Sixth straight win for gusty Vallibel
NDB Bowler S. Dhananjaya in action
Vallibel Finance scored their 6th win on the trot beating Aitken Spence PLC by a massive margin of 136 runs in the 13th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC sponsored, ‘Elephant House Lemonade’ Trophy, MCA ‘D’ division 40 over League Tournament 2016, continued during the long weekend.
Vallibel skipper, Adeesha Nanayakkara hit a hurricane 175 in 111 balls, inclusive of twelve sixes and equal number of fours, being associated in two century stands in the process with Dhananjaya Perera (38) – 145 runs for the 3rd wicket in 123 balls and S. Keshawa (54)-140 runs for the 4th wicket in 87 balls, sky rocketing their score to 324 for 7 in 40 overs
A 141 runs opening stand in 100 balls between Denesh Vindya (89 in 65 balls with six sixes and 10 fours) and Buddhika Ekanayake (93 in 65 balls with three sixes and 10 fours) took Dialog Axiata ‘A’ over the 300 runs mark (321 for 7 in 40 overs) and to a huge 150 runs win over UTI.
The other centurion for the week-end was top order batsman, Kasun Chamara (106 in 115 balls inclusive of 14 hits to the ropes) from Kanrich Finance ‘B’ which helped them to a 40 runs win over Commercial Leasing Co. Hilton Colombo Residences gave away 36 runs in extras, including 27 in wide deliveries as they handed over a eight run win to Central Finance Co.
Weekend’s top bowling performances came from – Dilshan Hendeniya from Nations Trust Bank “B” (6-0-15-5 Vs. DPMC); Janith Buddhika from Asian Alliance Insurance (8-2-18-5 Vs. DPMC) and Naveen Subasinghe from Commercial Credit & Finance ‘B’ (8-1-25-5 vs. Expolanka)
The two low scoring games were, Kanrich Finance ‘B’ surprisingly shot out for 58 runs in 22.3 overs Vs. NDB Bank and DPMC skittled for 62 in 18.1 overs Vs NTB ‘B’. Commercial Leasing, Kanrich Finance ‘B’ and NDB are dead locked with equal points for the top spot with one match in hand in group ‘A’. Commercial Credit & Finance ‘B’ head group ‘B’, followed by Expolanka Hilton Residences and Central Finance having equal points. Unbeaten, Vallibel Finance head Group ‘C’ followed by NTB ‘B’, Asian alliance Insurance with equal points. The tournament will be continued this week-end, with a match card of nine matches, that will conclude the league stage of the tournament.
Long weekend’s Match Results:
At MCA: NDB Bank beat UTI 49 runs
NDB 188 (38.1) (V. Pathirana 40, J. Wijesinghe 4/16, N. Ban dara 3/41)
UTI 139 (29.4) (S. Dhananjaya 3/22, A. Segar 3/14)
Credit & Finance ‘B’ beat Expolanka Group by 1 wicket
Expolanka 170 (37.2) (S. Vaas 30, L. Lakshitha 35, M. Dabare 57, Navin Subasinghe 5/25)
Com. Credit ‘B’ 171/9 (37.1) (Kavinda Silva 72, H. Hewanayake 3/35, A. A. Withanarachchi 4/31)
At Panadura: Ceylinco Insurance beat Nations Trust Bank ‘B’ by 16 runs on the D&L method
Ceylinco 215 (39.2) (A. Madushanka 65, N. Fernando 57, C. Weeraratne 3/53, D. Heendeniya 3/56)
NTB ‘B’ 160/9 (29.1) (M. Iranga 45)
At Mattegoda: Asian Alliance Insurance beat DPMC by 65 runs
AAI 182 (40) (Chandrika Amarasinghe 39, I. Sampath 45, Lakmal de Silva 3/32, Lakshan de Silva 4/31)
DPMC 117 (25.4) (N. Channa 40, Janith Buddhika 5/18)
At Ratmalana: Hemas Holdings beat Softlogic Holdings by 21 runs
Hemas 171 (40) (C. Outschoon 41, S. Thebuwanage 40)
Softlogic 150 (29) (G. de Silva 32, L. Perera 3/32)
At Kotahena: Vallibel Finance beat Ait. Spence PLC by 136 runs
Vallibel Finance 324/7 (40) (D. Perera 38, Adeesha Nanayakkara 175, S. Keshawa 55, C. Attale 3/50)
Ait. Spence 188 (39.1) (T. Nugawela 30, M. Samarasekera 46, V. Pedris 3/19)
At Campbell Park: Kanrich Finance ‘B’ beat Commercial Leasing by 40 runs
Kanrich ‘B 191 (37.3) (Kasun Chamara 106, M. Sanjaya 3/37)
CLC 151 (32.4) (E. Wijewickrama 46, S. Senaratne 3/24)
At MCA: Central Finance Co. beat Hilton Colombo Residences by 8 runs
CF 202/9 (40) (I. Salinda 30, T. Dhananjaya 3/33, A. Thilanka 3/36)
HCR 194 (39.5) (I. Kumara 31, T. Dhananjaya 43, Malintha Gajanayake 43, A. Karunaratne 4/24)
At Mattegoda: Delmage Group beat Bodyline by 6 wickets
Bodyline 168 (37.2) (W. Niranjan 45, V. Sumanadasa 35, E. Sudasinghe 35, R. Sangar 3/28)
Delmage 169/4 (28.4) (P. Balagama 46, I Vidana 45, N. Suranga 50 not out)
At Veyangoda: NDB Bank beat Kanrich Finance ‘B’ by 5 wickets
Kanrich ‘B’ 58 (22.3) (D. Jeram 3/24, K. Fernando 3/7, A. Sagara 3/11)
NDB 62/5 (9.3) (Akila Dhananjaya 4/13)
At Mattegoda: Asian Alliance Insurance beat Ceylinco Insurance by 36 runs
AAI 254/5 (40) (C. Boteju 46, D. Thilanka 62, D. Fernando 80)
Ceylinco 218 (32.3) (A. Madusanka 97, S. de Mel 35, M. Rafeel 32 not out, Chandrika Amarasinghe 3/44)
At Campbell Park: Dialog Axiata ‘A’ beat United Tobacco Industries by 150 runs
Dialog ‘A 321/7 (40) (Denesh Vinyaka 89, B. Ekanayake 93, D. de Silva 30, C. Jayabandara 36, N. Bandara 3/75)
UTI 171 (32.5) (G. Dayawansa 70, Heshan Wijesinghe 4/36)
At Ratmalana: Nations Trust Bank ‘B’ beat DPMC by 4 wickets
DPMC 62 (18.1) (D. Hendeniya 5/15, N. Saputhanthri 3/3)
NTB ‘B’ 63/6 (19.2) (L. de Silva 4/26)