Dialog make explosive start amasing 416
The MCA ‘D’ Division 40 Over League Tournament 2016 got off to an explosive start last week-end, as Vallibel Finance and Dialog Axiata ‘A’ sent their opponents on a real leather hunt. Vallibel Finance making their first appearance in this division scored 314 for 9 in 40-Overs and went on to overwhelm DPMC by 227 runs; Dialog Axiata did even better scoring 416 for 5 in 40 Overs and crushed NDB Bank by 156 runs.
The Dialog batsmen who made mince meat out of the bankers were, opener, Denesh Vindyaka, the first centurion of the tournament (108 in 62 balls, inclusive of four sixes and seventeen fours), skipper Dilhara de Silva (73) and the couple of batsmen who remained unbeaten were C. Jayabandara (58) and Shyamal Perera (50 in 18 balls)
Commercial Leasing Co. too went on a run-spree, scoring 285 for 9 in 40 overs, thus beating Softlogic Holdings by 152 runs.
While the batsmen made merry, the bowlers who held their guns were, Dilshan Ratnayake from Vallibel Finance (7 for 26 in 6.3 overs Vs. DPMC) and Samith Gallage from Commercial Leasing Co. (6 for 23 Vs. Softlogic Holdings). The tournament will be continued this week-end with a card of nine matches.
Opening Weekend’s
Match Results:
Army Mattegoda: Hemas Group beat United Tobacco Industries by five wickets
UTI 152 (26) (Y. Nilantha 62, S. Thebuwanage 3/19)
Hemas 155/5 (30) (S. Rodrigo 36, S. Thebuwanage 35 not out, P. Fernando 39)
Malay CC: Delmage Group beat Expo Lanka Group by 34 runs
Delmage 193/9 (40) (D. Balagama 47, I. Vindana 50 not out)
Expolanka 159 (28.3) (H. Hewanayake 45)
Thurstan: Vallibel Finance beat DPMC by 227 runs
Vallibel Finance 314/9 (40) Adeesha Nanayakkara 72, S. Upuldeniya 50, D. Ratnayake 39, H. Lakmal 41, Y. Alwis 35, L. De Silva 3/62)
DPMC 87 (173) (Dilshan Ratnayake 7/26)
St. John’s Panadura: Commercial Credit ‘B’ beat Hilton Colombo Residences by 3 wickets
HCR 186 (32.5) (Malintha Gajanayake 30, T. Dhananjaya 41, N.Subasinghe 3/33, D. Kannangara 3/40, A. Dias 3/33)
Com. Credit ‘B’ 189/7 (31) (S. Fernando 35, S. Fernando 65 not out, Malintha Gajanayake 4/47)
St. John’s Panadura: Dialog Axiata beat NDB Bank by 156 runs
Dialog 416/5 (40) (Dinesh Vindyaka 105, D. Woutersz 38, Dilhara de Silva 73, B. Ekanayake 39, C. Jayabandara 58 not out, Shyamal Perera 50 not out, K. Fernando 3/85)
NDB 260/9 (40) ( D. Edussuriya 35, N. Fonseka 57, S. Dhananjaya 30 not out, D. Jeyaram 47, Heshan Wijesinghe 3/38, J. Rupasena 3/38)
Thurstan: Commercial Leasing Co. beat Softlogic Holdings by 152 runs
Com. Leasing 285/9 (40) (C. Perera 62, A. Perera 76, P. Chandrasekera 36, B. Duminda 35, C. Praneeth 4/36)
Softlogic 153 (29.5) (S. Amunugama 45, B. Gallage 37, Sumith Gamage 6/23)
Malay CC: Bodyline beat Brumby’s International by eight wickets
Brumby’s 122 (33.4) (T. Jayaaratne 3/16, G. Sepalage 4/28)
Bodyline 124/2 (11.1) (V. Neranja 75 not out, A. Ashan 36)
Army Mattegoda: Asian Alliance Insurance beat Aitken Spence Group by five wickets
Ait. Spence 110 (30) (M. Samarasekera 33, T. Nugawela 33, D. Fernando 4/10)
AAI 114/5 (24.5) (G. Chamara 25 not out)
- LR