Keells to meet LB Finance in MCA T20 final
View(s):John Keells ‘B’ and LB Finance ‘B’ entered the Final of the, Inaugural MCA Tier ‘B’ Twenty20 Super Tournament, winning their semi-finals at the MCA grounds yesterday.
In the first semi-final John Keells Group ‘B’ beat People’s Leasing and Finance by 9 wickets.
LB Finance ‘B’ beat Commercial Leasing by 73 runs in the next qualifier. The tournament is sponsored by Bharti Airtel. The final will be played today at 1.30pm at the MCA ground.
Results:
SF 1: PL&F 65 all out in 17.2 overs (Nuwan Sanjeewa 20, Ravi Subasinghe 2/18, P.K. Abeygunasekera 3/10, Prageeth Mendis 2/5)
JK ‘B’ 66 for 1 wicket in 6 overs (Hishan Singhawansa 40 not out)
SF 2: LBF ‘B’ 176 for 5 wickets in 20 overs (Yashan Samarasinghe 65, Banuka Ranasinghe 22, Priyamal Perera 56 not out, Priyantha Chandrasekera 2/28)
Commercial Leasing 103 all out in 16 overs (Madura Sanjaya 23, Thilina Rajakaruna 35, Saman Dissanayake 2/24, Yashan Samarasinghe 2/13, Lakshan Rodrigo 3/9)
In the Quarter-finals played on Friday John Keels ‘B’ beat Asst Line Group by one run JK ‘B’ 227/4 (20) (Samith Fernando 124 n.o.) Asstline 26/8 (20) (Aruna Perusinghe 80), People’s Leasing and Finance PLC beat Standard Chartered Bank by 76 runs (20) (Salitha Mahanama 75) SCB 125 (18.2) (Sameera Sandaruwan 6/18) Commercial Leasing beat HNB ‘B; by five wkts. – 19 over match HNB ‘B; 135/7 (19) (Dinesh Panditharatne 59) Commercial Leasing 138/5 (18.5) and LB Finance “b” beat Union Bank by 112 runs FBF ‘B’ 192/4 (20) (Lakshan Rodrigo 113) Union Bank 76/6 (20) – LR