Sponsor Stafford Motors in MCA Div. ‘G’ Quarters
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Stafford Motor Co. the tournament sponsor, along with Maliban Biscuits, PABC Bank ‘B’, Citi Bank NA, Asia Asset Finance, ACL Cables, Asiri Hospitals and Palliyaguruge Group, booked their berths for the quarter-final stage of the ‘Stafford-Honda’-MCA Division ‘G’ 25-Over League Tournament 2016, at the completion of the pre-quarter-finals last weekend. Maliban Biscuits proved much too strong for newcomers, Prym Intimates, as they beat them by 113 runs.
Despite the valiant efforts of Jalitha Perera (5-0-17-5) and Anjana Ratnayake (40) for Total Amber, PABC Bank ‘B’ held on to a 10-run win.
A workman-like 84 in 69 balls, inclusive of 4 sixes and 8 fours by Rusira Munasinghe, enabled Citi Bank NA to a fighting 2-wicket win over Kelani Cables. A swashbuckling 106-run stand for the 6th wicket in 58 balls, between S. Vishan (70 not out in 34 balls, inclusive of 5 sixes and 5 fours) and A. Singappuli (77 in 52 balls with 2 sixes and 10 fours) gave Stafford Motor Co. a cake-walk 117-run win over Cargills Bank.
A good spell of bowling by Nimesh Perera (3 for 21) and a fighting inning by Shanaka Silva (45 not out) spearheaded Asia Asset Finance to a 5-wicket win over Pearson Lanka. Chryshantha Silva hit a hurricane 146 not out in 78 balls inclusive of 7 sixes and 20 fours, to single-handedly steer ACL Cables to a thrilling 12-run win over Coutaulds Clothing.
Following D. Middeniya’s superb half-century (56 in 48 balls with 10 fours), bowlers, S. Udul (3/48), R. Peiris (2/17) and S. Nadeesh (2/22) kept Mobitel ‘B’ batsmen at bay, for Asiri Hospitals to walk away with a convincing 51-run win. A superb spell of bowling by Sagara Wijemanna (5-1-27-5) and a fine half-century by M. Muthalif (52) propelled Palliyaguruge Group to a well deserved 33-run win over Deutsche Bank AG. – LR
Rusira Munasinghe of Citi Bank NA Pix by Ranjith Perera
Results
Mattegoda – Morning: Maliban Biscuits beat Prym Intimates by 113 runs
Maliban 192/8 (25) (S. Lakmal 35 n.o., C. Ratnayake 42, L. Prasad 3/17, M. Maduwantha 2/35, C. Viraj 2/23)
Prym Intimates 79 all out (22.4) (C. Viraj 20, Amila Perera 3/13, L. Dushantha 2/11, T. Siriwardena 2/17)
Mattegoda – Afternoon: PABC Bank ‘B’ beat Total Amber by 10 runs
PABC ‘B’ 165 all out (23.3) (Aruna Fernando 40, Himalka Perera 39, Visuddhi Perera 35, Chalitha Perera 5/17)
Total Amber 155/9 (25) (Anjana Ratnayake 40, T. Anuruddha 28, S. de Silva 28, T. Madushanka 2/13, L. Subasinghe 2/17, J. Fernando 2/29)
MCA – Morning: Citi Bank NA beat Kelani Cables by 2 wickets
Kelani Cables 170/6 (25) (K. Navaratne 32, K. Silva 22, Roshan Balasuriya 78, S. Silva 2/48, Naleen Pradeep 2/40)
Citi Bank NA 171/8 (23.4) ( Rusira Munasinghe 84, Naleen Pradeep 35, S. Samantha 2/23, W. Herath 2/26, S. Pathirana 2/33)
MCA – Afternoon: Stafford Motors beat Cargills Bank by 117 runs
Stafford Motors 228/6 (25) (S. Vishan 70 n.o., A. Singappuli 77, A. Mendis 45, S. Jayawardena 2/25, N. Perera 3/35)
Cargills Bank 111 all out (17.2) (D. Herath 28, S. Abeyratne 26, Pramesh Fernando 3/1)
Mattegoda – Morning: Asia Asset Finance beat Pearson Lanka by 5 wickets
Pearson’s 134/9 (25) (R. Samarasinghe 32 n.o., D. Sandaruwan 27, Nimesh Perera 3/21)
AAF 135/5 (23.3) (Shanaka Silva 45 n.o., S. Munasinghe 30, D. Rodrigo 35, R. Samarasinghe 3/15)
Mattegoda – Afternoon: ACL Cables beat Coutaulds Clothing by 12 runs
ACL 215/5 (25) (Cryshantha Silva 146 n.o., N. Maduranga 3/29)
Coutaulds Clothing 203/8 (25) (B. Gamage 47, G. Maduranga 21, N. Ranatunga 22, D. Chamara 27, P. Wickramasinghe 30 n.o., S. Abeysekera 2/50, G. Namal 2/45)
MCA – Morning: Asiri Hospital beat Mobitel ‘B’ by 51 runs
Asiri Hospital 195/7 (25) (D. Middeniya 56, S. Nadeesh 38, I. Dhananjaya 38, D. Nilupul 21, R. Rajapaksa 3/30, N. Sampath 2/53)
Mobitel ‘B’ 144/9 (25) (K. Weeraratne 20, S. Udul 3/48, R. Peiris 2/17, S. Nadeesh 2/22)
MCA – Afternoon: Palliyaguruge Group beat Deutsche Bank AG by 33 runs
Palliyaguruge 167 all out (25) (M. Muthalif 52, S. Amarasinghe 22, J. de Silva 3/23, P. Fernando 2/40, R. Tissera 2/30)
Deutsche Bank 134 all out (24.1) (T. de S. Wijeratne 50, R. Tissera 31, Sagara Wijemanne 5/27)
Quarter-final lineup for this weekend:
MCA-Morning: Maliban Biscuits vs PABC Bank ‘B’
MCA-Afternoon: Asiri Hospital vs Stafford Motors
Mattegoda-Morning: Asia Asset Finance vs ACL Cables
Mattegoda-Afternoon: Citi Bank NA vs Palliyaguruge Group