JAT Holdings and VS Information in impressive debuts
The seventh Stafford Motor & Co. (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored ‘Honda’ Trophy / MCA ‘G’ division 25 Over League Tournament 2017 got off to a start, during last week-end.
Debutants, JAT Holdings and VS Information made memorable entrances in to MCA cricket, scoring historic wins over their opponents, Avian Technologies and other debutants — BPO Connect, respectively.
The opening week-end’s batting honours went to the two centurions-Tharindu Siriwardena from Maliban Biscuits (133 in 60 balls, inclusive of five sixes and 17 fours Vs. Group M Media) and Vihagan Ariyaratne from Glaxo SmithKline (110 in 68 balls, inclusive of three sixes and 16 fours)
Bowling honours was bagged by Dimo’s leg spinner, Wageesha Balagama (5-0-22-5 Vs. Kalani Cables.)
Matches scheduled for this weekend are postponed indefinitely due to prevailing weather conditions.
Opening weekend match results at-a-glance:Â
Coats Thread Lanka beat Glaxo SmithKline by 4 wickets
GSK 197 /4 (25); Coats Thread 198/6 (20.1)
Maliban Biscuits beat Group M Media by 202 runs
Maliban’s 287/6 (25); GMM 85 (15.4)
Deutsche Bank AG beat Commercial Credit ‘C’ by 3 wickets
CCF 140/9 (25); DB 141/7 (23.4)
DIMO ‘B’ beat Kelani Cables by 54 runs
Dimo ‘B’ 171/5 (25); KC 117 (23.4)
Wurth Lanka beat Union Assurance PLC by six runs on the D/L method
WL 132/8 (25); UAL 84/4 in 18.2 overs when bad light halted play.
A. Baur & Co. beat DPMC ‘B’ by 117 runs on the D/L method
Baur’s 246/7 (25); DPMC ‘B’ given a revised target of 229 runs in 23 overs’ due to rain stoppage -112/9 (23)
Fair First Insurance beat CIC Holdings by 16 runs on the D/L method
FFI 174/6 (20) and CIC given a revised target of 185 in 20 overs – 80/3 in 11 overs when bad light halted play
JAT Holdings beat Avian Technologies by 7 wickets
AT 89 (22.1); JAT 90/3 (12.1)
HNB ‘B’ beat Waters Edge by 7 wickets
WE 118 (20.5; HNB ‘B’ 120/3 (11.1)
Cautaulds Clothing beat HNB Assurance by 3 wickets
HNB ‘A’ 162/7 (25); Cautaulds 165/7 (22.3)Coca Cola Beverages beat Cargills Bank by 2 wickets
Cargills 199/9 (25); Coca Cola 200/8 (24.3)
ACL Cables beat Tea & Herbs Co. by 9 wickets
T&H 55 (17.1); ACL 57/1 (6)
VS Information beat BPO Connect by 5 wickets on the D/L method (match reduced to 18 overs a side due to rain)
BPOC 125/7 (18); VSI given a revised target of 140 runs in 18 overs -141/5 (15.5)