Aslam — weekend’s only centurion
Aslam Samsudeen of Amana Bank was the only centurion of the weekend when he piloted Amana to an easy 9-wickets win over Astron Ltd. in the 16th David Peiris Group of Co. sponsored ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy-MCA ‘E’ Division 25-Over League Cricket Tournament last Sunday.
Apart from Amana Bank, Ansell Lanka, Ceylon Tobacco Co. (CTC), DFCC Bank and UB Finance registered victories in the 5 matches played. CTC posted the highest total of the weekend, while Assetline Holdings had the lowest total of 116.
Moratuwa
- Amana Bank beat Astron
Lanka by 9 wickets
Astron Lanka 155/8 (25 overs) (Kavindu Malshan 62 n.o., Chamara Madusanka 25; Mohomed Shahib 2/29, Ahab Noorvith 2/37, Zaharan Jiffry 2/17)
Amana Bank 158/1 (16.1 overs) (Aslam Samsudeen 105, Ramesh Fernando 48 n.o.)
- DFCC beat Melwire
Rolling by 6 wickets
Melwire 118 (20.5 overs) (R. Logeshwaran 44, A. Kuthapagaraj 20, Mahesh Senaratne 3/19, Sakuna Fernando 2/14, Gayashan Jayaweera 2/6)
DFCC 122/4 (15.3 overs) (Visal Amugoda 48 n.o., Jeeno Lawrance 32 n.o.)
- UB Finance beat Trelleborg Lanka by 8 wickets
Trelleborg 146 (22.1 overs) (P.R.T. Dilshan 31, S.T. Chaturanga 28; Mithun Jayawickrema 2/10, Udara Dawood 2/22, Arosha Perera 2/27)
UB Finance 147/2 (16.1 overs) (Nipun Gamage 60, Pathum Madusanka 49)
MCA
- Ansell Lanka beat Assetline Holdings by 3 wickets
Assetline 116 (23.4 overs) (Yohan Francis 45; Lalith Deshan 3/11, Chammi Jayaranga 2/27, Sahan Harshana 2/13)
Ansell Lanka 119/7 (21.4 overs) (Lalith Deshan 48 n.o.; Duminda Ekanayake 3/36)
- CTC beat CW Mackie by 35 runs
CTC 186/ 7 (24 overs) (Inam Ameen 61 n.o., Malith Sandaruwan 34, Nalin Jayasuriya 21; Dinesh Sebastian 2/36, Aravinda Wickremathilaka 2/38)
CW Mackie 151/6 (24 overs) (Pradeep Nissanka 53; Matheesha de Silva 2/19, Inam Ameen 2/26, Amila Maduranga 2/41)