The weather put the spanner in LB Finance’s wheel of success as they were deprived of gaining a worthy Double at the 27th Singer –MCA Premier League 2020 as their final against MAS Unichela was rained off at the MCA ground in Colombo.
Both teams were declared as joint winners.
League Winner – LB Finance
Special Awards based on performances in the league stage
Best Bowler – Malinda Pushpakumara from Sampath Bank (5 matches 42.1 overs, 159 runs, 12 wickets)
Best Batsman: Kamindu Mendis from MAS Unichela (5 innings, 190 runs)
Man of the Series – Ramesh Mendis from Dimo (3 innings, 134 runs and 4 matches, 30 overs, 169 runs 6 wickets)
As the award for the Man of the Final was not awarded, the MCA decided to award the trophy to Sadeera Samarawickrama from LB Finance.
Scores:
LB Finance: 259/7 (Lakshan Rodrigo 45, Sadeera Samarawickrama 97 n.o. Dhananjaya de Silva 59, Angelo Perera 18, Charith Akalanka 25, Lahiru Jayaratne 2/47)
MAS Unichela: 109/6 (TM Dilshan 15, Mahela Udawatte 22, Chamara Silva 25 n.o. Shiran Fernando 2/44, Kavika Dilshan 2/17) (YK)