HNB Grameen on weekend winning spree
Action at MCA League tournament
Whilst HNB Grameen (HNBG) scored resounding back-to-back wins, Expolanka Group (Expolanka) and Nations Trust Bank (NTB) ‘B’ inflicted heavy defeats on their opponents in the ongoing 15th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC, Sponsored ‘Elephant House Lemonade’ Trophy – MCA ‘D’ Division 40-Over League Tournament 2018, continued last weekend.
On Saturday, HNBG beat Airport & Aviation (A&A) by 82 runs and on Sunday trounced Hemas Group (Hemas) by 216 runs.
Expolanka went home early, as their 3-pronged spin attack of M. Supendra (3-0-32-3), H. Hewanayake (5.4-12-3) and A. Wijeratne (5-0-12-3) shot out MAST Industries (MAST) for a paltry 57 runs in 16.4 overs. Earlier, Expolanka scored 242/7 in 40 overs.
NTB ‘B’ too went home early with a comprehensive 132-runs win over David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC), as their bowlers, T. Dabare (4/13), R. Perera (3/11) and S. Srilal (3/18) wrecked DPMC for 59 in 19.4 overs. Earlier, NTB ‘B’ scored 191 in 38 overs, with useful contributions from T. Dabare (55) and N. Saputhanthri (45). Softlogic Finance registered the highest total of 332/5 in 40 overs and went on to win by a huge margin of 133 runs against Delmege Group (Delmege)- 199/9 in 40 overs .
Results
At Mattegoda
HNBG beat A&A by 82 runs
HNBG 285/8 (40 overs) (S. Ranasinghe 77, M. Fernando 53, N. Dharshana 44, D. Fernando 33, M. Ismath 21 n.o.; D.C. Karunaratne 3/43, K.S. Kumara 2/51)
A&A 203 (30.5 overs) (W.N.M. Perera 86, H.W. Yapa 45; M. Ismath 3/18, P. Keppetipola 2/42, T. Wijesinghe 2/36, S. Ranasinghe 2/30)
At Ratmalana
Expolanka beat MAST by 185 runs
Expolanka 242/7 (40 overs) (Dharshana Hettiarachchi 95, H. Hewanayake 45, L. Madusanka 35, T. Roshan 20, S. Kaushalya 21; A. Rajapaksa 2/42, J. Slemaman 2/43)
MAST 87 (16.4 overs) (M. Supendra 3/32, H. Hewanayake 3/12, A. Witharana 3/12)
Ceylinco General Insurance (CGI) beat NDB Bank (NDB) by 107 runs
CGI 210 (38 overs) (A. Madusanka 55, A. Fernando 30, H. Fernando 26, M. Ruffel 20; R. Maduranga 3/40, P. Wedasinghe 2/17, D. Dharmadasa 2/28)
NDB 103 (28.4 overs) (M. Elpitiya 29; A. Fernando 3/9, D. Ebert 2/13, A. Madusanka 2/23)
At Moratuwa
Softlogic Finance beat Delmege by 133 runs
Softlogic Finance 332/5 (40 overs) (M. Wijetillake 115, Denver Foux 105, P. Silva 27, S. Dilanka 23 n.o.; P. Rajasekeran 2/45)
Delmege 199/9 (40 overs) (P. Welgama 46, N. Kariyawasam 40, D. Nalinda 23, C. Perera 22; A. Liyanage 2/15, N. Dhananjaya 2/43, S. Dilanka 2/55)
Central Finance (CenFin) beat Hilton Colombo Residences (HCR) by 132 runs
HCR 157 (28 overs) (I. Silva 49, A. Thilanka 35, R. Chandrasekera 20; N. Fernando 4/14, K. Maduranga 3/7)
CenFin 163/4 (16.5 overs) (T. Gunatillake 76, V. Costha 37 n.o.; R. Chandrasekera 3/43)
At MCA
HNBG beat Hemas by 216 runs
HNBG 314/8 (40 overs) (Dinusha Fernando 129, S. Ranasinghe 76; C. Batuwita 3/39, G. Cruse 2/51, S. Samaranayake 2/75)
Hemas 98 (30.4 overs) (S. Samaranayake 35, S. Arangala 30; A. Madushanka 5/23)
At Darley Road
NTB ‘B’ beat DPMC by 132 runs
NTB ‘B’ 191 (38 overs) T. Dabare 55, (N. Saputhanthri 45, J. Shehan 22, M. Gunaratne 20; L. de Silva 4/46, K. Shyamal 3/26, U. Bandara 2/29)
DPMC 59 (19.4 overs) (U. Bandara 21; T. Dabare 4/13, R. Perera 3/11, S. Srilal 3/18)
The Tournament will be continued this weekend with a card of 9 matches.