Silva and Thattil propel John Keels ‘B’ to resounding seven-wicket win
An unbroken 186-run partnership in 166 balls for the fourth wicket between Ashen Silva and Roscoe Thattil propelled John Keells‘b’ to a resounding seven-wicket win with eight overs to spare over Kanrich Finance ‘B’ in the Final of the Second Unilever – Fair and Lovely Men’s Trophy – MCA ‘B’division 50-over League Tournament 2019, concluded at the MCA Grounds.
Thattil (No. 5) joined Silva (No. 3) when John Keells were 31 for the loss of three wickets in the eighth over and remained until the winning run was scored in the 42nd over.
Silva played the anchor role (86 not out off 97 balls inclusive of three sixes and six fours), whilst Thattil collared the bowling to finish with a memorable century (103 not out off 120 balls, inclusive of a six and 10 fours); Kanrich Finance skipper, Rajitha Assellarachchi used nine bowlers including himself in order to dislodge them.
Earlier on, Kanrich Finance sent into bat, put up a moderate 213 for seven in 50 overs, thanks to avaliant innings by Navindunirmal (79 not out off 99 balls, inclusive of three sixes and six fours). Nirmal was associated in two partnerships – the first was with Tharushan Iddamalgoda (43 in 59 balls with four fours – 68 runs off 79 balls for the fourth wicket); secondly, an unbroken 50-runstand off 33 balls for the eighth wicket with Chanaradevinda (15 not out)
Malinga Amarasinghe (102-48-1), Sachntha Jayatillake (10-2-38-3) and Tharinda Ratnayake (10-3-29-1) were the pick of the bowlers for John Keells. SPECIAL AWARDS:
■fair and Lovely Men Special Award – Man of the Match: Roscoe Thattil
■best Bowler: Chandula Weeraratne (Kanrich Finance ‘B’) – 7 matches, 46.3 overs, 184 runs, 15 wickets
■best Batsman: Madhawa Warnapura(hnb) – 07 innings, 279 runs
■ma■ of the Series: Raveen Sayer (Kanrich Finance ‘B’) – 258 runs and 10 wickets SCORES
Kanrich Finance ‘B’ 213/7 in 50 overs (Sashika Thivanka 29, Thanushan Iddamalgoda 43, Navidunirmal 79 not out;sachintha Jayatillake 3/38)
John Keells ‘B’217/3 in 41.5 overs (Ashen Silva 86 not out, Roscoe Thattil 103 not out).