Hosts GCC Red clinch Under 15 title

Global Cricket Club Junior Championship

Global Cricket Club (GCC) Red defeated the MCA Cricket Academy in the final of the GCC Under 15 championship played at the Bloomfield Grounds, Colombo early this month. Former Sri Lankan cricketer and current Sri Lankan Under 19 bowling coach Chamila Gamage graced the occasion as the chief guest.

In the final, the MCA Cricket Academy were all out for 113 runs in 27.1 overs and batting second GCC- Red reached the target for the loss of four wickets to clinch the title.

Gagan Perera of GCC – Red was the highest scorer with 38 runs from 43 balls. Esheen Kumarasinghe of MCA CA and the Santhul Wijeratne of GCC – Red captured three wickets each for 18 and 20 runs respectively in their 6 overs. Santhul Wijeratne of GCC – Red was adjudged the player of the match.

The Under 13 tournament final was worked off in the presence of the former Sri Lankan player and current member of the National Selection Committee for Cricket Dilruwan Perera as the Chief Guest of the match.

This was also a keenly contested affair, where NP Cricket Academy scored 162 runs for eight wickets in 30 overs, Surrey Cricket Academy followed up scoring 166 runs for eight wickets in 28.5 overs to become the champions of the U13 tournament in 2024. Nethan De Zylva of Surrey CA was the highest scorer, with 60 runs from 43 balls. Sandeep Salgadu of NP Cricket Academy got three wickets for 36 runs in six overs. Senuth Perera of Surrey CA was named as the player of the match.