Royal Masters beat Thomian Masters by 08 wickets, Regain the Sasi Ganeshan Memorial Challenge Trophy, Lead the series 3 – 1

04th Masters ( Over 50 ) 30 Overs Match – Havelock Park, ( Colts Ground )

Thomian Masters put into bat, 208 all out – ( 29.4 Overs )Chaminda ( NIC ) Silva 79 ( 4×6, 8×4, 50 balls ), Vajira Wijegunawardane 48, Skipper Johann Peiris 15, Suresh Bulankulame 14, Ranil Peiris 12, Ramesh Wannakuwatta 10, Extras 12 – Anura Bulankulame / Vajira Wijegunawardane added 41 runs for the 02nd wicket, Vajira Wijegunawardane / Chaminda Silva put on 31 runs for the 03rd wicket, Chaminda Silva / Johann Peiris involved in a 35 run partnership for the 04th wicket, Chaminda Silva / Ramesh Wannakuwatta added 42 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 36 runs – first 06 overs : 39 / 1, 10 overs : 53 / 2, 15 overs : 90 / 3, 20 overs ; 127 / 4, 25 overs : 177 / 6, last 4.4 overs : 31 / 4 – Skipper Nalliah Devarajan 2 / 15, Shehzad Nizar 2 / 22, Chinthaka Edirimanna 2 / 32, Sajith Liyanage 2 / 32, Manjula Ariyaratne 04 victims & 01 run out.

Royal Masters in reply, 214 / 2 – ( 21 Overs ) Chinthaka Edirimanna 88no ( 7×6, 5×4, 55 balls ), Navin Samarakoon 58no ( 1×6, 9×4, 36 balls ), Shehzad Nizar 32, Nuwan Perera
18, Extras 18 – Shehzad Nizar / Nuwan Perera associated in a 47 run opening stand, Shehzad Nizar / Chinthaka Edirimanna added 31 runs for the 02nd wicket, Chinthaka Edirimanna /
Navin Samarakoon put on 136 runs in an unbroken partnership for the 03rd wicket – first 06 overs : 47 / 1, 10 overs : 90 / 2, 15 overs : 131 / 2, 20 overs : 198 / 2 – Skipper Johann Peiris 1 / 41, Chaminda ( NIC ) Silva 1 / 67, 06 catches missed.

Best Bowler : Sajith Liyanage – Royal Masters
Best Batter : Chaminda ( NIC ) Silva – Thomian Masters
Player of the Match : Chinthaka Edirimanna – Royal Masters

Umpires : Palitha Liyanage & Hansaka Dissanayake
Scorer : Thushara Cooray
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