Once again it’s rain that had the last word
Once again rain played havoc with the ongoing first Fair First Insurance Trophy, MCA ‘F’ division 25-Over League Tournament 2018, continued last week-end. Out of the 18 matches that was billed for play, seven of them ended in no-results while five others were played with reduced overs.
AMW Vs. Ansell Textile, HSBC ‘C’ Vs. Akbar Brothers, Technomedics Vs. HNB ‘B’, Brandix Essentials ‘B’ Vs. Palliyaguruge, Webquarters Vs. United Tractors, Hilton Colombo Vs. EWIS and MAS Kreeda Vs. Coutaulds Clothing matches ended in no-results.
Results of matches that escaped the rain (11 matches)
- Akbar Bros. beat J. Keells ‘C’ by 7 wickets (Match reduced to 15 overs a side): JK ‘C’ 107/8 (15); Akbar 110/3 (13)
- AMW beat Softlogic Life by 9 wickets (Match reduced to 21 overs a side): Softlogic 84 (21); AMW 87/1 (7.3)
- Regnis Appliances beat Lion Brewery by 44 runs (Match reduced to 15 overs a side): Regnis 119/7 (15); Lion Brewery 75 (13.5)
- Allianz Insurance beat Union Bank by 9 runs (Match reduced to 14 overs): Allianz 132/3 (14); UB 123/8 (14)
- Asia Capital beat Ansell Textile by 49 runs: Asia Capital 169/8 (25); Ansell 120 (20.5)
- SAGT beat Technomedics by 6 wickets: Technomedics 115/9 (25); SAGT 116/4 (17.5)
- Siam City Cement beat Allianz Insurance by 37 runs on D/L method (Match reduced to 22 overs a side): Allianz Insurance 126/7 (22); SCC 96/3 in 11 overs when rain halted play
- Brandix Essentials ‘B’ beat EB Creasy by 10 wickets: EBC 63 (19.5); Brandix 64/6 (7.5)
- Coutaulds Clothing beat HNB ‘B’ by 3 wickets: HNB ‘B’ 58 (17.3); Coutaulds 59/7 (15.4)
- EWIS beat Siam City Cement by 7 wickets: SCC 110/9 (25); EWIS 112/3 (15.4)
- WNS Global beat Avery Dennison by 7 wickets: Avery 76 (20.2); WNSG 79/3 (19)
- Weekend’s notable performers:
Sameera Fernando – Allianz Insurance (83 Vs. Sian City Cement), Charinda Fernando from Allianz Insurance (75 Vs. Union Bank), Padmanath Perera from AMW (5-0-7-4 Vs. Softlogic Life), Dinesh Panditharatne from HNB ‘B’ (5-0-31-4 Vs. Coutaulds Clothing), Anton Dilhan from Coutaulds Clothing ( 5-0-19-4 Vs HNB ‘B’), Tharaka Silva from Brandix (5-0-24.4 Vs. Siam City Cement), Dilshan Kadawarachchi from SAGT (5-1-11-4 Vs Technomedics), Amila Eranda from Asia Capital (4.5-0-24-4) and Sidath Mallawarachchi from Allianz Insurance ( 3-16-4 Vs. Union Bank)
The tournament will be continued this weekend with the last batch of matches in the league round.