RUZAIK FAROOK
The Diplomatic Cricket Committee organized the 7th Annual Diplomatic Cup Cricket and Football Tournament among the Diplomatic Missions and UN Agencies on Sunday October 20th at the Wesley College Grounds, Colombo.
It was held under the patronage of Project Chairman M.S.M. Shiraj from the South African Embassy with the members of the organizing committee.
The participating teams for (Cricket) were Qatar Embassy, WFP team, Indian Embassy, IOM team, Australian Embassy, US Embassy A , US Embassy B, UN Team, Canada Embassy, European Combination team,
British Council, South African Embassy, ICRC team, Asian team, Gulf team and Mofa team.
The participating teams for football were the Indian Embassy, World Food Programme, Canadian Embassy, British Council, US Embassy, Oman Embassy, ICRC, Gulf Combination Team, and Saudi Arabia Embassy.
High Commissioner of South Africa Sandile Edwin Schalk along with Saudi Arabia Ambassador Khalid Hamoud Nasser Aldasam Al Khatani and Australia Ambassador Paul Stephens were present at the opening ceremony.
In the finals of the Cricket tournament, the United States team defeated the Indian team and in the Soccer tournament finals India beat Canada.
Captain of the US Embassy Cricket team Udara Perera and Captain of the Indian Embassy Soccer team S. Elilventhan received the champion trophy from High Commissioner of South Africa Sandile Edwin Schalk.
Ambassador of Indonesia Dewi Gustina Tobing, the Sponsors of the tournament Sabry Bahaudeen, Director Leisure Cluster of Expolanka Holdings PLC and Classic Travel (Pvt) Ltd, Udaya Francis, National Sales Consultant Toyota Lanka, M.Z.M.Rushdi , MTL Lanka Logistics Travels Pvt Ltd CEO , Chairman of the Organizing Committee South African High Commission M.S.M. Siraj and others presented the winners awards to the winners of the tournament.
