Nestle beats Singer Finance to win 10th Mercantile Softball Cricket Association “B” Div. T20

Tailender Nuwan Chandana (30 not out , inclusive of 04 sixes and 01 four) rescued Nestle Lanka from jaws of defeat, as they beat Singer Finance PLC by 02 wkts in the 10th Mercantile Softball Cricket Association “B” division , 20+20 League Tournament 2019, Final, concluded at Army Engineers Camp Grounds, Panadura, last Saturday, 6 July. 

Nestle Lanka, chasing a moderate total of 113 runs to win in 20 overs (RPO 5.65), made things hard for them through their complacency and were struggling @ 81 for 8 before Nuwan Chandana took over.

Chief scores 

Singer Finance PLC : 112 in 18.1 overs (Roshan Darling 30 , Belanka Janadara 14, Vimukthi Kulathunga 12, Rajitha Priyan 13, Devin Pathmanathen 14, Eran Deshan 5/9, Hashan Sameera 3/9) 

Nestle Lanka: 115 for 8 in 14 overs (Gayan Ruberu 20, Saman Kumara 19, Eran Deshan 23, Nuwan Chandana 30 not out, Sisira Kumara 3/28, Devin Pathmanathen 3/33)

Special Awards (based on performances up to the Semi Finals)

Best Bowler: Thushan Weerapperuma from Singer Finance PLC (14 wkts for 16 runs) 

Best Batsman: Kasun Padmakumara from Arpico Finance (161 runs)

Man of the Series: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara from Heritance Ahungalle (156 runs and 14 wkts for 96 runs)

Man of the Final: Eran Deshan from Nestle Lanka 

Awards were presented by: 

Bazeer Uvais, General Manager, Marketing & Contracts, Tangerine Group of Hotels (Chief Guest); R. Hariharan, General Manager, Senok Trade Combine Ltd., Sarath Siriwardena, Manager Recoveries/Legal, Arpico Finance Co. PLC. & Evan Johnson, Wesley College 1979 1st XI Cricket Captain (all Guests of Honour).