Colts cruise to Premier League Trophy triumph

Colts Cricket Club won the Premier League Trophy on Sunday after completing a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Sinhalese Sports Club at Maitland Place with over a day to spare.

SSC had been on the back foot ever since the first innings when they were bundled out for 216 and were unable to pull themselves back into the game despite two brilliant innings from Mahela Jayawardene, who scored 137 in the first innings and 99 in the second, just missing out on his fourth consecutive hundred.

SSC had begun the day 99 runs in arrears with six wickets remaining. They started positively with Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraeera extending their fifth wicket partnership to 154.

But Chaminda Vaas then trapped Jayawardene lbw and the wickets started to tumble, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara picking up three wickets with his off-breaks to round off an impressive all-round performance and win the man of the match award.

SS slipped from 192 for four to 234 all out, to leave Colts needing to score a paltry 40 runs to win the game. Despite the loss of two early wickets, they breezed to that in just 7.2 overs.