da premier bet： Colts Cricket Club won the Premier League Trophy on Sunday after completinga comprehensive eight-wicket win over Sinhalese Sports Club at MaitlandPlace with over a day to spare
CricInfo31-Mar-2002Colts Cricket Club won the Premier League Trophy on Sunday after completinga comprehensive eight-wicket win over Sinhalese Sports Club at MaitlandPlace with over a day to spare.SSC had been on the back foot ever since the first innings when they werebundled out for 216 and were unable to pull themselves back into the gamedespite two brilliant innings from Mahela Jayawardene, who scored 137 in thefirst innings and 99 in the second, just missing out on his fourthconsecutive hundred.SSC had begun the day 99 runs in arrears with six wickets remaining. Theystarted positively with Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraeera extending theirfifth wicket partnership to 154.But Chaminda Vaas then trapped Jayawardene lbw and the wickets started totumble, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara picking up three wickets with hisoff-breaks to round off an impressive all-round performance and win the manof the match award.SS slipped from 192 for four to 234 all out, to leave Colts needing to scorea paltry 40 runs to win the game. Despite the loss of two early wickets,they breezed to that in just 7.2 overs.