Sumedha’s 45 give St. Sylvester’s victory over Vidyartha
View(s):The Sylvestrians raced to victory with 5.1 overs unused in their T20 match against Vidyartha at the Asgriya ground.
As in the one day game, the hero for St. Sylvester’s was their skipper Sumedha Dissanaike who turned the heat on the Vidyartha bowlers with a sparkling unbeaten 45 (8 Fours, 1 Six). The runs cascaded off his bat and the bowlers had no answers.
Earlier Vidyartha won the toss and batted, but were kept down to a meager 85. Isuru Weerasinghe, one of Vidyartha’s successes throughout the season, top scored with 21. Nipuna Ranaweera also joined in with a neat 21.
Spinners Nimesha Mendis, Sivakumar Tyron and Vidyartha’s Chanaka Ratnyake all bagged two wickets each.
Vidyartha 85 in 19.5 overs (Isuru Weerasinghe 21,Nipuna Ranaweera 21, Heshan Dissanaike 13 n.o, Kasun Navaratne 11, Dasun Navaratne 11; Nimesh Mendis 2 for 14, Sivakumar Tyron 2 for 15)
St.Sylvester’s 89 for 3 in 14.5 overs (Mohammed Rifas 12, Parakrama Tennekoon 15, Sumedha Dissanaike 45 n.o;ChanakaRatnayake 2 for 30) – A.K.