Semi Finals of the Last Man Stands T+20 Spring Season Cricket Tournament 2017 tomorrow

Heshan Flexi Packaging “A” team along with Stafford Motor Co. , Army Sapper CC, Mattegoda and Colombo Bens qualified for the Semi Finals of the Last Man Stands T+20 Spring Season Cricket Tournament 2017.

The Semi Finals and Final will be worked off this Sunday, 25 June at Thurstan College Grounds. 

The first semi-final between Heshan flexi Packaging “A” (Group “B” winner) and Stafford Motors (Group “A” winner) will take place at 9 a.m. and the second l semi-final between Army Sapper SC (group “A” winner) and Colombo Bens (group “C” winner) will take place at 11 a.m. The Final will be played at 2:30 p.m. 

Sixteen teams played in four groups in the league stage consisting 24 matches, which commenced on 28 May and was concluded on 18 June. 

Army Sapper SC Mattegoda finished on top of Group “A” with wins over Nawaloka Group. Sahasara CC and no result Vs. Stafford Motors “B”.

Heshan Flexi Packaging “A” finished on top of Group “B” scoring wins over Summer Field SC, UB Finance and Colombo University. 

Colombo Bens finished on top of Group “C” by winning against Cargills Bank, Heshan Flexi Packaging “B” and House of Cricket. 

Stafford Motor Co. “A” finished on top of Group “D” winning against Lion Warriors CC and Mathews CC and losing to Kelaniya SC. 

This is the third tournament that has been staged in Sri Lanka; it was launched with the Autumn Season Tournament held in October 2016 where Heshan Flexi Packaging and UB Finance were declared joint winners as the final got washed off at De Mazenod College grounds Kandana. 

In the winter season tournament held in December 2016, Heshan Flexi “A” emerged as the winner in the final held at P. Sara Oval.

The winner will take home the LMS trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 300,000; the runners up, a cash prize of Rs. 150,000; the special awards on offer are for the best batsman and best bowler of the tournament and the player of the Final. 

Sri Lanka player Ajantha “Carom ball” Mendis will grace the Final and Awards as the Chief Guest.     

The event will be streamed live on www.batsman.com for viewers all around the world.     

This novel way of playing cricket was introduced to the world by England in 2005; each team is composed of eight players and when a team loses its seventh wicket the last man can stand on his own until the innings is completed; each inning will consist of 20 overs of five balls each; if the batsman scores a six in the last ball in the innings it will be counted as 12 runs. 

The League Manager in Sri Lanka is Yasura Warnakulasuriya and franchise is owned by former De Mazanod College Cricketer, Sheran Fernando, who is currently domiciled in Australia.