Aravinda Rajapaksa 110 in 79 balls
Shahan Wijetunga of HSBC delivers - Pix by Ranjith Perara
The 15th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy – MCA ‘E’ Division 30 over League Tournament 2017, reached its pre-quarter-final stage with the completion of the last batch of matches, last week-end.
The 16 top teams from the six groups advanced to the elimination round.
Highlights of the last set of league matches:
Thanks to the unbeaten century scored by Aravinda Rajapaksa (110 in 79 balls, inclusive of six sixes and 12 fours), Mast Far East managed their single win in tournament, beating Levers by seven wickets.
Nuwan Tharanga hit a hurricane 104 not out in 64 balls, inclusive of a half a dozen sixes and a dozen of fours, as he propelled Virtusa to a five wickets win over MAS Silueta ‘B’.
Nissanka de Silva of HSBC
A 132 runs opening stand in 86 balls by Prasad Buddhika (86) and Dilshan Rusiru (50) spearheaded Mercantile Investments to a 86 runs win over Emerchemie.
The unbroken 132 runs stand in 73 balls for 4th wicket between Sandun Sampath (89 not out ) and Sagara Upuldeniya (68 not out) enabled Vallibel Finance to post a 40 runs win over Bimputh Finance.
Emerchemie NB posted a comfortable seven wickets win over AIA Insurance riding on a solid 117 runs, 2nd wicket stand in 130 balls, between Migara Panditharatne (71 not out) and Rasindu Madusanka (46)
The best bowling for the week-end came from left arm, leg spinner, Athula Rajapaksa (6-1-27-5), whose effort gave Softlogic Finance a 52 runs win over CW Mackie.
The pre quarter-finals will be worked off this week-end, as follows:
John Keells ‘C’ Vs. Dialog Axiata ‘A’ and DFCC Bank Vs. MAS Silueta ‘B’ at MCA; Nawaloka Group Vs. Mercantile Investments and Vallibel Finance Vs. Virtusa at Mattegoda;HNB Grameen Vs. Brandix Essentials ‘A’ and HSBC ‘A’ Vs. MAS Active ‘C’ at Thurstan; Asia Asset Finance Vs. LOLC and Commercial Bank ‘B’ Vs. Finlays at Mattegoda.
Results
MCA /morning: HSBC ‘A’ beat Hilton Colombo by 6 wickets
Hilton Colombo 98 (28.4); HSBC ‘A’ 102/4 (9.3)
 MCA/afternoon: HNB Grameen beat Amana Bank by 8 wickets
Amana 120 (28.2); HNBG 124/2 (15.5)
 Mattegoda/morning: DFCC Bank beat Eagle Logistics by 45 runs
DFCC 143 (29), Eagle Logistics 98 (27)
 Mattegoda/afternoon: Trelleborg Lanka beat Pizza Hut by 2 wickets
Pizza Hut 162/9 (30); Trelleborg 163/8 (28.5)
 Panadura/morning: UB Finance beat Astron Lanka by 96 runs
UBF 277 (29.5); Astron 181 (27.3)
 Panadura/afternoon: Virtusa beat MAS Silueta ‘B’ by 5 wickets
MAS Silueta ‘B’ 185 (25.2); Virtusa 186/5 (27.1)
 Veyangoda/morning: John Keells ‘C’ beat Noyon Lanka by 177 runs
J. Keells ‘C’ 364/6 (30), including 240 penalty runs (16 x 15) for opponents late arrival, Noyon Lanka 187/8 (30)
 Veyangoda/afternoon: Mercantile Investments beat Emerchemie NB by 86 runsÂ
MIL 232/8 (30); Emerchemie 146 (29.5)
MCA/morning: Mast Far East beat Unilever by 3 wickets
Unilever 176 (29.1); MFE 179/7 (26.3)
MCA/afternoon: Mercantile Investments beat Regnis Lanka by 5 wicketsÂ
Regnis 126 /8 (30); MIL 127/5 (17)
 Mattegoda/morning: Dialog Axiata ‘A’ beat Asia Asset Finance by 4 runs
Dialog ‘A’ 148 (30); AAF 144/9 (30)
 Mattegoda/afternoon: Emerchemie NB beat AIA Insurance by 7 wickets
AIAI 150/8 (30); Emerchemie 154/3 (27.1)
Thurstan/morning: Vallibel Finance beat Bimputh Finance by 40 runs
Vallibel 252/3 (30); Bimputh 212/9 (30)
Thurstan/afternoon: Softlogic Finance beat CW Mackie by 52 runsÂ
Softlogic 194/9 (30); CWM 142 /8 (30)
Campbell Park/morning: Nawaloka Group beat Commercial Bank ‘B’ by 5 runsÂ
Nawaloka 171 (27.4); Com. Bank ‘B’ 166 (28.5)
Campbell Park/afternoon: MAS Active ‘C’ beat Assetline Leasing by 9 wickets
Assetline 73 (13.2); MAS Active 78 /1 (10)
 Veyangoda/morning: LOLC beat Ceylon Tobacco Co. by 6 wickets
CTC 125 (28.1); LOLC 126/4 (16.5)
 Veyangoda/afternoon: Finlays Colombo beat Brandix Essentials ‘A’ by 55 runs
Finlays 248/8 (30) ; Brandix 193 (28.2)