Cricket: MSC/Enjoy Super League T20   SL United and GSP 7 A reach division two final   |03 June 2022

Team GSP 7 A

SL United and GSP 7 A have qualified for the division two final of MSC/Enjoy Super League T20 cricket tournament after winning their semifinals played on Sunday May 29 at the Perseverance grounds.

In the morning, the first semifinal match of division two was played between SL United and BD Tigers.

Winning the toss, BD Tigers decided to bat first. Upon batting, BD Tigers managed to set up a target of 89 in 20 overs. Ashikur Rahman 19(25) was the best among their batsmen.

For SL United, bowlers Supun took 3 wickets and Rashen De Silva 2 wickets, making things easy for them.

Upon chasing the target, SL United batsmen Thimeera 46(44), Rashen 32(24) drove them to victory at the end of 13 overs. 

Rashen De Silva was selected player-of-the-match for his all-round performance.

In the afternoon, the second semifinal was played between GSPs 7 A and Quincy Spartan Warriors.

Winning the toss, GSP 7 A skipper Yakesh decided to bat first. Upon batting, batsmen Karthik 44(41), Vivek 24(31), Ankith 10(18) managed to set up a score of 133/8 in 20 overs.

Bowler Aswin of Quincy Spartan Warriors grabbed 5 wickets in his spell of 4 overs and conceded only 20 runs

Upon chasing, the Spartans lost some early wickets. Although batsmen Aswin 26(35), Parthi 52(46), Guna 14(11) tried to win the game for Spartan they fell short by 6 runs.

Karthik of GSP 7 A grabbed 2 wickets and was selected as player-of-the-match for his all-round performance.

Eventually both SL United and GSP 7 A qualified and will play against each other in the final of the Enjoy Super league T20 on Sunday June 12 in the morning match at Persévérance.

Contributed by Deepak Radhakrishnan, tournament director