Army Baseball Club defeat Navy Baseball Club in a nail biting Final

SLABSA National Baseball Super League Championship 2024 – Diyagama, Homagama, Western Province

Preliminary Stage – 12 Matches
Ranabima bt Air Force 8 – 6
Old Nalandians bt University of Peradeniya 17 – 10
Navy bt Athugala 17 – 1
Royal Blues bt University of Peradeniya 24 – 5
Navy bt Air Force 7 – 6
Army bt Old Nalandians 14 – 04
Navy bt Ranabima 13 – 0
Army bt University of Peradeniya 11 – 0
Air Force bt Athugala 15 – 8
Royal Blues bt Old Nalandians 12 – 5
Army bt Royal Blues 19 – 2
Ranabima bt Athugala 15 – 09

Knockout Stage – 04 Matches

Semi Finals :
Navy bt Royal Blues 13 – 3
Army bt Ranabima 21 – 10

Consolation Final : 03rd / 04th Places
Ranabima bt Royal Blues 17 – 2 ( 06 Innings )
Ranabima Royal 10 0 0 0 6 1 – 17
Royal Blues 0 1 0 0 1 0 – 02

Championship Final : Winners / Runners Up Places
Army bt Navy 4 – 3 ( 09 Innings )
Navy 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 – 3
Army 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 – 4

Best Fielder : Thilak Pushpakumara – Navy
Best Pitcher : Yasaruwan Kaluaarachchi – Navy
Best Batter : Niroshan Sriyarathne – Army
Most Valuable Player : Iresh Kosala – Army

Bronze Medal :
Ranabima Royal, Peradeniya
Captain – Subramaniam Vaseedaran
Coach – Chathura Ranasinghe / Thangaraj Lukshan
Manager – Sanath Cooray

Silver Medal : Sri Lanka Navy
Captain – Thilak Pushpakumara
Coach – Shashika Dulshan
Manager – Dhammika Lal

Gold Medal : Sri Lanka Army
Captain – Niroshan Sriyaratne
Coach – Malindu Hewage
Manager – Gen. Anil Perera

08 teams, 16 matches, 09 days

Report / Photos courtesy Mark Fonseka & Subash Gunasinghe