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Parliament team wins beating the Wedda team by 29 runs:Best Batsman:Wedda’s Kuppiyale Eththo Kekular
Man of the match: Namal Rajapaksa
On last Friday the 14th instant a friendly softball cricket match was played between a Wedda team and a Parliament team at the Badulla football play grounds. The Parliament team became victorious by a margin of 29 runs.
The toss was won by the Wedda’s team’s captain Uruwirige Heenbanda who invited the Parliament to bat first. The Parliament team was limited to a total of 119 runs for loss of 9 wickets.
Ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Dullas Alahapperuma opened the batting. When Wimal weerawansa was dismissed after scoring 22 runs Dullas Alahapperuma was joined by Sanath Jayasuriya who scored 31 runs. At the end of the 15 overs the Parliament team could amass only 119 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. The Wedda team had to score 120 runs to win in their 15 allotted overs.
Their top order faired disastrously losing the first six wickets for just 20 runs. However a defiant 7th wicket stand of 50 runs between the pair of Kuppialar eththo kekular and kuppiyale brought some respectability to the score making it 90 for the loss of 7 wickets. However they folded for a paltry score of just 90 runs in their allotted 15 overs. They lost to the Parliament team by a margin of 29 runs. Namal Rajapaksa was appropriately named as the ‘Man of the Match’ for scoring 23 runs, taking 3 wickets, involving in a run out and for taking two catches.
SCOREBOARD:
Parliament team 119 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 15 overs: Sanath Jayasuriya 31,Namal Rajapaksa 23,Wimal Weerawansa 22, Dullas Alahapperuma 14( Manchi Kekula 2/11,Sudubanka (01), kekular 2/11.Sudubanda (02), kekular 2/22)
Wedda team all out for 90 runs in 15 overs
Kuppiala Eththo kekular 41, Manchi kekular 23,Kuda Eththo kekular 05 ( Premalal jayasekera 3/07, Namal Rajapaksa 3/07, Sanath Jayasuriya 1/ 12)
Best Batsman: kuppiala Eththo kekular
Best Bowler: Premalal Jayasekera
Man of the Match:Namal Rajapaksa.
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