Expolanka Group end Round 1 with a clean sheet
In the ongoing 15th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC sponsored, ‘Elephant House Lemonade’ Trophy, MCA ‘D’ Division 40-Over League Tournament 2018 continued last week, Expolanka Group (Expolanka) completed its first phase of the tournament unbeaten in Group B, when they recorded their 6th win on the trot by beating Nations Trust Bank (NTB) ‘B’ by 7 wickets, in their last league match.
Aravinda Rajapaksa of MAST Industries (MAST) [73 runs and 5/36 vs Hilton Colombo Residencies (HCR)], Vikum Costa of Central Finance Ltd (CFL) [5/30 and 50 runs vs David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC)] and Ashan Thilanka of HCR (5/41 and 67 runs vs Mast) shared the spotlight with their outstanding all-round performances.
Results
- Softlogic Finance vs Ceylinco Insurance – NR
Softlogic 255 (40) (Ravindu Silva 98, Praneeth Madushanka 25, Pradeep Perera 22, Nethusha Wijethithilka 21; Darren Ebert 2/35, Yasindu Yulantha 2/31)
Ceylinco 62/0 (10) when rain halted play (Akila Madusanka 41 n.o.)
- Delmege Group vs HNB Grameen – NR
Delmege 119 (29.1) (Dinil Nalinda 21, Pradeep Rajasekaran 21; Banuka Prabash 3/05, Tharinda Wijesinghe 3/38, Danushka Sandaruwan 2/22)
HNBG 67/3 (10) when rain halted play (Pradeep Rajasekaran 2/6)
- NDB beat Airport & Aviation by 4 wickets
A&A 208 (39.1) (Nuwan Yapa 48, Thilina Indushan 29, M.D.R. Pieris 51 n.o., W.M.M. Indika 24; Ravindu Maduranga 3/25, Praneeth Wedeisinghe 3/24, Eranda Senevirathna 2/34)
NDB 214/6 (39.1) (Nimash Fonseka 60, Danushka Sandaruwan 59 n.o., Ravindu Maduranga 28; Thilina Indushan 3/30)
- CFL beat DPMC by 11 runs
CFL 235/9 (40) (Tharaka Gunathilake 78, Vikum Costa 50, Kushan Silva 40; Udara Bandara 3/21, Nalinda Channa 2/29)
DPMC 224 (38.5) (Prasad Niroshan 52, Lakshan de Silva 48 n.o., Madushan Fernando 47, Dilshan Peiris 27; Vikum Costa 5/30, Chanaka Jayanetthi 2/47)
- Ceylinco beat Hemas Group (Hemas) by 17 runs
Ceylinco 213 (39.5) (Pasindu Dilshan 52, Mohammed Majeed 38, Darren Ebert 37, Akila Madushan 21; Salinda Samaranayaka 3/37, Chandana Batuwita 2/33)
Hemas 196 (38.2) (Amalka Weerasinghe 50, Amal Ranasinghe 28, Sampath Thebuwana 20; Asela Fernando 2/21, Darren Ebert 4/20, Yasindu Yulanka 2/30)
- DPMC beat MAS Bodyline (MAS) by 84 runs
DPMC 203/8 (29) (Madushan Fernando 55, Akila Elagodage 35, Nalinda Channa 24, Dilshan Peiris 23; Kavindu Eranga 2/41, Chanaka Maduranga 3/43)
MAS 118/7 (29) (S Vithanage 26, Kasun Madusanka 21; Nalinda Channa 3/17, Lakmal de Silva 2/30)
- Expolanka beat NTB ‘B’ by 7 wickets
NTB ‘B’ 127/8 (22) (Temal Wagadapola 48, Mahesh Gunarathne 25; Madawa Fernando 2/02, Hashan Hewanayake 2/15, Savin Thilitocq 2/38)
Expolanka 128/3 (17.2) (Hashan Hewanayake 54, Darshana Hettiarchchi 39) At Wesley
- MAST beat HCR by 83 runs
Mast 232 (39.3) (Aravinda Rajapaksha 73,Rasika Wickramarathna 43, Kasun Fernando 30, Nuwan Anthoney 29; Ashan Thilanka 5/41, Dileepa Perera 2/22)
HCR 149 (29) (Ashan Thilanka 67, Isira Silva 38; Aravinda Rajapaksha 5/36)
The tournament will continue this weekend with the quarterfinals