Opening weekend has 11 winners
The 16th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA ‘E’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2018 started last weekend. The opening weekend’s card consisted 11 half-day matches with 11 ‘early bird’ winners in Dialog Axiata, Eagle Logistics (back to back), Asia Asset Finance, Commercial Bank ‘B’, HSBC ‘A’, MAS Active ‘A’, DFCC Bank, Emerchemie NB, Prym Intimates and Amana Bank. Weekend’s top performers were Nishitha de Silva of HSBC ‘A’ (6/29 vs UB Finance), Nilan Maduwantha of Prym Intimates (75 vs CW Mackie) and Nimesh Perera of Asia Asset Finance
(77 vs McLarens)
Results
- At Thurstan
Commercial Bank ‘B’ beat Brandix Essentials by 4 runs
Commercial Bank ‘B- 158 (24.5 overs) (Chamila Daminda 48, Tharaka Goonathilaka 34; Madhawa Munaweera 3/28, Sudarshana Ellawala 2/25)
Brandix Essentials- 154/8 (25 overs) (Madhawa Munaweera 60, Shan Nilaksha 24; Manjula Liyanage 3/26, Tharaka Goonathilaka 3/27)
HSBC ‘A’ beat UB Finance by 5 wickets
UB Finance- 142 (24.4 overs) (Ranusha Perera 59, Mithun Jayawickrama 43; Nishitha de Silva 6/29)
HSBC ‘A’- 147/5 (20.2 overs) (Supun Subasinghe 55 n.o., Sheehan Wijethunga 31)
- At MCA
MAS Active ‘A’ beat Ansell Lanka by 6 wickets
Ansell Lanka- 180/8 (25 overs) (Sahan Harshana 47, Sajeewa Deshapriya 34, Pathum Ekanayake 28, Chathura Sanjeewa 23; Ranganath Dissanayake 3/32, Anushka Abeywardena 2/35)
MAS Active ‘A’- 183/4 (23.3 overs) (Salinda Perera 66, Roshan Wijesekara 55; Pathum Ekanayake 2/26)
Eagle Logistics beat Assetline Leasing by 2 wickets
Assetline Leasing- 92 (24.4 overs) (Udith Nishantha 4/04, Minhaj Hassin 3/16)
Eagle Logistics- 93/8 (20.1 overs) (Prabuddha Ranaweera 22; Dimuthu Lakshan 3/20, Manjula Gannille 2/16)
- At Kandana
DFCC Bank beat Hirdaramani Group by 48 runs
DFCC Bank- 217/7 (23 overs) (Vishal Amugoda 52, Chanaka Rathnasiri 29, Harsha Cooray 22, Chamod Wickramasinghe 22; Udesh Wilegoda 3/18, Mohomad Shahiran 3/30)
Hirdaramani- 169 (23 overs) (Hashan Lakshitha 46, Moditha Gihan 36, Mahipa Madushanka 29; Shanuka Fernando 3/33, Gayashan Jayaweera 3/37, Lakshitha Liyanage 2/30)
Emerchemie NB beat Regnis Lanka by 61 runs
Emerchemie NB- 193 (24.3 overs) (Eranga Kumara 34, Rasindu Madushanka 31, Kanishka Jayasekara 26; Gihan Nishantha 3/30, Janaka Silva 3/45, Dhanushka Dananjaya 2/26)
Regnis Lanka- 132/8 (25 overs) (Thushara Sanjeewa 32, R L Ranasinghe 25, Gihan Nishantha 20; Rasindu Madushanka 3/31, Kanishka Jayasekara 2/12, Migara Panditharathna 2/16)
- At Veyangoda
Prym Intimates beat CW Mackie by 3 wickets
CW Mackie- 181/7 (25 overs) (Sachith Suranga 52, Malith Madushan 42, Gayan Asintha 39 n.o.; Chanuka Viraj 3/27 )
Prym Intimates- 186/7 (24.4 overs) (Nilan Maduwantha 75; Pradeep Nissanka 3/23)
Amana Bank beat AIA Insurance by 6 wickets
AIA Insurance- 190/8 (25 overs) (Nalin Rodrigo 58, Hasantha Niroshana 57, Ridmal Abeyweera 30; Azghar Shamsudeen 3/36)
Amana Bank- 193/4 (24.5 overs) (Shazween Saleel 73, Ramesh Fernando 44, Athis Mowlana 28)
- At Wesley
Dialog Axiata beat Astron Lanka by 73 runs
Dialog Axiata- 177/9 (23 overs) (Tharuka Liyanage 45 n.o., Sachin Bulathsinghe 44, Milinda Wattegedara 26; Janidu Mudalige 3/30)
Astron Lanka- 104 (17 overs) (Mahesh Franscis 31; Heshan Wijesinghe 4/25, Shamal Perera 3/20, Tharuka Liyanage 2/12)
- At Kandana
Eagle Logistics beat MAS Active ‘A’ by 6 wickets
MAS Active ‘A’- 97/8 (18 overs) (Shalinda Perera 33, Geeth Sankalpa 28 n.o.; Yapa Abeywardane 4/10, Isuru Mendis 2/26)
Eagle Logistics- 98/4 (16.5 overs) (Nethan Kelart 40, Isuru Mendis 30)
Asia Asset Finance beat McLarens Group by 11 runs
Asia Asset Finance- 183/6 (24 overs) (Nimesh Perera 77; P. Dissanayake 3/20)
McLarens- 172 (23.4 overs) (M. Jerome 30; D. Hettiarachchi 3/24)
The tournament will continue this
weekend with a card of 12 half-day matches.