Defending champs SL manage only Bowl at Hong Kong Cricket Sixes

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SL find their feet late in tournament after being knocked out of Cup, suffering losses in their two Group D matches
Beat UAE by 21 runs to win the Bowl final
Pakistan win Cup for sixth time

Bowl champions Sri Lanka

A splendid final over from left-arm spinner Nimesh Vimukthi bowling to two left-hand batsmen saw Sri Lanka beat United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 21 runs to win the Bowl final at the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament in Mong Kok yesterday.

UAE required 28 runs off the final over and at 79-1, and with two well-set batsmen at the crease, were well within range of scoring those runs.

But Vimukthi bowled a brilliant final over, conceding just six runs and also picking up a wicket, to deny UAE the win and give Sri Lanka a consolation victory.

Sri Lanka’s total of 106-2 was set up by Player of the Final, former Thomian cricketer Sachitha Jayatilake, who thumped 52 off 13 balls (3 fours, 6 sixes) before retiring.

Sri Lanka came into the tournament as the defending champions but were knocked out of the Cup, suffering losses in their two Group D matches.

However, in the Bowl competition, they found their feet and began to play like the champion side they were. They defeated Nepal by 3 wickets, UAE by 39 runs, and India by 48 runs to reach the final.

In the match against India, Sri Lanka hit up 138 off six overs without losing a single wicket, with openers Lahiru Samarakoon (52* off 16 balls, 2 fours, 6 sixes) and skipper Lahiru Madushanka (52* off 15 balls, 5 fours, 5 sixes) both scoring fifties before retiring.

Host Hong Kong beat Bangladesh by one wicket to win the Plate final, and Pakistan beat Kuwait by 43 runs to win the Cup final for the sixth time.

Bowl results

Beat Nepal by 3 wickets.

Nepal 86-4 (6) (Sundeep Jora 39, Lokesh Bam 31*, Tharindu Rathnayake 2/17)

Sri Lanka 89-3 (5.3) (Dhananjaya Lakshan 36*, Nimesh Vimukthi 33*, Rupesh Singh 2/17)

Player of the Match: Dhananjaya Lakshan

Beat UAE by 39 runs.

Sri Lanka 97-5 (6) (Lahiru Samarakoon 31, Dhananjaya Lakshan 38*, Zahid Ali 2/29)

UAE 58 (5.2) (Saghir Khan 24, Lahiru Madushanka 2/10)

Player of the Match: Dhananjaya Lakshan

Beat India by 48 runs.

Sri Lanka 138-0 (6) (Lahiru Samarakoon 52*, Lahiru Madushanka 52*)

India 90-3 (6) (Bharath Chipli 41*, Stuart Binny 25*, Lahiru Samarakoon 2/20)

Player of the Match: Lahiru Samarakoon

Final: Beat UAE by 21 runs

Sri Lanka 106-2 (6) (Sachitha Jayatilake 52*)

UAE 85-2 (6) (Khalid Shah 23*, Nilansh Keswani 44)

Player of the Final: Sachitha Jayatilake