Anushka Polonowita’s 84-ball 172 — the pick
Prabod Lakshan
Anushka Polonowita set St. Benedict’s College Grounds Kotahena ablaze, with a wildfire 172 not out in 84 balls with 12 sixes and 20 fours, as he powered Micro Holdings (Micros) to a comprehensive 113-runs win over The Finance Co. (TFC), in the ongoing 7th Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored “Honda Trophy”, MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2017, continued last weekend.
Polonowita was associated in a 120-runs stand for the 3rd wicket in 72 balls, with Dhanushka Colombage (41), which helped Micros finish their 25 overs on a high 260 for 7. TFC managed 147 in 21.3 overs.
The lowest team score was by MAS Active ‘D’ who were shot out for 39 runs in 10.5 overs vs A. Baur & Co.
Other noteworthy performances came from Sachith Caldera of Ship Xpress (ShipX) [118 in 50 balls with 13 sixes and 6 fours vs JAT Holdings (JAT)], Nipuna Thanushika of JAT (95 in 43 balls, with 10 sixes and 8 fours vs Ship X), Kalpa Bandaranayake of SL Telecom (SLT) [89 vs Pearson Lanka (Pearson)]; S. Sriharan of Peak Colombo [85 vs Coca Cola (Coke)], Nayana Kumara of Avery Dennison (Avery) [83 not out vs CEAT Kelani (CEAT)], Roshan Balasuriya from Kelani Cables (KCL) [77 not out vs MD Gunasena (MDG)], Prageeth Nishantha of Coats Thread Lanka (Coats) [5-0-16-6 vs Asiri Hospitals (Asiri)], Kasun Anthony of VS Information [(VSI) 5-1-33-5 vs Waters Edge]; 125-runs opening stand in 71 balls between Nethminda Perera (61) and Gihan Anuruddha (56) of Malibans vs GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the 106-runs 2nd-wicket stand in 69 balls between Rathsara Vithana (66 rtd) and Gayan Maduranga (56) from Courtaulds Clothing (Courtaulds) vs Cargills Bank (Cargills) .
Mithum Kalum of M.D. Gunasena glances in style - Pix Ranjith Perera
Results at a glance
- At MCA
ACL Cables 180/7 (25 overs) beat MDG 171 (25 overs) by 9 runs
Peak 149/7 (25 overs) lost to Coke- 150/8 (24.1 overs) by 2 wickets
RR Donnerley 84 (16.5 overs) lost to NOR Lanka 85/6 (16.3 overs) by 4 wkts
- At Mattegoda
SLT 189/6 (20 overs) beat SriLankan Airlines 157/7 (19 overs) by 19 runs on DLS
PABC Bank ‘C’ 118 (24.3 overs) lostto Pyramid Wilmer 120/3 (18 overs) by 7 wkts
BPO Connect 109/7 (18 overs) lost to HNB ‘B’ 110/4 (15.4 overs) by 6 wkts
Avian Technology 113/8 (25 overs) lost to Mobitel ‘B’ 115/2 (14.4 overs) by 8 wkts
- At Veyangoda
CEAT 136/9 (25 overs)lostto Avery 137/9 (24.5 overs) by 1 wkt
GSK 62 (20.1 overs) lostto Group M-Media 68/2 (5.3 overs) by 8 wkts
Cargills 196/8 (25 overs) lost to Courtaulds 200/3 (22.4 overs) by 7 wkts
Aitken Spence Group 208/7 (25 overs)beat CIC 106 (17.4 overs) by 102 runs
- At Thurstan
Asiri 144 (23.1 overs)beat Coats 65 (22.1 overs) by 79 runs
Union Assurance PLC 137/8 (25 overs) lost to Deutsche Bank AG 138/3 (21.5 ) by 7 wkts
First Choice received aW/O from Singer SL ‘B’
PABC Bank ‘C’ 173/8 (25 overs)beat ACL Cables 159/8 (25 overs) by 14 runs
- At Panadura
Waters Edge 197/8 (25 overs) lost to VSI 199/5 (23.4 overs) by 5 wkts
Baurs 211/7 (25 overs)beat MAS ‘D’ 39 (10.5 overs) by 172 runs.
MDG 118/9 (25 overs)lost to DIMO ‘B’ 121/4 (18.3 overs) by 6 wkts
Malibans 251/6 (25 overs) beat GSK 133 (20.5 overs) by 118 runs
- At Moratuwa
ShipX 212/8 (25 overs)lost to JAT- 216/4 (23.1 overs) by 6 wkts
SLT 211/5 (25 overs) beat Pearson 154/9 (25 overs) by 57 runs
- At Kotahena
Micros 260/7 (25 overs) beat TFC 147 (21.3 overs) by 113 runs
Interpharm 161 (24.5 overs)beatMillennium IT 91 (21.3 overs) by 70 runs
- At Darley Road
Avery 137/8 (25 overs) beat VSI 98 (24.2 overs) by 39 runs
Alliance Finance 125 (23.4 overs)lost to Asiri- 127/2 (17.4 overs) by 8 wkts
The tournament will be continue this weekend with a card of 22 matches.