Army SC emerge champions

By M. Shamil Amit

Army SC emerged champions of the Major Club T20 cricket tournament when they recorded a comfortbale 45-run win over Colts CC in the final played at P Sara Stadium.

Army SC’s title win came on the back of an all-round performance by Seekkuge Prasanna who was supported by Lakshan Edirisinghe. Army SC taking first lease of the wicket were helped by useful knocks from Seekkuge Prasanna, Ashan Randika and Yasoda Mendis making a modest score of 139 for 9.

Later Prasanna along with Edirisinghe together shared six wickets between them combining to bowl out Colts CC for a score of 94 runs.

Army SC 139 for 9 in 20 overs (Seekkuge Prasanna 29, Ashan Randika 22, Yasoda Mendis 21, Mahesh Kumara 19, Asela Gunaratne 15: Dhananjaya Lakshan 3 for 25, Muditha Lakshan 2 for 18, Chamod Battage 2 for 29)

Colts CC 94 in 18.3 overs (Sangeeth Cooray 38, Avishka Perera 16: Seekkuge Prasanna 3 for 17, Lakshan Edirisinghe 3 for 19)