Hurricane hundred by Chandrasekera
Nawaloka Group made quite a mess with their late arrival with only nine players, to hand over a massive 220-run win to MAS Silueta, in the ongoing 13th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA Division ‘E’ 30-over League Tournament, continued last weekend.
Nawaloka was docked with five overs (15 runs per over) for their late arrival, as MAS Silueta amassed to 353 for 6 in 30 overs, propelled by the hurricane century by opening batsman Mahinda Chandrasekera (109 in 49 balls inclusive of eight sixes and a dozen fours) and a belligerent 67 in 31 balls with six sixes and eight fours by Isuru Kavinda. Nawaloka in reply managed only 183 in 23.3 overs.
The weekend’s other centurion was Dimuth Fernando from John Keells ‘C’ who scored 100 in 79 balls with six sixes and 12 fours against Hilton Colombo.
Weekend’s half Centurions: 94 by S. Himal from Eagle Logistics Vs SoftLogic Finance; 76 not out by Vipula Silva from Astron Lanka Vs. Mast Far East; 74 by S. Wijesinghe from Union Assurance Vs. Finlays; 66 by M. Sepala from Softlogic Finance Vs. Eagle Logistics; 64 not out by R. Prasad from Unilever Vs. Virtusa; 63 by S. Gunawardena from DSI Vs. Pizza Hut; 60 by S. Weerasuriya, from MAS Active ‘B’ Vs. Lion Brewery; 59 by T. Sanjeewa from Regnis Lanka Vs. Dialog ‘B’; 58 not out by J. Liyanage from EWIS Vs. RR Donnerley; 57 by Dever Foux from Softlogic Finance Vs. Eagle Logistics; 56 by H. Madusanka from Brandix Vs. Access; 56 by D. Dhananjaya from Pizza Hut Vs. DSI and 54 not out by Rasika Weeraratne from JK ‘C’ Vs. Hilton Colombo.
Weekend’s best bowling: 4 for 22 by Amal Atapattu from Unilever Vs. Virtusa; 4 for 31 by T. Harshana from Eagle Logistics Vs. Softlogic Finance; 4 for 35 by R.L. Ranasinghe from Noyon Lanka Vs. Interpharm; 4 for 37 by U. Nishantha from Eagle Logistics Vs. Softlogic Finance; 4 for 38 by 
T. Hashan from Finlays Vs. UAL and 4 for 42 by Susantha de Mel from UAL Vs. Finlays.
The tournament will continue this weekend with a card of 10 matches.
Weekend’s Match results at a glance
MCA/morning: MAS Active ‘B’ beat Lion Brewery by 43 runs (match reduced to 28-overs-a-side, due to wet ground conditions); MAS Active ‘B’ 206/8 (28), Lion Brewery 163 all out (26)
MCA/afternoon: John Keells ‘C’ beat Hilton Colombo by 181 runs (match reduced to 29-overs-a-side, due to late start); JK ‘C’ 261/6 (29), Hilton Colombo 80 all out (23.4)
Mattegoda/morning: Interpharm beat Noyon Lanka by 4 wickets; Noyon Lanka 167/9 (30), Interpharm 170/6 (20)
Mattegoda/afternoon: Pizza Hut beat DSI by 4 wickets; DSI 186/7 (30), Pizza Hut 189/6 (27.3)
Ananda/morning: Unilever beat Vertusa by 7 wickets (match reduced to 15-overs-a-side, due to wet ground conditions); Virtusa 126/6 (14), Unilever 129/3 (12.5)
Ananda/afternoon: Emerchemie NB beat Gestetner by 4 wickets; Gestetner 163/7 (30), Emerchemie 166/6 (24.5)
MCA/morning: Eagle Logistics beat Softlogic Finance by 4 wickets; Softlogic 218 all out (30), Eagle Logistics 222/6 (28.4)
MCA/afternoon: Avery Dennison beat Singer ‘B’ by 2 wickets; Singer ‘B’ 172 all out (29.2), Avery Dennison 175/8 (28.3)
Kotahena/morning: MAS Silueta beat Nawaloka Group by 220 runs; MAS Silueta 353/6 (30) (including 75 penalty runs awarded for Nawaloka‘s late arrival), Nawaloka (playing with nine players) 183 all out (23.2)
Kotahena/afternoon: Union Assurance beat Finlays Colombo by 110 runs; UAL 259/7 (30), Finlays 149 all out (23.5)
Ananda/morning: Astron Lanka beat Mast Far East by 7 wickets (match reduced to 17-overs-a-side due to wet ground conditions); Mast Far East 135/7 (17), Astron 139/3 (15)
Ananda/afternoon: Brandix beat Access group by 78 runs; Brandix 207/9 (29), Access 120 all out (23.2)
Moratuwa/morning: Ewis beat RR Donerley by 8 wickets; RRD 115 all out (26.2), Ewis 116/2 (11.3)
Moratuwa/afternoon: Regnis Lanka beat Dialog ‘B’ by 78 runs; Regnis 226 (30), Dialog ‘B’ 148 all out (26.3)