Last Man Stands T20 Spring 2017 Championship snatched by Heshan Flexi ‘A’

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The Last Man Stands T20 Spring 2017 concluded on Sunday, 25 July at the Thurstan College cricket grounds where Heshan Flexi ‘A’ once again became the Last Man Stands Sri Lanka champions.

Sri Lankan national cricketer Ajantha Mendis was the Chief Guest of the event and presented the championship trophy and a cash cheque of Rs. 300,000 to the unbeaten champions. Nawaloka Group of Companies CEO Kalana Alwis presented the runners-up prize and cash prize of Rs. 150,000 to the Sapper Cricket Club.

The Last Man Stands Sri Lanka Spring 2017 semifinals were held on the same day and were limited to 10 overs due to rain. Both games were very exciting to watch with Heshan Flexi ‘A’ beating Stafford Motors in the first semifinal match while Sapper Cricket Club qualified for the final by beating Colombo Benz in the second semifinal match.

The final match was played between Heshan Flexi ‘A’ and the Sapper Cricket Club with Heshan Flexi ‘A’ opting to bat first and scoring a staggering 187 in their 20 allotted overs against Sapper Cricket Club. Nimesh Perera from Heshan Flexi ‘A’ shone by anchoring the innings with 59 runs. Heshan Flexi ‘A’ dominated the entire game and managed to uproot all the Sapper batsmen for just 58 runs which marked a massive 130-run victory.

Scores of the semifinals and final are as follows:

Semifinals - 1

Heshan Flexe ‘A’ vs. Stafford Motors Ltd.

Heshan Flexe ‘A’ - 86/3 (10) – Chalitha Chamod 46, Asela Jayasinghe 29*

Stafford Motors - 83/3 (10) – Kalpa Peshan 48, Vikim Peris 29

RESULT - Heshan Flexe ‘A’ won by three runs

Semifinals - 2

Colombo Benz vs. Sapper Cricket Club

Colombo Benz - 69/5 (10), Nimesh Fernando 21, Vinod Perera 20

Sapper Sports Club - 70/6 (9.2) – Yeshan Alwis 2/10, Nimesh Fernando 2/30

Result - SCC won by three wickets

Final

Heshan Flexi ‘A’ vs. Sapper Cricket Club

Heshan Flexi ‘A’ - 187/7 (20) - Nimesh Perera 59, Buddhika Prasad 36, Ashen Abeykoon 2/25, Nuwan Gunawardhana 2/31

Sapper Cricket Club - 57/8 (11) – Nuwan Gunawardhana 20, Risith Upamal 2/06

Result - Heshan Flexi ‘A’ won by 130 runs

Last Man Stands Sri Lanka Race to Cape Town season starts on 20 August and the winners of the competition will be sponsored by LMS Sri Lanka to participate in the Last Man Stands World Championship in Cape Town, South Africa in December 2017.

Entries for the Race to Cape Town will close on 10 July. Contact Yasura on 0770514549 or Sheran on 0061431060665 for more information. Email [email protected] for more information or visit www.lastmanstands.com/playcricketcolombo/. Last Man Stands T20 Cricket Sri Lanka franchise owner Sheran Fernando thanked Laksiri from Derana TV, Ranga from Ceylon Newspapers, Niwanthika from Singer Sri Lanka, Prasanna from House of Cricket, Damith and Sameera from thepapare.com, all the umpires and the Last Man Sri Lanka supporting team of Mr. Milindu, Mr. Wasantha and Mr. Yasura.

Mr. Fernando also offered special thanks to Last Man Stands Sri Lanka Spring 2017’s valuable sponsors, Rasika from Heshan Flexi and Kumara from Batsman.com for their support throughout the season.

Finally, Fernando thanked the entire LMS team for taking part in LMS Spring Season 2017.