Tall scoring by the winners feature of this weekend
Action from last week - Pix by Priyantha Wickramaarachchi
A fine combined batting display by Nations Trust Bank (NTB) ‘A’ guided them to an excellent 4-wicket victory over Pyramid Wilmer (Pyramid) in the ongoing 7th Prestige Automobile (Pvt.) Ltd., “BMW-Hyundai’ Trophy, MCA ‘C’ Division 50-Over League Tournament 2018 match at the MCA Grounds last weekend.
Tall scoring featured in 3 days of cricket where Kanrich Finance (Kanrich) ‘B’, PABC Bank (PABC), Heshan Flexi (Heshan), Commercial Leasing & Finance (ComLease), Pyramid and Citizens Development Business (CDB) emerged victorious.
Results of January 24-28
At MCA
NTB ‘A’ beat Pyramid by 4 wickets
Pyramid Wilmer 230 (48.5) (Lasith Fernando 107, Aruna Dharmasena 56, B. Paul 35; C. Sumanatillake 4/26, M. Thanthirigoda 3/33, T. Lakshan 2/55)
NTB ‘A’ 236/6 (33.2) (T. Ariyawansa 56, T. Lakshan 37, Malshan Fernando 35, Jayanga de Silva 29 n.o.; A. Warnakulasuriya 2/47, Udesh Perera 2/39)
ComLease beat Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) by 58 runs
ComLease 303 (47.5) (S. Sampath 50, D. Kavinda 47, S. Nanayakkara 38, K. Kanchana 35, Chandimal Perera 27, M. Sanjaya 21, P. Chandrasekera 29 n.o.; S. Jamion 2/62, R. Perumal 5/38, H. Rajapaksa 2/39)
SCB 245/9 (50) (S. Jamion 69, C. Satharasinghe 45, A. Kamardeen 35, H. Rajapaksa 36; S. Sampath 4/60, M. Deshapriya 2/21)
CDB beat Stafford Motors (Stafford) by 149 runs
CDB 252 (46.3) ( Hasitha Perera 79, P. Dilanka 35, C. Wickramasinghe 26, B. Silva 20; K. Peiris 2/38, S. Sampath 3/68, S. Fernando 2/24)
Stafford 103 (29.3) (A. Eranga 25, R. Raj 20, R. Kalpa 20; Chathuranga Dikkumbura 5/17, P. Dilanka 2/20, C. Bandara 2/15)
At Katunayake
Kanrich ‘B’ beat Peoples Leasing & Finance (PLF) by 32 runs
Kanrich ‘B’ 250/9 (50) (T. Iddamalgoda 76, R. Sanjeewa 59, P. Maduwantha 27, R. Asselarachchi 26; I. Gunasekera 3/50, T. Rodrigo 2/38, R. Fernando 2/33)
PLF 218/9 (50) (Waruna Disanayake 94, I. Gunasekera 21, D. Kaushalya 22, C. Bandara 20; C. Weeraratne 2/42, C. Devindra 4/22)
At Moratuwa
PABC beat Morison’s by 77 runs
PABC 251 (48.2) (Thusitha Silva 59, G. Ravina 24, L. Wickramasinghe 20, V. Deepal 25, B. de Alwis 25, R. Thakshala 26; G. Kahawita 3/51, K. Amarasinghe 2/55, J. Wijeratne 2/40)
Morison 174 (43.5) (G. Kahawita 35, T. Madushanka 30, H. Kularatne 37; S. Stephan 2/24, R. Thakshala 2/32, L. Wickramasinghe 3/25)
Pyramid beat Softlogic Holdings (Softlogic) by 8 wickets
Softlogic 126 (32.4) (S. Korale 44, P. Sri Vimukthi 22; A. Warnakulasuriya 5/25, L. Fernando 2/28, U. Atapattu 2/11)
Pyramid 130/2 (23.1) (Mishane Silva 50 n.o., A. Warnakulasuriya 40, T. Jeewantha 21)
At Mattegoda
Heshan Flexi beat Commercial Bank (ComBank) by 2 wickets
ComBank 221 (48.1) (S. Premaratne 54, R. Ekanayake 34, S. Kaushalya 31, C. Wanniarachchi 22, P. Premaratne 23; S. Senanayake 2/34, C. Chamod 2/36, S. Avishka 2/22)
Heshan Flexi 224/8 (46.4) (K. Dilshan 48, M. Lakshan 34 n.o., S. Senanayake 34 n.o., C. Chamod 34, T. Guruge 28; N. Prabath 2/49, S. Premaratne 3/35, S. Kaushalya 2/37)
MCA ‘D’ Division
David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC), Central Finance Ltd (CFL), Expolanka Group (Expolanka) and Delmege Group (Delmege) made winning starts in the 15th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC – ‘Elephant House Lemonade’ Trophy, MCA ‘D’ division 40-Over League Tournament 2018, which started last weekend.
Opening Weekend Results
At Ratmalana
DPMC beat MAST Industries (MAST) by 51 runs
DPMC 271/8 (40) (John Peter 77, Akila Elebodage 55, D. Peris 47, Malinda Sampath 35; A. Rajapaksa 3/54)
MAST 220 (36) (Aravinda Rajapaksa 77, R. Wickramaratne 34, S. Jayawardena 31, H. Hirantha 20, K. Shamal 3/35, Akila Elabodage 4/26, M. Channa 2/40)
CFL beat NTB ‘B’ by 8 wickets
NTB ‘B’ 94 (36.2) (B. Ranaweera 20, N. Saputhanthri 25, Vikum Costha 4/14
CFL 97/2 (17) (A. Henderson 38 n.o., R.A. Duminda 20).
At Thurstan
Expolanka beat Hilton Colombo Residencies (HiltonCR) by 137 runs
Expolanka 226 (36.4) (T. Roshan 54, D. Hettiarachchi 37, N. Krishanth 35, L. Madushanka 20, S. Stephen 20, M. Fernando 20; M. Gajanayake 3/27, R. Chandrasekera 2/35, D. Karunaratne 2/29, A. Thilanka 2/39)
HiltonCR 89 (21.3) (T. Rajapaksa 30, M. Gajanayake 23; Aravinda Vithanachchi 5/16, H. Hewanayake 3/32)
At Darley Road
Delmege beat NDB Bank by 7 wickets
NDB 127 (39.1) (A. Segar 37, I Wijetunga 25, ; P. Rajasekaran 2/16, Isuru Vidana 4/20)
Delmege 130/3 (18.3) (Nuwan Suranga 45 n.o., Isuru Vidana 32 n.o.; A. Segar 2/20)