Cinnamon Grand and Srilankan Airlines joint winners of TTSC ‘Sixes’

Cinnamon Grand Colombo and Srilankan Airlines were declared joint winners as the final was abandoned due to bad light in the 34th Travel Trade Sports Club Hardball Cricket “Sixes” 2016 concluded at Thurstan College grounds.

11 teams, pooled into three groups played 15 matches in the round robin stage, which was curtailed to four-overs-a -side.

At the completion of the league stage , Walkers Tours & Cinnamon Red from Group “A”, Cinnamon Grand Colombo from Group “B” & Srilankan Airlines from Group “C” advanced to the semi-finals. Debutants, Adhvan Tours and Amja Travels, though losing put up a gutsy performance in the league.

In the semi-finals, Srilankan Airlines beat the 2015 winner, Cinnamon red and Cinnamon Grand beat Walkers Tours.

As darkness engulfed the ground the final commenced, reduced 03 ball 03 overs (09 balls per side) Cinnamon Grand batted first and scored 27 for 2 and Srilankan Airlines was 8 for no loss when the umpires decided to call off play. The four special awards went to Nalaka de Zoysa, best bowler and Nuwantha Perera, best batsman both from Srilankan Airlines and Ishan Jayaratne, highest number of sixes and Man of the Tournament from Cinnamon Grand. The awards were presented by Terrance Fernando, GM, Cinnamon Red , Asanka Fernando, Director Sales and Marketing, Cinnamon Hotels and Janaka Hewawitharana Committee Member /TTSC.