Semi-finals at 9 am and 11am today
Heshan Flexi Packaging ‘A’ team along with Stafford Motor Co., Army Sapper SC, Mattegoda and Colombo Bens qualified for the semi-finals of the Last Man Stands T+20 Spring Season Cricket Tournament 2017.
The semi-finals and final will be worked off today at Thurstan College Grounds.The first semi-final between Heshan Flexi Packaging ‘A’ (Group ‘B’ winner) and Stafford Motors (Group ‘A’ winner) will take place at 9.00 am and the second semi-final between Army Sapper SC (Group ‘A’ winner) and Colombo Bens (Group ‘C’ winner) will take place at 11.00 am. The finals will be played at 2.30 pm.
Sixteen teams played in four groups in the league stage consisting 24 matches, which commenced on May 28 and was concluded on June 18.
Army Sapper SC Mattegoda finished on top of Group ‘A’ with wins over Nawaloka Group, Sahasara CC and no result Vs. Stafford Motors ‘B’.
Heshan Flexi Packaging ‘A’ finished on top of Group ‘B’ scoring wins over Summer Field SC, UB Finance and Colombo University. Colombo Bens finished on top of Group ‘C’ by winning against Cargills Bank, Heshan Flexi Packaging ‘B’ and House of Cricket.
Stafford Motor Co. ‘A’ finished on top of Group ‘D’ winning against Lion Worriers CC and Mathews CC and losing to Kelaniya SC.
This is the third tournament that has been staged in Sri Lanka was launched with the Autumn Season Tournament held in October 2016 where Heshan Flexi Packaging and UB Finance were declared joint winners as the final was washed off at De Mazanod College grounds Kandana.
In the winter season tournament held in December 2016, Heshan Flexi ‘A’ emerged as the winner in the final held at P. Sara Oval.
The winner will take home the LMS trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 300,000/- and the runners up, a cash prize of Rs.150,000/-. Special awards on offer are for the Best Batsman and Best Bowler of the tournament and the Player of the Final.
Sri Lanka cricketer Ajantha Mendis will grace the final as the Chief Guest. The event will be streamed live on www.batsman.com for viewers all around the world.
This novel way of playing cricket was introduced to the world by England in 2005. Each team is composed of eight players and when a team loses its seventh wicket the last man can stand on his own until the innings is completed. Each inning will consist of 20 overs of five balls each. If the batsman scores a six in the last ball in the innings it will be counted as 12 runs.
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