St Albans School have returned from a 16-day Sri Lanka cricket tour with the first team enjoying an unbeaten run.
The tour saw 29 students and five members of staff travel throughout the island, from Colombo to Kandy, Dambullah, Kurunegala, and Galle, playing a number of local schools and academies.
One of the cricketing highlights was a second XI match, at the MCC-funded Sri Sumangala College ground, more colloquially known as ‘Lords’, against the Foundation of Goodness, a charity set up by Sri Lankan cricketing legends to help those affected by the 2004 Tsunami.
On rest days between matches, the tour watched a one-day international between Sri Lanka and Pakistan and visited cultural sites in the country.
Pat Scott finished with the tour’s highest score of 80 while Gus Laws-Mather claimed an impressive six-wicket haul.
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