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Duckworth and Lewis see SSC through
By Marlon Fernandopulle
SSC clinched the inaugural twenty–twenty championship when they defeated Chilaw Marians on the Duckworth-Lewis method after rain and bad light .brought a premature halt to the final at the Moratuwa Stadium yesterday.
Chilaw Marians who won the toss and batted first were restricted to 144 for 9 wickets with Malintha Gajanayake and Charith Sylvester each contributing 44 runs.Gajanayake thumped three boundaries and two sixes in his 31 ball knock while wicket keeper Sylvester stroked two boundaries and two sixes in his 40 ball innings.

SSC needing to score over seven runs per over reached 53 for 1 wicket in 6.5 overs when rain and bad light halted play. According to the Duckworth-Lewis method SSC required only 45 runs at the time play was called off. Hence, the Maitland Place club led by Avishka Gunawardene was declared winners.
Chilaw Marians – 144 for 9 in 20 overs (Malintha Gajanayake 44, Charith Sylvester 44, Mahela Udawatte 21, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 3/34, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 3/16)

SSC- 53/1 in 6.5 overs (Avishka Gunawardene 20 n o, Anushka Polonowita 22 n o)

In the semi finals played earlier in the day Chilaw Marians beat Bloomfield by 12 runs and SSC defeated Tamil Union by 19 runs.

Chilaw Marians beat Bloomfield by 12 runs
Chilaw Marians 127 all out in 20 overs (Hasantha Fernando 28, Chandana Aravinda 24 n o, Dinuk Hettiarachchi 25, Chinthaka Jayasinghe 3/21,Umesh Wijesiriwardene 2/18,Amila Mendis 2/26)

Bloomfield – 115/9 in 20 overs (Kumar Dharmasena 51 n o Janaka Gunaratne 3/19 Manoj Chanaka 2/20)
Jayaweera rocks Tamils

SSC beat Tamil Union by 19 runs
SSC – 173/9 in 20 overs (Tharanga Paranavithana 63, Jeevan Mendis 35,Suraj Mohamed 20,Lassana Dias 3/27)

Tamil Union – 154 all out in 19.1 overs (Nimesh Perera 21,Tharaka Gunaratne 20, Sandun Dias 23, Chandika Hathurusinghe 44, CharithJayaweera 4/8, Dunil Abeydheera 2/13).

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