Lahiru Udara 190 – top of the pops
By Lakshman Ranasinghe
MCA ‘B’ Division 50-Over League Tournament 2015
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Last year’s Joint Winner, MAS Intimates Unichela ‘B’ suffered their first defeat in the hands of MAS Linea Aqua by 108 runs on the D&L method, 
in the ongoing Emerald Ceylon Tea Cup, MCA ‘B’ Division 50-Over League Tournament 2015, continued over the last weekend.
The up-set win for Linea Aqua was fashioned by their three half centurions, Pabasara Waduge (88), Dushan Vimukthi (52) and Damith Priyadarshana (77), which helped them to go over the 300-runs mark (303 for 8 in 50-overs.); Unichela was struggling at 155 for 8 in 33.5 overs when bad light intervened.
Unichela ‘B’ thus completed their quota of league games with five wins, one defeat and one No-Result.
Commercial Credit and Finance ‘B’ won a double header, beating LB Finance ‘A’ by a margin of seven runs on the D&L Method and Singer ‘A’ by three wickets.
Commercial Credit’s impressive win over LB Finance was carved by Manoj Sarathchandra, who scored a workman like unbeaten 97 in 91 balls slamming two sixes and ten boundaries.
Singer SL’s Chamika Sasanka in action - Pix by Anuradha Bandara
2013 joint winner, Textured Jersey after taking Raigam Marketing to the cleaners, scoring 345 for 4 in 50-Overs, failed to taste victory, as rain stood in their way, the match ending in a no-result.
Opening batsman, Lahiru Udara pulverized the Raigam bowling attack to the tune of 190 runs in 155 balls, inclusive of six hits over the ropes and twenty fours; Udara in the process
Pradeep Wickremasinghe
of put on 188 runs for the second wicket with Ishan Peiris (75 runs in 68 balls with three sixes and eight to the fence.)
Raigam Marketing in reply was 62 for 1 in 11.4 overs when the rains came down to abandoned play.
In the matches played midweek John Keells ‘B’ spoilt the chances for Mobitel of advancing to the final round when they beat them by 42 runs.
For Mobitel it was a must win situation to get in to last four in group ‘A’, while for John Keells the match was of academic interest. Union Bank from the group ‘A’ and had a poor run in the tournament, crashing to their seventh successive defeat, thus ending up as the wooden-spoonists.
Kanrich Finance ‘A’ completed their league quota of matches on a winning note, beating PABC Bank by six wickets as they remained unbeaten, with five victories and two no-results. Weekend’s best bowling came from Commercial Credit ‘B’ I. Udayanga (5 for 15 Vs. Singer ‘A’) and Kanrich Finance ‘A’, Prabath Jayasuriya (5/30 Vs PABC Bank).
The League stage of the tournament concluded with 56 matches being played.
The First two quarter-final matches were played yesterday and the last two quarter final matches to be played today are: MAS Unichela ‘B’ vs. LB Finance ‘A’ at MCA and Kanrich Finance ‘A’ vs. Raigam Marketing at Bloomfield.
| ScoreboardWeekend’s Match Results:
At Katunayake: MAS Linea Aqua beat MAS Unichela ‘B’ by 118 runs on the D&L method
Linea Aqua 303 for 8 (50) (P. Priyadarshana 77, A. Jayasinghe 36, H. Rajapaksa 28 not out, Sanka Ramesh 2/60, T. Sumanasiri 3/64)
Unichela “B” 155 for 8 (33) (G. Siyambalapitiya 35, T. Sumanasiri 22 not out, C. Peiris 37, S. Rangajeeva 2/23, M. Pradeep 4/38)
At Bloomfield: Commercial Bank ‘A’ beat Union Bank by 46 runs
Commercial Bank ‘A’ 123 all out (32.3) (A. Ranasinghe 38, C. Wickramarachchi 27, S. Liyanage 3/30, Shalindra Perera 3/30)
Union Bank 77 all out (41.4) (I. Priyantha 26, A. Rajapaksa 4/15, S. Premaratne 3/10)
At Thurstan: Commercial Credit ‘B’ beat LB Finance ‘A’ by seven runs on the D&L method
LBF ‘A’ 284 all out (49.3) (S. Samarawickrama 45, L. Kumara 77, F. Fernando 40, V. Bhanuka 25, P. Perera 25, G. Mihiranga 2/24, S. Salinda 2/55, I. Udayanga 2/55, D. Chandimal 2/43)
Commercial Credit ‘B’ 208 for 5 in 37 Overs when bad light halted play (Kavinda Silva 45, Manoj Sarathchandra 97 not out, M. Fernando 25 and T. Soysa 3/35)
At Surrey Village: Textured Jersey Vs. Raigam Marketing ended in a No-Result
Textured Jersey 345/4 (50) (Lahiru Udara 190, Ishan Peiris 75, G. Nimsara 25, L. Kumara 2/45)
Raigam Marketing 62 for 1 (11.4) when rain abandoned play (Maduranga Soysa 22, S. Tharanga 37 not out)
At Bloomfield: Commercial Credit ‘B’ beat Singer ‘A’ by three wickets (Match curtailed to 41 overs a side due to wet ground conditions)
Singer ‘A’ 106 all out (34.5) (S. Dulaj 30, C. Wijeratne 25, I. Udayanga 5/15)
Com. Credit ‘B’– 107/7 (22.1) (T. Weerakoon 55,
S. Dulaj 2/10)
At Surrey Village: Kanrich Finance ‘A’ beat PABC Bank by six wickets
PABC 153 all out (46.5) (C. Sasanka 21, V. Deepal 52, B. Janith 70, Prabath Jayasuriya 5/30, S. Perera 2/19)
Kanrich Finance ‘A’ 155/4 (31.2 ) (H. Ranasinghe 52, M. Wijayalath 27, A. Silva 36 not out, Hans Fernando 22, B. Alwis 2/30)
At MCA: MAS Silueta beat Commercial Credit ‘B’ by 128 runs MAS Silueta 255/9 (50) (M. Abeyratne 45, Kaveen Silva 73, B. Sanjeeva 48 n.o, K. Silva 3/60, S. Salinda 2/48)
Com Credit ‘B’ 127 all out (29.4) (K. Silva 28, M. Sarathchandra 30, A.P. Dias 26, M. Abeyratne 4/28, M. Madusanka 4/24)
At Surrey Village: Textured Jersey beat Union Bank 10 wickets
Union Bank 120 all out (35.3) (P. Dilshan 25, Shalindra Perera 41, W. Randeniya 20, Lahiru Fernando 5/25, I. Peiris 4/8)
Tex. Jersey 120 for no loss (S. Fernando 20 not out, Lahiru Udara 92 not out)
At MCA: PABC Bank beat Singer ‘A’ by 149 runs (Match curtailed to 30 Overs a side due to wet ground conditions)
PABC 223/8 (30) (C. Sanka 80, P. Fernando 86 and M. Sandaruwan 4/43)
Singer ‘A’ 74 all out (13.4) (C. Sasanka 2/12, J. Buddika 3/12, L. Subasinghe 4/29)
At Katunayake: John Keells ‘B’ beat Mobitel by 42 runs
John Keells ‘B’ 211/9 (50) (H. Singhawansa 28, C. Perera 42, J Sriyapala 37, A Peiris 43, L Jayasinghe 3 /39,T Nazir 3/25 )
Mobitel 169 all out (44.3) (K. Danushka 62, T. Nazir 36, C Jayasanka 2/32, H. Ramanayake 3/19, Samith Fernando 2/26) |
