SLC Greens defeated SLC Greys by 5 wickets in a Sri Lanka Cricket T20 League fixture scoring 165 for 5 wickets in 16.4 overs in overhauling their opponents 163 for 6 off 20 with opening batsman Kamil Mishara top scoring with 52 off 34 inclusive of 6 boundaries and 2 sixes on Sunday at the SSC Grounds. Bhanuka Rajapaksa made 38 with 3 sixes and equal number of boundaries and Sadeera Samarawickrama unbeaten on 36.
Batting first, SLC Greys 163 revolved around opening batsman Niroshan Dickwella’s cameo top score of 52 off 37 balls, but the rest cud not maintain the momentum with the next highest score being Nuwanidu Fernando’s 22.
SLC Greens got home with ease despite the early wicket of Lasith Croospulle dismissed by Binura Fernando for 5 as co-opener Kamil Mishara struck 52 in sharing in a second wicket 58-run partnership with Bhanuka Rajapaksa who exited in only 6.2 overs from where next in Sadeera Samarawickrama took the Greens to victory with a 23 ball unbeaten 36 with Pavan Rathnayake contributing 17 with a six and boundary with Chamika Karunaratne on 7 after Kamindu Mendis had fallen for 2.
Chief Scores
SLC Greys 163/5 20 Overs
Niroshan Dickwella 52, Nuwanidu Fernando 22, Lahiru Udara 18, Chamindu Wickramasinghe 14, Charith Asalanka 13, Ramesh Mendis n.o. 9, Kamindu Mendis 2/14, Nuwan Thushara 2/42, Traveen Mathew 1/26.
SLC Greens 165/5 16.4 Overs
Kamil Mishara 52, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 38, Sadeera Samarawickrama 36, Pavan Rathnayake 17, Chamika Karunaratne n.o. 7, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2/24, Binura Fernando 1/17, Charith Asalanka 1/19, Mahees Theekshana 1/39.