Denver and Harshanth steal the limelight
Brandix's Amila Prabath pulls against Eagles - Pic by Ranjith Perera
Centurions, Denver Faux from Softlogic Finance and Harshanth Rajendra from Unilever stole the limelight in the ongoing 14th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA ‘E’ Division 30-Over League Tournament 2016, continued last weekend.
Opener, Denver Faux cracked a hurricane 134 runs in 61 balls, inclusive of 12 sixes and 10 fours, as Softlogic Finance crushed MAS Active ‘B’ by 104 runs. Middle order batsman, Harshanth Rajendra made a quickfire 103 runs in 52 balls, inclusive of 11 sixes and four fours, to hand over Unilever a handsome 54 runs win over Ansell Lanka.
Other notable batting performances came from Zakir Kanaka from Amana Takaful Insurance (99 not out Vs.Gestetner), Gamini Fernando from John Keells ‘C’ (78 not out Vs Trellerborg) and Dhanushka Sandaruwan from Bimputh Finance (78 Vs. LOLC) Week-end’s bowling honours went to Amila Prabath from Brandix Essentials ‘B’ (4.3-0-11-05 Vs. Eagle Logistics) and K.M. Ihalagama from Finlays (6-1-17-5 Vs.Union Assurance). With the conclusion of last week’s matches, the league stage of the tournament came to an end, completing 90 half day matches. Out of 36 teams, the following 16 teams qualified for the knock-out stage of the tournament.
UB Finance, Astron Lanka and DFCC Bank from Group ‘A’; Mercantile Investments and Dialog Axiata ‘B’ from Group ‘B’; Unilever, AIA Insurance and Commercial Bank ‘B’ from Group ‘C’; Brandix Essentials ‘B’, Softlogic Finance and J. Keells ‘C’ from Group ‘D’; Citizens Devp, Business and Regnis Lanka from Group ‘E’ and Lankem Ceylon, Toll Global and Nawaloka Group from Group ‘F’. The tournament will be continued this weekend, with the following pre-quarter-finals: MCA/morning: Citizens Devp. Business Vs.Commercial Bank ‘B’; Afternoon: Toll Global Vs. Softlogic Finance. Campbell Park/morning: Mercantile Investments Vs. Dialog Axiata ‘B’; Afternoon: Lankem Ceylon Vs. John Keells ‘C’ MCA/morning: Brandix Essentials ‘B’ Vs. Nawaloka Group; Afternoon: Unilever Vs. AIA Insurance. Campbell Park/morning: Astron Lanka Vs. Regnis Lanka; Afternoon: UB Finance Vs. DFCC Bank. - LR
Weekend match results at a glance:
Kotahena/morning: Astron Lanka beat Hilton Colombo by 6 wickets: Hilton 163 (21.3), Astron 164/4 (24.4); Afternoon: Bimputh Finance beat LOLC by 4 wickets: LOLC 184 (29.2), Bimputh185/6 (23.4)
Panadura/morning: Softlogic Finance beat MAS Active ‘B’ by 104 runs: SoftLogic 292/6 (28), MAS Active ‘B’ 188 (26.5); Afternoon: John Keells ‘C’ beat Trellerborg Lanka by 9 wickets: Trellerborg Lanka 126 (24.1), JK ‘C’ 128/1 (12.1)
MCA/morning: Brandix Essentials ‘B’ beat Eagle Logistics by 76 runs: Brandix 172 (29.4), Eagle 96 (21.3); Afternoon: Dialog Axiata ‘B’ beat Virtusa by 4 wickets: Virtusa 146 ( 27.3), Dialog ‘B’ 147/6 (23.3)
Mattegoda /afternoon: Citizens Devp. Business beat Regnis Lanka by 37 runs: CDB 219/8 (30), Regnis 182 (26.4)
Mattegoda/morning: Amana Takaful Insurance beat Gestetner Ceylon by 6 wickets: Gestetner Ceylon by 6 wickets; Gestetner 194 (29.1), Amana 196/4 (20.1); Afternoon: DFCC Bank beat Singer ‘B’ by 3 wickets: Singer ‘B’ 161(28.1), DFCC 162/7 (22.3)
MCA /morning: Finlays Colombo beat Union Assurance by 4 wickets: UAL 149 (29.2), Finlays 154/6 (25); Afternoon: Unilever beat Ansell Lanka by 54 runs: Unilever 213 (30), Ansell 159/9 (30)
Panadura/morning: Nawaloka Group beat Amana Bank by 7 wickets: Amana Bank 148 (24.5, Nawaloka 152/3 (19.5); Panadura/afternoon: Toll Global beat Lankem Ceylon by 42 runs: Toll Global 211 (29.3), Lankam 169 (25.2)