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Trinity and St. Joseph’s declared joint champions Source:Dailymirror St. Joseph’s and Trinity were declared joint champions of the Under-19 Division One Tier ‘A’ two-day inter-schools cricket tournament after the final, which was played at the Ace Capital CC ground in Narahenpita, ended in a draw today. It was unfortunate to see that only one day of play was possible in a tournament of this nature after the first day’s proceedings were washed out without a ball being bowled. However, when play resumed on day two, the writing was on the wall that the outcome of either team becoming champions would not materialise. Proceedings in the morning session saw the Josephians taking the first lease of the wicket and being made to struggle for their runs as left-arm spinner Theeraka Ranatunga and right-arm pacie Vibhavith Ehelepola did the early damage and had them in tatters, sending five of the top-order batsmen ...