Star Garments Are Mercantile Masters Sixes Champions
MCA MALIBAN SMART CREAM CRACKERS 04th Mercantile Masters ( Over 40 ) Six a Side Cricket Championship 2023 – D S Senanayake College & MCA Grounds, Colombo
Semi Finals
Star Garments Group 53 / 1 ( 04 Overs ) beat Hatton
National Bank 51 / 3 ( 05 Overs ) by 04 wickets
Sri Lankan Airlines 66 / 3 ( 05 Overs ) beat Hayleys
Group 65 / 5 ( 05 Overs ) by 02 wickets
Final
Star Garments Group beat Sri Lankan Airlines by 02 wickets
Sri Lankan Airlines electing to bat, 48 / 3 – ( 05 Overs )
Skipper Nalaka de Zoysa 23no – recovered from 17 / 3 – Nalaka de Zoysa / Dhananjaya Weerasekera 31 runs unbroken for the 04th wicket, Skipper Asitha Palihakkara 2 / 03.
Star Garments Group in reply, 49 / 3 – ( 05 Overs )
Skipper Asitha Palihakkara 13 retired hurt, Dulip Rodrigo 10 – Dulip Rodrigo / Asitha Palihakkara / Manjula Sampath 20 runs for the 02nd wicket – Malinda Fernando 1 / 06 – 01 catch – 01 run out, Chamara Delpachithra 1 / 10.
Most Senior Player : Neil De Silva ( 58 years ) ( Commercial Bank )
Most Sixers : Hasantha Fernando ( Sampath Bank )
Best Bowler : Manjula Sampath ( Star Garments )
Best Batter : Anil Karunaratne ( Star Garments )
Player of the Final : Asitha Palihakkara ( Star Garments )
Highest Team Totals
91 / 1 ( 05 ) : Sampath Bank vs Colombo Dockyard
90 / 1 ( 05 ) : Hatton National Bank vs Colombo Dockyard
80 / 0 ( ( 05 ) : Sri Lankan Airlines vs David Pieris Group
Lowest Team Totals
30 / 5 ( 05 ) : David Pieris Group vs Sri Lankan Airlines
48 / 5 ( 05 ) : Star Garments Group vs Hayleys Group
10 Teams, 15 Matches
Report assisted by Tyronne Perera & Chamara Perera & cricHQ
Photos courtesy John & Co.