Premier Limited Over Final – NCC vs. Tamil Union
BCCSL - 17 January 2002
The Premier Limited Over Final between Nondescripts Cricket Club and Tamil Union will be held at the SSC on Saturday, January 19th 2002. Play is scheduled to commence at 10 a.m. The match will be telecast live on Rupavahini's Channel Eye, sponsored by Janashakthi National.
NCC has among its ranks Russel Arnold, Hashan Tillekeratne, Aravinda De Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Ruwan Kalpage, and Ravindra Pushpakumara, while Tamil Union has among others Muttiah Muralitharan, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Upul Chandana, Indika De Saram, and Pramodya Wickremesinghe.
The champions will be awarded the Premier Limited Over Tournament Challenge Cup and a cash prize of Rs. 150,000/=, with the runners-up receiving Rs. 100,000/= from the BCCSL. There would also be awards for the Man-Of-The-Match, Best Batsman and Best Bowler of the final. The Match Referee and Adjudicator will be former Sri Lanka player Don Anurasiri. The awards will be presented after the match.
The Umpires will be Gamini Silva, T.H. Wijewardene, L.V. Jayasundera (3rd Umpire), and D.N. Pathirana (Standby). NCC reached the final by defeating Colts, while Tamil Union beat BRC in their respective semi-finals last Saturday.
NCC (from): Russel Arnold, Hashan Tillekeratne, Aravinda De Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, R. Kalpage, R. Pushpakumara, N. Nawaz, Malinga Bandara, P. Hewage, R. Tissera, C. Mapatuna, S. Pradeep, I. Amarasinghe, K. Fernando, J. Jayasuriya, T. Thushara, U. Randhika.
Tamil Union (from): Niroshan Bandaratilleke (Captain), Muttiah Muralitharan, Upul Chandana, Indika Ganegoda, Nuwan Shiroman, Ruvin Peiris, Indika De Saram, Malintha Gajanayake, Anil Rideegamanagedera, Gayan Wijekoon, Sanjeewa Jayaratne, Pramodya Wickremesinghe, Ranga Dias, Lassana Dias, Brijesh Jeganathan, Sagara Kumara.
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