Rain has the last laugh at MCA ‘F’ Div.
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Dinesh Thushara of Airtel in action. Pic by Ranjith Perera
Rain once again played havoc with MCA Cricket, when 14 teams went home empty handed and the remaining played in bits and pieces in the ongoing MCA ‘F’ division 25 Over League Tournament 2016, continued last weekend. The players who hogged the limelight despite the rain were: Buddhi Ekanayake (55) and Dulanja Lakmal (53) from HSBC ‘C’ (engaged in a 105 runs opening stand in 83 balls Vs. Tin Pack); Opening batsman inclusive of sixes and a dozen of fours Vs. CMA-CGM Containers); Opening batsman Tharanga Indika from Nippon Paint (81 not out in 34 balls, inclusive of seven sixes and five fours Vs. United Tractors); Kushan Akalanka from Union Bank (79 in 54 balls, with of four sixes and eight fours Vs Coats Thread) and Premesh Perera from Allianz Insurance (4.4-0-19-5 Vs. Bharti Airtel). The tournament will be continued this week-end with a card of 22 matches. -LR
Weekend Match Results:
At MCA: SAGT beat Allianz Insurance
by 8 wickets
Allianz Insurance 122 (21.4); SAGT given a revised target of scoring 69 in 14 overs due to a rain stoppage 70/2 (11.1)
At MCA: HNB ‘B’ beat Bharti Airtel by 8 wickets (match reduced to 21 overs a side) Airtel 76 (20.2); HNB ‘B’ 77/2 (8.1)
At Campbell Park: Brandix ‘B’ beat MBSL Insurance on a faster run rate;
Brandix 164 (25); MBSL given a revised target of scoring 93 in 14 overs 83 (14)
At Campbell Park: Sri Lanka Telecom beat Access Group by 9 wickets
Access 82 all out (15); SLT 85/3 (12)
At Panadura: Copal Amba beat
MAC Holdings by 9 wickets
MAC Holdings 98/7 (18.2 when rain halted play); Copal Amba – given a revised target of 54 runs in 10 overs – 58/1 (7.1)
At Panadura: Arpico SC beat Hirdaramani’s
by 6 wickets
Hirdaramani 108 all out (20.4);
Arpico 109/4 (14.5)
At Veyangoda: Janashakthi Vs. Tin Pack and MJF Exports Vs. Nippon Paint were abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain
At Mattegoda: Heshan Flex Packaging
Vs. Hayleys ‘B’ abandoned without a
ball being bowled, due to rain
At Mattegoda: Fairway Holdings
Vs. Lion Brewery ended in a N/R
Lion Brewery 125 all out (22); Fairway 24/1 (in 4.2 overs when rain halted play)
At Ratmalana: EB Creasey Vs.
MAS Active ‘C’ abandoned without
a ball being bowled due to rain
At Ratmalana: DSI Vs. Interpharm ended
in a N/R; match reduced to 10 overs a side) Interpharm 58 all out in 9.3 overs when rain halted play
At MCA: HSBC ‘C’ beat Tin Pack by 98 runs
HSBC 200/5 (23); Tin Pack 102/8 (23)
At MCA: RR Donnerley beat
Akbar Bros. by 31 runs
RRD 127/7 (23); Akbar Bros. 96 all out (19.2)
At Veyangoda: Asia Capital Vs.
Trade Finance and Investments was
abandoned without a ball being bowled
At Veyangoda: Nippon Paint beat United Tractor & Equipment by 119 runs
Nippon 184/2 (13); UTE 65/8 (13)
At Moratuwa: MAS Active ‘C’ beat
Copal Amba by 21 runs
MAS Active ‘C’ 152/7 (25);
Copal Amba 131 all out (22.4)
At Mratuwa: Hirdaramani beat
Heshan Flex Packaging by 3 wickets
Heshan Flex 153 all out (21.5); Hidaramani 154/7 (25)
At Ratmalana: CIC beat Technomedics
by 4 wickets
Technomedics 77 all out (16.4);
CIC 83/6 (20.2)
At Ratmalana: Janashakthi beat
Oral Corporation by 20 runs
Janashakthi 148 all out (23.3);
Oral 128/9 (25)
At Campbell Park: Union Bank beat
Coats Thread Lanka by 122 runs
UB 182/7 (25); Coats 60 all out (14.4)
At Campbell Park: MJF Exports beat
CMA-CGM Containers by 8 wickets
CMA-CGM 158/6 (25); MJF 162/2 (16.2)
At Kotahena: Allianz Insurance beat
Bharti Airtel by 8 wickets
Airtel 63 all out (17.4); Allianz Insurance, given a revised target of 54 runs in 21 overs due to a rain stoppage – 55/2 (7)
At Kotahena: DSI beat Hayleys ‘B’
by 6 wickets
Hayleys 209/9 (25); DSI – given a revised
target of 151 runs in 18 overs, due to
rain stoppage – 152/4 (16.2)