Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club - CSN Premier Clubs T20 Tournament – Match Update
Sinhalese Sports Club 161/5 (20/20 ov) v Burgher Recreation Club 164/7 (17.5/20 ov) - Burgher Recreation Club won by 3 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
On Monday, March 26, 2012, in the ongoing CSN Premier Clubs T20 Tournament, Burgher Recreation Club won against Sinhalese Sports Club by three wickets with 13 deliveries to go.
Choosing to field first after winning the toss, Burgher Recreation Club made early inroads by grabbing their first wicket when the batting side had mustered only 20 runs on the board as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Frank-Dimuth-Madushanka-Karunaratne-c57388 fell after smacking a knock of eleven runs.
After the initial loss of the first wicket, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mashtayage-Dhanushka-Gunathilleke-c75001 and middle-order batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa took charge and hammered the opposition all around the park in order to dictate the sequence of events on their own terms.
However, with 73 runs on the board, Sinhalese Sports Club suffered the loss of their second wicket with Rajapaksa perishing after belting an innings of 19 runs off 17 deliveries.
Then after smashing a belligerent innings of 53 runs, it was time for Gunathilleke to take a walk back to the pavilion, leaving his side standing on a tally of 97.
Middle-order batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SHT-Kandamby-c2522 then forged another daunting partnership as they took the score to 132 runs before Lokuarachchi was dismissed on 36 runs.
Later, the side ended their innings by amassing 161 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs.
Burgher Recreation Club, had a slow start to their innings and they lost their first wicket by the time they posted 23 runs on the board.
The second wicket fell at a time when the side had amassed 34 runs; nonetheless, after the demise of two early wickets the side made a remarkable comeback in the match and belted their way to a superb victory as they reached the required target in 17.5 overs for the loss of seven wickets.
From Sinhalese Sports Club, a superb bowling by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sachithra-Madushanka-Senanayake-c87813 who took four wickets was not enough to secure a win.
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