Gajanayake’s century steers Hilton Residencies to easy win over Hemas
Malintha Gajanayake continued his excellent batting form with a classic century (105 in 96 balls, inclusive of 4 sixes and 11 fours) for Hilton Colombo Residencies, to steer them to a resounding 100 runs win over Hemas Group in the ongoing 12th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC sponsored, ‘Elephant House Lemonade’ Trophy, MCA Division ‘C’ 40-over League Tournament 2015, continued last Sunday.
Rukmal Madushan cuts on his way to score 101 for Polytex against McLarens - Pic by Indika Handuwala
This was Hilton Colombo Residencies third successive win, having earlier beaten Delmage Group and AMW Group. Sunday’s second centurion was Rukmal Madushan from Polytex Garments, who scored 101 in 110 balls, inclusive of three sixes and 10 fours. But Madushan’s lone effort did not bear fruit for Polytex, as they went down fighting to McLarens by 13 runs.
Three half centuries by P. Chinthaka (52), U. Danthanarayana (50) and S. Dinesh (57 not out) gave Treleborg Lanka the satisfaction of securing their first win after two defeats, as they edged out Asian Alliance Insurance by three wickets with nine balls to spare.
Earlier on, Yasas Perera top scored for Asian Alliance Insurance with a swashbuckling 91 runs in 49 balls, inclusive of eight sixes and equal number of fours which helped them to put up a challenging total of 269 runs in 36.1 overs.
The bowling honours went to the left-arm, medium pacer, Nalinda Channa (8-1-37-5), whose effort gave David Pieris Motor Co. a three-wicket win over SL Telecom ‘A’; Thus, Nalinda Channa over shadowed the batting efforts of N. Ramachandra (57) and K. Bandaranayake (81) for SL Telecom ‘A’, who batted first and scored 199 runs in 35.3 overs. The tournament continues this weekend, with a card of nine matches.
Weekend’s Match Results:
At Thurstan: McLarens Group beat Polytex Garments by 13 runs
McLarens 198 all out (39.5) (S. Hettiarachchi 46, Randika Fernando 36, A. Solomon 26, D. Sandanayake 2/40, L. Kumara 2/25, G. Gunaratne 2/38)
Polytex 185 all out (39.4) (Rukmal Madushan 101, A. Solomon 2/38, C. Prabath 4/20, S. Hettiarachchi 4/23)
At Ananda Mawatha : Hilton Colombo Residencies beat Hemas Group by 100 runs
HCR 250/8 (40) (I. Kumara 52, Malintha Gajanayake 105, N. Samarasinghe 2/58, K. Jayasekera 2/44)
Hemas Group 150 all out (32.5) (P. Fernando 40, P. Gunawardena 2/37, L. Dekkar 2/15, L. Wadood 2/20, A. Saputhanthri 3/29)
At Pannipitiya: Trelleborg Lanka beat Asian Alliance Insurance by 3 wickets
AAI 269 all out (36.1) (D. Fernando 57, D. Pradeep 31, Y. Perera 91, S. Kumara 4/54, M. Hettiarachchi 2/45, N. Pushpakumara 2/39)
Trelleborg 273/7 (38.3) (P. Chinthaka 52, U. Danthanarayana 50, S. Dinesh 57 not out, C. Boteju 2/59, C. Amarasinghe 2/45)
At Kotte: Kanrich Finance ‘B’ beat United Tobacco Processing by 107 runs
Kanrich 217 all out (39.2) (S. Thivanka 45, M. Sakuranga 28, R. Asselarachchi 32, L. Jayasundera 3/40, A. Perera 4/25)
UTP 110 all out (20) (D. Jayawansa 25, T. Peiris 2/30, S. Senaratne 2/57, S. Thivanka 3/58)
At Moratuwa: David Pieris Motor Co. beat SL Telecom ‘A’ by 3 wickets
SLT ‘A’ 199 all out (35.3) (N. Ramachandra 57, K. Bandaranayake 81, A. Elabodage 2/28, Nalinda Channa 5/37)
DPMC 202/7 (34.3) (M. Fernando 41, I. Paranamana 32, A. Elabodage 30 not out, C. Edirisinghe 3/25, S. Jayawardena 3/44)