Maliban Biscuits crush Brandix Apparel by 7 wickets in final and claim Honda Trophy
Maliban Biscuits emerged undefeated champions of the Stafford Motors sponsored MCA G division T20 league cricket tournament overcoming Brandix Apparel by seven wickets at the MCA ground on Friday.
Maliban Biscuit’s bowlers set up the win by restricting Brandix Apparel to 103 runs, a target which their batsmen surpassed with seven wickets in hand and over three overs to spare.
The playoff for third place between Star Garments and tournament sponsors Stafford Motors was abandoned due to rain which came down two deliveries before Star Garments completed their innings and the teams were named joint second runner up.
Special awards:
Best Bowler of the Tournament – Shanaka Sampath ( Stafford Motors)
Best Batsman of the Tournament – Mohamed Shilmi (Maliban Biscuits)
Man of the Tournament – Dayan Indunil (Brandix Apparels)
Best Bowler of the final – Chamara Rathnayake ( Maliban Biscuits)
Best Batter of the final – Gihan Anuradha ( Maliban Biscuits)
Best Fielder of the final – Pasal Wickremasinghe (Brandix Apparel Solutions )
Man of the final – Tharindu Siriwardena (Maliban Biscuits)
SCORES:
Maliban Biscuits beat Brandix Apparel by seven wickets
Brandix Apparel 103/10 in 19.3 overs (Sampath Jayalath 18, Sasitha Ashan 18, Pasal Wickremesinghe 16, Antony Lakshan 26; Dilip Sandaruwan 1-25, Tharindu Siriwardene 2-13, Chamara Rathnayake 3-20, Chathuranga Dewapriya 1-22, Dilan Chathuranga 2-17)
Maliban Biscuits 107/3 in 16.3 overs (Tharindu Senevirathne 28, Gihan Ranasinghe 37, Mohamed Shilmi 20*; Tharaka Silva 1-18, Sasitha Ashan 2-19)
Playoff for third place abandoned due to rain
Star Garments 165/6 in 19.4 overs (Nadeesha Rajakaruna 58, Dileep Fernando 25, Yohan Aloka 43, Dunik Perera 11*; Vihanga Malith 3-35, Asanka Kumarage 1-25, Sajeewa Vishan 1-26)
Stafford Motors – did not bat
Text and pictures by PRIYAN DE SILVA
