EWIS, Unilever, Emerchemie NB and Union Assurance PLC advance to semi-finals
EWIS, Unilever, Emerchemie NB and Union Assurance PLC advanced to the semi-finals of the 13th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA ‘E’ division 30-Over League Tournament 2015.In the Quarter Finals played last weekend, EWIS scored a convincing six wickets win over Citizens Devp. Bank; Unilever scored a hard fought 22 runs win over Amana Takaful Insurance; Emerchemie NB coasted to a fine 24 runs win over Eagle Logistics; while Union Assurance snatched a six runs win over Pizza Hut.
Quarter-finals match results:
1st Qquarterfinal at MCA/morning: EWIS beat Citizens Devp. Bank by 6 wickets
Heenpella dismissed in the first ball lbw - Pix by Ranjith Perera
CDB 171/8 (29) (B. Silva 31, W.B. Dissanayake 32, A. Aponsu 3/25)
EWIS 173/4 (26.2) (N. Ratnayake 54)
2nd Quarter-final at MCA/afternoon: Unilever beat Amana Takaful Insurance by 22 runs
Unilever 185 all out (27.4) (G. Rupasinghe 49, R. Prasad 30, A. Atapattu 36, M. Elahi 3/9)
Amana Takaful 163 all out (26.4) (S. Sally 51, Z. Osman 48, R.H. Rajendra 4/20, A. Bandara 3/32)
3rd Quarter-final at Thurstan/morning: Emerchemie NB beat Eagle Logistics by 24 runs
Emerchemie 163 all out (30) (P. Samarasekera 52, N.A. Chandima 3/27)
Eagle Logistics 139 all out (26.1) (T. de Silva 38, A. de Silva 4/21)
4th Quarter-final at Thurstan/afternoon: Union Assurance PLC beat Pizza Hut by 6 runs
UAL 153 all out (30) (Susantha de Mel 39, A. Maduvinda 3/32)
Pizza Hut 147 all out (29.2) (R. Vishwanath 45, S. Madusanka 31, Kasun Liyanage 3/18)
The semi-finals to be worked off this weekend will be: At MCA: EWIS vs Unilever, At Thurstan Grounds: Emerchemie NB vs Union Assurance PLC.
‘F’ Division
Opener, Buddhi Ramanayake hit a belligerent century (143 in 77 balls, inclusive of 10 sixes and 14 fours), to propel HSBC ‘C’ to a resounding 130 runs win over Copal Amba, in the ongoing 2nd Sierra Information Technologies Ltd., sponsored, MCA ‘F’ division 25-Over League Tournament 2015, played for the Sierra IT Trophy, continued last weekend.
A quick-fire 150 runs stand in 92 balls for the 2nd wicket between Ruwan Kumara (65) and Kumara Rodrigo (81 in 52 balls with four sixes and eight fours) and an inspired spell of right arm medium fast bowling by K.R. Athula (4-0-24-5) steered Elastomeric to a fine 75 runs win over MAC Holdings.
Debutants, QP Employment registered their second win beating Nippon Paint by seven wickets, as the win was fashioned by S.T. Nanayakkara (5 for 30 in 5 overs) and T.S. Irudeen (82 not out in 58 balls with two sixes and 10 fours).
The spotlight also fell on T. Suresh from Coats Thread Lanka (69 not out vs Oral Corp), Nimesha Sachintha from Janashakthi ‘B’ (68 vs Technomedics), Nalin Balasuriya (58 vs Copal Auba), Wasika Boteju from Heshan Flexe (56 vs MAC Holdings), Sanjaya Edirisinghe from Allianze Finance (56 vs Gummi Lanka), Sidath Mallikarachchi from Allianze Finance (5 for 23 in 4.1 overs vs Gummi Lanka), Dimithri Perera from Nation Lanka Finance (52 vs Hayleys) and E. Sanidu from Vallibal Finance (50 not out vs Asiri Hospitals).
Mazoor Elahi bowling against Unilever
Weekend’s match results at a glance:
Mattegoda/morning: HSBC ‘C’ beat Copal Amba by 130 runs
HSBC ‘C’ 237/6 (25); Copal Amba 107 (24.4)
Mattegoda/afternoon: CIC Group beat Airtel by 1 wicket
Airtel 108 (21); CIC 109/9 (16.5)
Castle Street/morning: Elastomeric beat Tin Pack by 57 run
Elastomeric 130 (21.5); Tin Pack 73 (22)
Castle Street/afternoon: Heshan Flexe beat MAC Holdings by 50 runs
Heshan Flexe 153 (25); MAC Holdings 103 (22)
Nalanda/morning: Nation Lanka beat Hayleys Group by 5 wickets
Hayleys 143 (24.4); NLF 144/.4 (16.4)
Nalanda/afternoon: Janashakthi ‘B’ beat Technomedics by 59 runs
Janashakthi ‘B’ 222/8 (25); Technomedics 165 (23.3)
MCA/morning: Allianze Insurance beat Gummi Lanka by 49 runs
Allianze Finance 169/8 (25); Gummi Lanka 120 (21.1)
MCA/afternoon: Lankem Ceylon beat MJF Group by 9 wickets (match reduced to 21 overs a side)
MJF 83 (20.1); Lankem 85/1 (9.3)
Thurstan/morning: United Tractor Group beat Ceyline Holdings on a faster run rate
UTE 163/8 (25); Ceyline 80/8 (18) when rain halted play.
Thurstan/afternoon: Amana Bank Vs. Hirdaramani Group ‘Tie’ (match reduced to 21 overs a side); (21); Amana Bank 137/9 (21)
Shalika /morning: Vallibal Finance beat Asiri Hospitals by 9 wickets
Asiri Hospitals 86 (23.2); Vallibal 90/1 (9.1)
Shalika/afternoon: Coutaulds Clothing beat Nation Lanka Finance by 11 runs
Coutaulds 140/9 (25); NLF 129 (23.1)
Ananda/morning: Toll Global Express beat South Asia Gateway Terminal on a faster run rate (match reduced to 23 overs a side)
SAGT 158/9 (23); Toll Global 105/4 (14.1) when rain halted play.
Ananda /afternoon: Copal-177/5 (19)
Wesley/morning: Akbar Bros beat Citi Bank NA on a faster run rate (match reduced to 20 overs a side)
Akbar 109/9 (20); Citi Bank 83/3 (15.5) when rain halted play
Wesley/afternoon: Elastomeric beat MAC Holdings by 75 runs (match reduced to 21 overs a side)
Elastomeric 208/4 (21); MAC Holdings 135/9 (21)
Mattegoda/morning: QP Employment beat Nippon Paint by 7 wickets
Nippon Paint 154 (23.2); QPE 156/3 (22)
Mattegoda /afternoon: Coats Thread Lanka beat Oral Corp. by 13 runs (match reduced to 18 overs a side)
CTL 126/8 (18); Oral Corp 113 (17.5)
The tournament will be continued this weekend with a card of 18 matches.