Burgher Recreation Club v Police Sports Club - CSN Premier Clubs T20 Tournament – Match Update
Police Sports Club 112 v Burgher Recreation Club 113 - Burgher Recreation Club won by 5 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)
In another match in the ongoing CSN Premier Clubs T20 Tournament, Burgher Recreation Club won their fixture against Police Sports Club by five wickets on Tuesday, March 27.
After winning the toss at Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo, Police Sports Club chose to bat first.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajapakse-Gamage-Dammika-Sanjeewa-c83432 gave a steady start to their side as they clobbered the bowlers right from the word go. However, after smashing a total of 32 runs, the partnership was broken on the penultimate delivery of the fourth over when
Rajapakse had his stumps shattered after scoring 13 runs.
Number-three batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harsha-De-Silva-c61938 then tried to provide some support to his fellow batsman, but faltered after playing a short innings of five runs. At the time of his demise the side had amassed 52 runs on the board.
With only 59 runs on the board, the side suffered the loss of their third wicket with the departure Nirmal, who lost his wicket after smashing an innings of 33 runs.
The demise of this wicket, triggered a bowling resurgence as Burgher Recreation Club crawled back in the game by dismissing batsmen at random, preventing most of the batsmen from scoring in double figures.
Due to this lacklustre performance from the batting side, Police Sports Club could bolster only 112 runs in 19.3 overs.
Burgher Recreation Club’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andy-Dextor-Solomons-c44653 and Malan Madusanka were the top bowlers from their side as they shared three wickets each.
Needing a small total of 113 runs to win in 20 overs, Burgher Recreation Club lost their first wicket with just 24 runs on the scorecard.
By the time, the batting side amassed 46 runs on the board, they had lost four crucial wickets and it looked like the match was going to have a close finish and the way Police Sports Club were bowling there was no telling who would win eventually.
It was the resounding knock from skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Meegamuwage-Thamara-Abeyratne-c75526 (23) that turned the tide as Police Sports Club won the match in 13.1 overs for the loss of five wickets.
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