The 2010 Pro20 Champs Warriors played against the 2009/10 Inter Provincial T20 winners Wayamba Elevens on a sunny day at St. George’s Park. A toss that Warriors captain Davey Jacobs would have been eager to win went in favour of Jehan Mubrak and the Wayamba skipper had no hesitation in opting to bat.
The Warriors began their innings without much trouble and brought up the 50-run mark in just 5.3 overs, only losing the wicket of opener Ashwell Prince in the bargain. Colin Ingram appeared to be in cruise control en route to a score of 34. When Ingram fell the Warriors must have surely felt victory was well within their reach, with 61 required off 9 overs. However after Ingram's dismissal caused a lull in the batting, with Wayamba’s spin trio of Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath and Kaushal Lokuarachchi threatening to stifle the Warriors chase.
But the veteran Mark Boucher finally broke free of the shackles with a couple of big sixes off Lokuarachchi and his 44-ball partnership of 63 runs with Justin Kreusch ensured that the Warriors began their CLT20 campaign with a win.
Brief Scores – Warriors 156 for 3 (Mark Boucher 40*, Justin Kreusch 37*, Rangana Herath 1-18) beat
Wayamba Elevens153 for 9 (Jeevantha Kulatunga 59, Kushal Janith Perera 39, Juan Theron 3-23) by 7 wickets
Man-of-the-match - Juan Theron
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