Group leaders SSC, Ragama CC make merry under the sun

Avishka Fernando hits 16 sixes in 118* off 38 balls SLC Tier 'B'T20 Tournament

- By Sa’ADI THAWFEEQ

GROUP leaders SSC (Group A) and Ragama CC (Group B) made the most of a rare sunny day yesterday to register wins and maintain their positions at the top in the SLC Tier 'B' T20 Tournament.

SSC posted the highest total of the day — 192-4 against Sebastianites at Army grounds, Dombagoda with their captain Avishka Fernando contributing a power packed 118* off 38 balls that included an aston-ishing 16 sixes and a mere 2 fours. Fernando reached his first fifty off 20 balls and his second 50 came up in only 13 balls as he pummelled the Sebastianites bowlers to all corners of the field. With Nipun Dhananjaya (30 rtd. out), Fernando added exactly 100 of 50 balls for the third wicket. Sebastianites also began their chase strongly racing to 91-1 in 12 overs when rain ended play. At that point they were 10 runs short of the DLS par score and thereby lost the con-test by 9 runs. It was sheer bad luck on the part of Sebastianites who had their game against Negombo CC at Bloomfield grounds on Wednesday abandoned without a ball bowled.