Total Amber’s Hashan hogs limelight
View(s):Two opening batsmen, Buddhika Mallawarachchi from Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka and Ishan Jayawardena from Mihin Lanka with bowler, Hashan Perera from Total Amber hogged the limelight in the sixth MCA-Stafford-Honda Division ‘G’ 25-over League Tournament 2016,continued last weekend. Buddhika Mallawarachchi hit a hurricane 155 in 78 balls inclusive of 10 sixes and 18 fours while putting on 135 runs for the 4th wicket in 63 balls with Asantha Perera (35). MBSL went to pile 254/5 and got Group M – Media bowled out for 107 runs.
Jayawardena carried his bat out after scoring a gritty 121 not out in 67 balls, inclusive of 7 sixes and 14 fours, as Mihin Lanka beat Cargills Bank by 5 wickets.
The babies of MCA cricket, Roche Products got yet another thrashing when Hashan Perera (6/21) skittle them out like nine-pins – all out for 59 runs in 16 overs. The match only lasted for 22 overs as Total Amber finished the game in six overs. Other noteworthy performances came from Lahiru Subasinghe from PABC Bank ‘B’ (95 runs and 4/14 vs Holcim Lanka), Sajaad Athiq from WNS Global (5/21 vs Palliyaguruge Group), A. Samantha from Elastomeric (5/27 vs Maliban) and the two century stands by Laugfs Holdings pair Madushan Navaratne (67) and Rasika Raj (77) (130 for third wicket vs Pearson Lanka) and the other by Deutsche Bank’s opening pair, Pasan Jayasinghe (51) and Rally Tissera (59) — 120 vs Ship Xpress). The tournament will continue next weekend with the final batch of 20 matches. The tournament takes a breather, this weekend for the MCA ‘Sixes’. – LR
Results at a glance:
Reid Avenue/morning: Palliyaguruge Group beat WNS Global by 89 runs
PG 150/9 (25); WNS G 61 all out (19.1)
Reid Avenue/afternoon: First Choice beat Roche Products by 9 wickets
RP 47 all out (14.1); FC 50/1 (4.5)
Moratuwa/morning: Laugfs Holdings beat Pearson Lanka by 4 wickets
PL 185/7 (21); LH 188/6 (20)
Moratuwa/afternoon: Deutsche Bank beat Glaxo SmithKline by 8 wickets
GSK 107/8 (25); DB 108/2 (12.1)
Panadura/morning: Avery Dennison beat Alliance Finance by 5 wickets
AF 119 all out (24.3); AD 120/5 (23)
Panadura/afternoon: Maliban Biscuits beat Elastomeric by 82 runs
Maliban 152 all out (24.3); Elastomeric 70 all out (16.4)
Veyangoda/morning: Merchant Bank of SL beat Group M-Media by 147 runs
MBSL 254/5 (25); Group-M M 107 all out (18.4)
Veyangoda/afternoon: Millennium IT beat Wurth Lanka by 7 wickets
WL 124/5 (25); Group MIT 127/3 (12.4)
Campbell Park/morning: Prym Intimates beat Citi Bank NA by 19 runs
PI 168/7 (25); Citi 149/7 (25)
Campbell Park/afternoon: PABC ‘B’ beat Holcim Lanka by 132 runs
PABC ‘B’ 231/8 (25); HL 99 all out (21.3)
MCA/morning: Stafford Motors beat Laugfs Holdings by 17 runs
Stafford 160/7 (25); Laugfs 143 all out (24)
MCA/afternoon: Mihin Lanka beat Cargills Bank by 5 wickets
Cargills 175/9 (25); Mihin 177/5 (22.5)
Mattegoda/morning: HNB Assurance beat Union Assurance by 3 runs
HNB 150 all out (23); UAL 147/9 (25)
Mattegoda/afternoon: Kelani Cables beat Ultra Tech Cement by 9 wickets
UTC 85 all out (24); KC 87/1 (10.4)
Thurstan/morning: WNS Global beat Metropolitan Group by 9 wickets
Metropolitan 103 all out (20.5); WNSG 107/1(12.1)
Thurstan/afternoon: Total Amber beat Roche Products by 10 wickets
RP 59 (16); TA 60/0 (6)
Campbell Park/morning: Group-M Media beat Peak Colombo by 4 wickets
PC 228/8 (25); Group-M 231/6 (24)
Campbell Park/afternoon: Maliban Biscuits beat Coca Cola Beverages by 7 wickets
Coca Cola 126 all out (22.2); Maliban 129/3 (17.4)
Moratuwa/morning: Asia Asset Finance beat Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
MBSL 92 all out (22.5), AAF 95/4 (16.1)
Moratuwa/afternoon: First Choice beat Elastomeric by 1 wicket
Elastomeric 164/8 (25); FC 167/9 (24.5)
Kotahena/morning: Avery Denison beat Tech-One Global by 4 wickets (match reduced to 19 overs a side due to wet ground conditions)
TOG 101 /7 (19); AD 103/4 (17.3)
Kotahena/afternoon: Deutsche Bank AG beat Ship Xpress by 9 wickets
S Xpress 138/6 (25); DB 139/1 (16.4)