Colombo Cricket Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club - CSN Premier Clubs T20 Tournament – Match Update
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club 104 v Colombo Cricket Club 105 - Colombo Cricket Club won by 4 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
On Tuesday, Colombo Cricket Club won their match against Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club by four wickets in CSN Premier Clubs T20 Tournament, at Royal College Ground, Colombo.
Colombo in a bid to restrict the opposition on a small total chose to field first after they won the toss.
The bowlers backed the call of their skipper as they made early inroads by breaking the opening partnership which could muster only two runs.
However, after the demise of the first wicket, the batting side managed to post 36 runs on the board before losing their second wicket when wicketkeeper/batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vijendra-Waduge-Anoj-Gayan-Maneshan-c95248 crumbled after hitting 22 runs off 23 deliveries.
A run later, the side suffered the loss of another wicket as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jayasundera-Mudiyanselage-Chinthaka-Jayabandara-c66686 found his way back to the pavilion after scoring an innings of 14 runs off 20 deliveries.
The fielding side then managed to halt the flow of runs as they made things difficult for the batsmen.
On the other hand, Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club knew that they needed to post a huge total on the board to prevent the side batting second from chasing the required tally.
Later in the innings, it was the unbeaten knock of 27 runs by skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajith-Wijeratne-Ekanayake-c42482 that steered the side across a hundred runs as the side finished their innings by posting 104 runs on the board.
From Colombo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dunusinghe-Gedera-Ranil-Dhammika-c54796, was the most lethal bowler as he bagged four wickets in his four overs.
Needing 105 runs to win, Colombo had a nervous start to their innings as they suffered the loss of their first wicket with only seven runs on the board.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Artigala-Vidanalage-Sujith-Nikethana-c46088 and middle-order batsman Maduka Liyanapathiranage forged an important partnership as the batsmen belted the bowlers in order to cruise their side to victory.
Nikethana departed after belting an astounding innings of 51 runs while the skipper found his way back to the pavilion after scoring 25 runs.
After the demise of these two wickets, the fielding side made a stinging comeback in the game as they grabbed a couple of more wickets, preventing the batsmen from reaching double figures.
However, it was too little and too late as Colombo reached the required target in 15.2 overs for the loss of six wickets.
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