitha Jayatunga and Ron Chandragupta.

Wicket keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella will be leading the Lions this season and is a highly successful batter. Dickwella performed heavily during last year’s season accumulating more than 1000 runs with a top score of 114 against Wesley.

He has so far scored 367 runs with a highest score of 112 coming against St. Servatius in a match played last week. Dickwella has scored 3 half tons (64, 68, 50) during the season and stands as the highest run getter of the side.

Middle order batsman Dinuk Wickramanayake has been the most impressive batsman for the Lions this season having recorded 330 runs so far in 8 innings at an average of 41.

The left handed bat has scored two half tons this season (86, 57) and made an early impact with a score of 104 against Mahanama.

Deputy skipper Janishka Premasinghe has not been having a consistent run this year but has contributed with some important scores. With a total of 206 runs, Premasinghe has a highest score of 49 which he scored against Kingswood.

18 year old Arjun Pussella has also being amongst the runs scoring 224 runs while former skipper Akila Jayasundara coming in at number 5 has scored 207 runs in 10 innings.

The bowling department is led by vice captain Janishka Premasinghe who has taken 45 wickets this year with best figures of 5 for 17 in 7.4 over’s against St. Aloysius. He has been Trinity’s go to man during the middle over’s and has responded well with three 5 wicket hauls. He came out with a splendid display of bowling against Wesley College taking a match bag of 10 wickets for a total of 67 runs.

The off spinner also has the services of Akila Jayasundara who has captured 28 wickets so far with a fifer against Nalanda College being his highlight this season. Senior man and medium pacer Alwin Fernando has contributed with 18 wickets with a five wicket haul against St. Aloysius being his best performance.

The team is coached by experienced former NCC coach and former D. S Senanayake skipper Sampath Perera who has given Trinity cricket a much needed face lift. His aggressive style of playing and also his positive mind set has surely rubbed on the captain and the players and are combining well to make a winning combination.

On field and off the field issues are dealt by former old boy and master in charge Anandhan Vishnuwarthan. He has given the players the best support from an administrative side and has made sure that the players know how important it is to play for one’s school.

 

 

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