CMCA to take on Sydney Lions tomorrow

Monday, 18 December 2017 00:00 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

The Colombo Masters Cricket Association (CMCA) Over-50 team will take on the Sydney Lions from Australia in a 35-over cricket encounter tomorrow at the P. Sara Oval commencing at 10.30 a.m.

The CMCA team has just completed a very successful tour to Malaysia where they won all their matches. The Sydney Lions meanwhile have toured Sri Lanka over the years, so a keenly contested veterans’ cricket encounter is on the cards.

The CMCA team is captained by former Royalist Dharsha Abeywardena while the Sydney Lions is also led by a former Royalists Sam Lawton.

Sydney Lions Team: Sam Lawton - Captain, Janaka Subasinghe, Radesha Rajaratnam, Kingsley Rajasingham, Ganendra Sanmugaratnam, Ray Ramanan, Mahen Selvarajah, Gunaratnam Kandakumar,

Rajeswaran Sivarajah, Lasantha Peris, Lakshman Thurairatnam and Stanley Jayanthakumar

CMCA team: Darsha Abeyawardena (Captain), Nalliah Deverajan, Lionel Gunasekara, Sisila Indrarathne, Ramesh Wannakuwatha, Amitha Abeynaike, Deepal Ahangama, Peter Dekker, Rohan Perera, Pugitha Gunawardena and Tito Amerawickrama.