CIS down BSC to regain Sohail Memorial Trophy

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The CIS cricket squad with officials

Best Batsman Avera De Abrew (left) with BSC Principal Hannah Wells

Colombo International School (CIS) regained the Hasan Sohail Memorial Trophy when they defeated the British School in Colombo (BSC) by 13 runs in their annual limited overs cricket encounter played at the Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation Grounds in Nawala.

CIS piled up 191 after electing to bat first with Methuka Samarasinghe (27), Nikhil Peiris (40), Shenon Wijerathne (45), and Ranila Wijesundera (22) making useful contributions.

In reply, BSC fell short by 13 runs despite a splendid 68 runs from opener Avera De Abrew, who was later named Best Batsman.

Chief scores

CIS 191 (39.2) (Methuka Samarasinghe 27, Nikhil Peiris 40, Shenon Wijerathne 45, Ranila Wijesundera 22, Avera De Abrew 2/20, Danial Zaib 2/11, Adriel Gunasekera 2/37)

BSC 178/9 (37) (Avera De Abrew 68, Mikhail Rebert 25, Shenon Wijerathne 3/46, Nikhil Peiris 2/33, Aaron Rammogan 2/26).