CCC school of cricket wins three matches at seenigama

CCC School of Cricket’s under 13 ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams were hosted for four cricket matches at ‘Surrey Oval’, the lovely signature cricket ground of the Foundation at Seenigama during the weekend.

The Foundation teams consisted of players from schools such as Wimala Jothi College, Seenigama, Devapathiraja College, Ratgama, Madampa MV, Madampe, and Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda.

Of the four matches played over the week-end CCC School of Cricket won three while the Foundation of Goodness Combined XI won the other.

Thanuka Dabare (CCC), R.M. Kasun (Foundation) excelled with the bat scoring two half centuries while Kanishka Gallage and Chirath Samarakoon captured four wickets each. Anura de Silva of the Foundation of Goodness coordinated and organized the whole tour.

Foundation of Goodness, Seenigama is the brain child of Kushil Gunasekera, who turned the little known village of Seenigama into a world renowned centre of excellence for community development especially through cricket with the aid of sports lovers of England, Australia, Sri Lanka and other countries.this village near Hikkaduwa was devastated by the Tsunami in 2004. Thanks to Kushil Gunasekera and the band of trustees including Muthiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena, Chaminda Vaas etc, the village has come off in flying colours bringing a smile on to the down and out people of Seenigama specially the young children. CCC School of Cricket‘a’beat Foundation combined xiby 111runs

CCC – 169 for 4 in 30 overs (Chirath Samarakoon 28, Aaron Gunaratne 30 n.o, Movin Subasinghe 19).

Foundation – 58 in 25.5 overs (Samith 22 Not out, Suhanga Wijewardena 2 for 9, Pasindu Pandigama 2 for 12). CCC School of Cricket beat Foundation Combined XI by 141 runs