Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Results

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(Suwanji Madanayake 12, Nilantha Bopage 10, Rohan Soyza 10; Sujith Perera 2/12, Surendra Kumara 1/8, Ajith Cooray 1/6, Sarath Jayawarden­a 1/12) (Sujeewa Gunaratne 32, Sarath Jayawarden­a 11; Rohan Soyza 1/8)

Special Awards:

K.A.D.J. Wimalajeew­a 56 years (Associatio­n of Cricket Umpires) Surendra Kumara (Sebastiani­tes)

Sajeewa de Silva (Vintage CC)

Sujeewa Gunaratne (Sebastiani­tes) Awards were given awayby Pack World (Pvt) Ltd. Managing Director Harsha Peiris, Singer Sri Lanka PLC Senior Promotions Manager K.D.S. Kanishka and Cavaliers Officials, Ravi Subasinghe, Nalliah Devarajan, Mahesh de Alwis, Wasanthala­l Fernando, Daya Sirisena, Bandula de Silva, Basil Perera and Jayantha Seneviratn­e (Chief Guest)

Gunaratne got 2 runs in the first ball and retired 45 not out - 45/ 1. Surendra Kumara came in next and gave away 2 ' dot' balls and got a single in the next ball, g iv i n g the s t r i ke to Mapatuna - 48/1.

With 8 runs to get in 2 balls, Mapatuna franticall­y ran a couple in the 5th ball – 50/ 1.

Nalin de Silva bowled the last ball on middle and leg which Mapatuna swung to the mid- off fence for 6, to give the Sebs a memorable win 56/1.

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