Ace Capital CC confront unbeaten Moors SC

• Major Club Under-23 final commences today

Moors SC Captain  Janishka Perera

Ace Capital CC Captain  Wanuja Sahan

It is no surprise that Moors SC and Ace Capital CC have made it to the final of the SLC Under-23 2-day final at the Colts grounds commencing today, as these two teams have the top four leading run-getters in the tournament.

Leading scorer is Hiran Jayasundara of Ace Capital CC with 461 runs (avg. 51.22) with 1 century and 3 fifties. He also has in company, team mate Tharindu Amarasinghe with 438 runs (avg. 43.80) – 1 century and 1 fifty, in the top four.

Moors SC’s Ravishan de Silva and Omesh Mendis occupy second and third spots in the list. De Silva with 2 centuries and 1 fifty has an aggregate of 458 (avg. 41.64) and Mendis with 1 century and 1 fifty has accumulated 454 runs (avg. 37.83).

The top wicket-takers for the two sides are spinners – Off-spinner Yesith Rupasinghe with 32 wickets (avg. 17.34) for Moors SC, and leg-spinner Raveen de Silva with 25 wickets (avg. 13.52) and off-spinner Kavindu Amantha with 24 wickets (avg. 21.33) for Ace Capital CC.

Moors SC are the unbeaten side in the tournament having won 6 out of their 9 matches with 3 ending in a no-result, while Ace Capital CC on the other hand have lost thrice to Negombo CC, Chilaw Marians CC and Moors SC on first innings and won 5 with 1 ending in a no-result.

When Ace Capital CC met Moors SC in the first round, Moors SC rattled up 329 courtesy of an aggressive 94 off 100 balls from the Captain Janishka Perera and dismissed Ace Capital CC for 227 with Rupasinghe scalping four. Ace Capital CC will be quite aware of where they went wrong in this game and come prepared to counter whatever Moors SC have in store for them.

In the semi-finals Ace Capital CC beat Colts in the first innings while the Moors SC v Ragama CC game ended in a no-result. Moors SC with a better record in the league stage qualified for the final. One pleasing aspect for Ace Capital CC is that their Captain Wanuja Sahan struck a splendid 115* off 86 balls to guide them to victory. Moors SC will welcome the return of their Captain Janishka Perera after his short stint in South African franchise cricket. – [ST]