Eser Marketing sweeps to 5 wicket victory over Mobitel at the Quarter Finals
The Semi Finals against Commercial Leasing will take place on 13th Saturday at the MCA grounds
The limited over semi final match in the "F" group of the mercantile cricket tournament got underway at the Mercantile Cricket grounds in Colombo on the 6th of June. Beating a strong Mobitel team by 5 wickets, Eser Marketing laid claims to enter the Semi Finals.
Gihan Ekanayake (Captain) |
It is a commendable fact that Eser Marketing in its maiden participation at the Mercantile Cricket Tournament, beat teams such as Union Assurance, Dialog Telekom, Load star, Mobitel Telecom, and Data Entry International to get to this level.
Winning the toss. Eser Marketing invited the Mobitel team to bat first. Mobitel scored 141 for the loss of 8 wickets in their 30 overs, with Sampath Silva top scoring with 29 and Thariq Nawar with 26. For Eser Marketing, Ishara Chathuranga bagged 2 wickets for 85 and Dimuth Hettiarchchi 2 for 16.
In reply Eser Marketing reached their target of 142 for the loss of 5 wickets in 25.4 overs, with Gihan Ekanayake top scoring with 56, Harindra Eladaththa 26 and Supun Samaraweera with 24 not out. For Mobitel Thariq Nawar and Pahan Serasinghe were the pick of the bowlers bagging 2 for 11 and 2 for 21 respectively.
Eser Marketing claimed a 102 runs victory over Loadstar in their first match
Coming into bat first Eser Marketing scored 199 for the loss of 9 wickets in 30 overs in the first round match against Loadstar at the Mercantile Cricket Tournament, on the 18th of April at the BRC grounds.
Ishara Chathuranga and Dimuth Hettiarachchi top scored with 45 and 41 respectively, followed by Sameera Fernando with 28.
Ishara Chathuranga
(Vice captain) |
For Loadstar S.A.S.J. Pathinayaka and T.A.R. Pradeep bagged 2 wickets a piece for 26 and 14 respectively.
In reply Loadstar managed to put only 97 on the scoreboard with S.K.Dissanayake and N.R.Rajapakse scoring 21 and 17.
Sameera Fernando, Ishara Chathuranga and Dinusha Madhushanka bagged 2 wickets a piece for 18, 19 and 24 runs respectively, giving Eser Marketing a brilliant 102 run victory.
Softlogic records a 5 wicket victory over Eser Marketing
The cricket match held between Eser Marketing and Soft Logic as a first round match of the F Group in the Mercantile Limited Over Cricket Tournament, was held at the MCA Grounds on the 3rd of May 2009 and Soft Logic recorded a 5 wicket victory over Eser Marketing.
Coming into bat first Eser Marketing managed to put only 73 on the scoreboards in 20 overs.
Harinda Eladaththa top scored with 26 with Gihan Ekanayake chipping in with 20.
Roshan Rasul and Shaminda Nirosh shone for the Soft Logic team, bagging 4 for 11 and 2 for 13 respectively.
In reply Soft Logic breezed to 77 for the loss of 5 wickets, giving Soft Logic a 5 wicket victory, with Chamara Kodithuwakku top scoring with 21 and Samudra Amunugama scoring 16. Dimuth Hettiarachchi and Dinusha Madushanka bagged 2 for 24 and 1 for 12 respectively for Eser.
Eser Marketing sweeps to a 55 runs victory over Union Assurance
Yet another limited over match in the "F group" of the Mercantile Cricket Tournament was worked of at the Ananda College Grounds on the 17th of May 2009, with Eser Marketing team recording a spectacular 55 run victory against the strong Union Assurance team.
Coming into bat first Eser Marketing made 230 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 30 overs. Dimuth Hettiarachchi top scored with 75, Supun Samaraweera 56, and Captain Gihan Ekanayake 55. In Bowling Sanjaya Siriwardana bagged 2 for 45 and Isuru Perera 1 for 38.
In reply, Union Assurance was restricted to 175 in 25.2 overs, with Amila Pathum bagging 4 for 32 and Dimuth Hettiarachchi bagging 3 for 40, for Eser Marketing.
Eser Marketing beats Data Entry team by 50 runs
The Limited over cricket match between Eser Marketing and Data entry International was worked off at Thurstan college grounds on the 24th of May 2009.
Batting first, Eser marketing scored 198 for the loss of 8wickets at the end of 30 overs. Dimuth Hettiarachchi top scored with 42, Supun Samaraweera 41, Gihan Ekanayake 33 and Harindra Eladaththa 19.
Palitha Silva bagged 2 for 35 and Charith Karunarathne 1 for 19 for the Data Entry International team.
In reply the Data Entry International team could score only 146 at the end of 29.3 over, with Palitha Silva top scoring with 34, Nihal Senarathne 22 and Nilesh Sethunge 21.
For the Eser Marketing team, Amila Pathum bagged 3 for 36, Darsha Kumara 2 for 20 and Kalum Nuwan 1 for 4, giving Eser Marketing team a 50 run victory.
Eser Marketing wins over Dialog Telecom by 16 runs
Limited over Cricket Tournament, organized by the Mercantile Cricket Association, was played by Eser Marketing Ltd and Dialog Telecom on Saturday 30th at St. Benedicts College grounds.
After winning the toss Eser marketing decided to start the innings and scored 158 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Dimuth Hettiarachchi scored 52 runs while Mohommad Farhan and Harinda Eladaththa scored 45 and 31 runs respectively. For the Dialog Telecom Team Sanjaya Wijesinghe had a bowling score of 25/1 while Tiran Madhushanka and Prashanth Remanadan recorded 24/1 and 25/1 respectively. Dialog Telecom scored 119 runs for 7 wickets and for Eser Marketing Amila Pethum earned 3 wickets for 16 runs while Darsha Isuru Kumara earned 2 wickets for 12 runs.
First row (Seated - from left to right) Dharsha Isuru Kumara,Mohamed Farthan Dawud, Gihan Ekanayake, Harindra Nilupul Elasaththa, Ishara Chathuaranga,Amila Chinthana
Second row (standing- from left to right)- Pradeep Dharshana, Chamara Uditha Kurnarasinghe,
Amila Sampath, Kelum Abeweera, Harsha Anuranga,Dinesh Gavinda, Viraj Weerakoon
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