6th Stafford-Honda MCA Div.’G’ 25-Overs League stage over
A solid opening stand of 151 runs in 97-ball between Milan Maduwantha (66 in 51 balls- 2 sixes and 8 fours) and Iresh Udara (62 in 51 balls- 8 fours), helped newcomers, Prym Intimates to a convincing 35-runs win over Union Assurance PLC, in the ongoing 6th Stafford-Honda, MCA Division ‘G’ 25-Over League Tournament 2016,continued last weekend. Other notable performances came from WNS Global’s Basith Marikkar- 81 in 53 balls with 4 sixes and 10 fours and Dilan Jayasundera- 40, who put on an opening stand of 125 runs in 79 balls vs. Micro Holdings;
ayana Kumara of Avery Dennison, who carried his bat throughout scoring 97 not out in 77 balls, with 12 fours vs. Mobitel ‘B’; Ranga Rajapaksa of Mobitel ‘B’- 81 in 50 balls, with 8 sixes and 4 fours vs. Avery Dennison; a 110-runs stand for the 3rd wicket between G. Maduranga- 60 and S. Priyadarshana- 64 not out for Courtaulds Clothing vs. GlaxoSmithKline; Chandima Sampath of A Baur & Co.- 76 vs. Laughfs Holdings; a 105-runs stand for the 3rd wicket between Madura Jayasena- 66 and S. Udul- 65 for Asiri Hospital vs. Jetwing Travels.
The match between Mobitel ‘B’ and Avery Dennison went to the wire as Mobitel ‘B’ nudged Avery by 1 run. Avery chasing 169 for victory in 20 overs, needed 13 runs in the last over. Nadeeka Sampath who bowled the last over, held his nerve to give 5 singles in 5 balls, leaving 8 runs in the last ball, which was hit for a six, but was not good enough for Avery Dennison. With this card of matches, the League stage of the tournament concluded after 105 matches. The tournament will now advance to the elimination stage, with the top 16 teams from the 7 groups, in the pre-quarter-finals to be worked off this weekend. - LR
Last Weekend’s Results
Castle Street: Deutsche Bank (DB) AG beat Ultra Tech Cement (UTC) by 2 wickets
UTC 160/9 (25); DB 164/8 (21.3)
Holcim Lanka beat Peak Colombo by 8 wickets
Peak Colombo 98/6 (10); Holcim 100/2 (9)
Maliban Biscuits beat Total Amber (TA) by 67 runs
Maliban 193/5 (25); TA 126/7 (25)
Mattegoda ACL Group beat Prym Intimates (PI) by 7 wickets
PI 93 (18.3); ACL 94/3 (14.2)
Coca Cola Beverages (CCB) beat Elastomeric by 100 runs
CCB 192/6 (25); Elastomeric 92 (21.5)
ACL Group beat HNB Assurance by 8 wickets
HNBA 97/8 (15); ACL 98/2 (14.3) Palliyaguruge Group beat Metropolitan Group by 8 wickets Metropolitan 94/7 (25); Palliyaguruge 95/2 (10)
Campbell Park Citi Bank NA beat HNB Assurance by 35 runs
Citi 192/5 (25 overs); HNBA- 157 (24.1 overs) WNS Global beat Micro Holdings by 89 runs
WNSG 220/8 (25); Micro 131/7 (25)
Mobitel ‘B’ beat Mihin Lanka by 41 runs
Mobitel ‘B’ 204/9 (25); Mihin 163/9 (25)
Prym Intimates (PI) beat Union Assurance by 35 runs
PI 220/5 (25); UAL 185 (25)
Moratuwa Mobitel ‘B’ beat Avery Dennison by 1 run
Mobitel ‘B’168/5 (20); Avery 167/2 (20)
Pearson Lanka beat Millennium IT by 4 wickets
MIT 99 (25); Pearsons 101/6 (18.2)
Veyangoda Asia Asset Finance vs. PABC Bank ‘B’- Rain no play
A. Baur & Co. beat Laugfs Holdings by 5 runs
Baur’s 199/7 (25); Laugfs 194/9 (25) Courtaulds Clothing beat GlaxoSmithKline by 7 wickets
GSK 139/9 (25); Courtaulds 140/3 (14.1)
Deutsche Bank (DB) AG beat Kelani Cables (KC) by 6 wickets
KC 79 (19); DB 80/4 (10)
Panadura Asiri Hospital beat Jetwing Travels by 64 runs
Asiri 192/6 (25); JT 128 (22.2)
Kelani Cables (KC) beat GlaxoSmithKline by 155 runs
KC 310/6 (25) including 120 penalty runs for GSK’s late arrival; GSK 155 (20) Kotahena Holcim Lanka beat Group ‘M’ Media by 70 runs
Holcim 176/7 (25); Group M 106 (19.4)
Ultra Tech Cement beat Ship Xpress by 6 wickets
Ship Xpress 183/7 (25); UTC 184/4 (18.2)