Brandix winning the toss and taking first lease of the wicket, never recovered after a shaky start- reeling at 39/3 in 10.4 overs- managed to score 126 runs with one delivery to spare. Brandix middle order batsmen, Skipper Madushanka Ratnayake 21, Shashika Inesh 22 and Tharaka Silva 21, were defiant against the Akbar Bros.' hostile pace attack of Kamal Prasanga, Buddhika Prabath (5-0-19-2) and Varuna Gunawardena (5-0-23-2). Akbar Bros. chasing 127 runs in 25 overs win at a little more than 5 RPO, were upended by paceman, Heshan Kumara (5-0-22-3) and spinner, Sathira Fernando (5-0-18-3). The other 3 Special awards, based on performances through the Tournament, except the final-Best Bowler- (Akbar Bros.)- W.A. Brandix Essentials 'B' 126 (24.5 overs) (Sathira Fernando 21, Madusanka Ratnayake 21, Shashika Inesh 22, Tharaka Silva 21, Sampath Kumara 15; Buddhika Prabath 2/19, Varuna Gunawardena 2/23, Jeevan Priyankara 3/17)Akbar Bros 114/9 (25 overs) (Ramakrishna Urendren, 53 not out, Buddhika Prabath 21; Heshan Kumara 3/22, Sathira Fernando 3/18)

Source: Sunday Times July 29, 2018 03:56 UTC