This tournament was conducted on a knock out basis among winners of the Provincial tournament held in their respective Provinces. By winning this tournament Old Thurstanites are eligible to participate in the Division 2 tournament conducted by SRI LANKA CRICKET in 2014-15 season and also eligible to play in the SLC Under 23 Division 3 tournament in 2014. The team consisted mostly of of the Current Thurstan 1st XI team. The team was managed by the energetic OBU Functional Secretary of Cricket Shantha Silva .
SLC Division III Finals – Old Thurstanites “A” VS Seenigama Cricket Club played on November 9th, 2013 at Surrey ground, Maggona.
Old Thurstanites – 282/7 in 50 overs
[Minhaj Jaleel 79, Sajith Gunathilaka 31, Kavindu Kulasekara 40, Thimara Jayasighe 48, Charana Nanayakkara 48 Not out, Layan Erange 2/29]
Seenigama Cricket Club – 180/6 in 50 overs
(Resan Tuder 34, Layan Erange 75, Deve Sampath 31 n. o. Kavindu Kulasekara 2/42, Thimera Jayasinghe 2/29)
Old Thurstanites won by 102 runs.
It is after 8 years, a Colombo District Cricket team has won the SLC Division III championship and Old Thurstanites are in the finals of two other tournaments.
Colombo District tournament (16th of December @ NCC Grounds) and Western Provincial tournament date not finalised yet.
Congratulations!