Seekkuge Prasanna Leads Colombo Stars In Thrilling Victory Over Kandy Warriors

Seekkuge Prasanna leads Colombo Stars in thrilling victory over Kandy Warriors

Colombo : , Dec 14, 2012 Seekkuge Prasanna hit an unbeaten 32 off just 6 balls.He hit five sixes and guided Colombo Stars, a thrilling five-wicket victory over Kandy Warriors at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.
The Stars were chasing 147 after Sachindu Colombage had dismissed Dinesh Chacharmal in the fifth ball.

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Prasanna, who needed 37 runs to win, had five wickets and was in dire need of a run.He came up to the crease with the intention to score his first six from Colombage.

Prasanna struck again on Binura Fernando’s penultimate ball with a six, and then ran a double to make Sherfane Rutherford strike.

Lahiru Kumara took over the bowling duties for the Warriors.

Rutherford was able to get Prasanna back on track by running a single with the first ball.To help his team win, the right-handed batsman hit three sixes in succession to score two more runs.

Earlier, Colombo Stars captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to bowl.Kandy Warriors openers Kennar Lewis and Charith Asalanka stitched a solid 71-run stand for the first wicket.

But after Asalanka was dismissed by Dushmantha Chameera in the first ball of the 9th over for 28, the Warriors lost the plot and went on to lose wickets in quick succession.

Chameera starred with the ball for Stars, picking up four wickets for 35 runs in his four overs, while the rest of the bowling unit chipped in with a wicket each.

Apart from Lewis’ 62, no other Kandy batsman could get going, and they could only muster 146/9 in 20 overs.

Colombo Stars started the chase poorly as Pathum Nissanka was dismissed for a duck on the third ball.Stars kept losing wickets at key moments and found themselves reeling at 110/5 in 17.5 overs.But Prasanna’s heroics saved the day for Colombo Stars as they picked up two important points to go third in the table.

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