SAPPERS ANNUAL CRICKET ENCOUNTER 2020

The Annual Friendly Sappers Cricket Encounter took place for the sixth consecutive year on 12 December 2020 at the Sappers Cricket Stadium Mattegoda. The event was organized by the 14 CBRN Regiment. Major General Jagath Gunawardena, the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and the Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers graced the event as the Chief Guest together with the participation of Senior Sapper Officers, Officers and Other Ranks.

The T20 match was held between two teams, the Maroon Sappers team led by Major Genaral Chinthaka Gamage and the Blue Sappers team led by Major Genaral Jagath Gunawardena. Maroons won the toss and elected to bat first and completed the 20 overs by setting a target of 270 runs for the loss of five wickets. The Blue Sappers scored 183 runs for the loss of four wickets and losing to Maroons who emerged as the champions reaching a comprehensive win by restricting the Blues. The two teams were represented by the champion players of the Corps as mentioned below:

Sappers Blue Team:
Major Genaral Jagath Gunawardena (Captain)
Major Genaral Nishantha Herath
Major Genaral Chandana Wijeyasundera
Brigadier Dumindu Jayasinghe
Brigadier Mangala Mayadunna
Lieutenant Colonel Tissa Herath
Lieutenant Colonel Waruna Ponnamperuma
Major Lakmal Kulathunga
Major Chanaka Marambage
Major Panchala Gunasekara
Captain Nuwan Adhikari
Captain Mahesh Pathirana
Second Lieutenant Roshan Kumara

Sappers Maroon Team:
Major Genaral Chinthaka Gamage (Captain)
Major Genaral Nihal Amarasekara
Brigadier Pradeep Gunawardena
Colonel Waruna Gamage
Lieutenant Colonel Punya Karunathilake
Lieutenant Colonel Suneth Fernando
Major Chamila Lahadasinghe
Major Nishantha Weerasinghe
Major Suranga Lokuliyanage
Major Rajith Chandanayaka
Major Rumesh Lakmal
Captain Adeesha Basnayake

Summary of the match