CCL wins CRIB Governor’s Trophy six-a-side cricket tournament

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Commercial Credit & Finance (CCL) led by Anura Dias lifted the Governor’s Trophy for the second time, dethroning the Sanasa Development Bank (SDB), at the fourth version of the six-a-side cricket tournament organised by CRIB which was concluded at the P. Sara Oval on 4 September.

The finals were witnessed by the Governor of the Central Bank, the Chairman and Directors of CRIB and senior officials of banking and financial institutions.

The organisers successfully completed the first and second rounds of the tournament on 14 May and the finals were postponed due to the adverse weather conditions prevailing at times. A record number of 68 men’s teams and 36 women’s teams participated in the tournament.

CCL beat SDB by three wickets with two overs to spare in the Men’s Final; chasing a victory target of 60 runs. The match between the bankers and the non-banking financial institutions represented by CRIB compliance officers was played for the Chairman’s Trophy which was a new introduction to the tournament. The non-banking financial institutions led by Ushan Hapuarachchige, from HNB Grameen won the match by three runs.

Hatton National Bank (HNB) won the women’s tournament, beating the debutants, Alliance Finance (AFC) in the final.

In the men’s playoff for third place, Bank of Ceylon (BOC) beat Nations Trust Bank (NTB).

At a glittering post-tournament presentation, the awards were given away by, Governor Central Bank Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Deputy Governor and Chairman CRIB P. Samarasiri, Acting GM CRIB and Chairman Organising Committee Janaka Lakmal, Chief Executive Officer DFCC Bank Arjun Fernando, General Manager People’s Bank N. Vasantha Kumar, Managing Director Union Bank Indrajit Wickremasinghe, Head of Corporate Clients Standard Chartered Bank Sanjeewanie De Silva, Chief Operating Officer HDFC Bank S. Dissanayake, DGM – Recoveries and Credit Supervision Commercial Bank Felician Perera, DGM – Research and Development National Savings Bank K. Ravindran, DGM – Operations People’s Leasing & Finance Rohan Tennakoon, AGM – Corporate Credit Bank of Ceylon T. A. D. Kularatne, Chief Manager Nations Trust Bank Nisaja Ariyasinghe, and Senior Manager Recoveries HNB G. Thivakaran.

Women’s tournament results:

Quarterfinals – Union Bank beat Siyapatha Finance; AFC beat Seylan; Commercial Bank beat BOC; HNB beat SMI Bank

Semifinals – AFC beat Union Bank; HNB beat Commercial Bank

Final – HNB beat Alliance Finance

Special Awards:

Best Bowler – Lakmali Perera from Commercial Bank

Best Batter – Mayanthi Fernando from Union Bank

Woman of the Tournament – Nadeesha Gayanthie from HNB

Men’s tournament results:

Quarterfinals – NTB beat HNB Grameen; SDB beat Commercial Bank; BOC beat Mercantile Investments; CCL beat Vallibel Finance

Semifinals: CCL beat BOC; SDB beat NTB

Playoff for third place – Bank of Ceylon beat Nations Trust Bank

Bank of Ceylon 58/1 (3.3); Nations Trust Bank 57/6 (4.4)

Final – Commercial Credit & Finance beat Sanasa Development Bank

CCL – 65/3 (3.1) (Ranga Cooray 31 retired, Tharanga Yasarathna 19 not out, Subash 2/17)

SDB – 59/6 (5) (Anjula Dissanayake 32 retired, Nuwan Perera 20, Ranga Cooray 3/1)

Special Awards:

Best Bowler – P. M. Ekanayake from Bank of Ceylon

Best Batsman, Man of the Final and Man of the Tournament – Ranga Cooray from Commercial Credit & Finance