Weekend Star Thilina Suresh (Coats) 118 in 69 balls vs Durdans
The Preliminary Round matches in the 8th Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., ‘Honda Trophy’ MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League matches played over the weekend was highlighted by centurion Thilina Suresh [Coats Thread Lanka (Coats)] 118 in 69 balls with 11 sixes and 6 fours vs Durdans Hospitals (Durdans), along with bowlers, Nilukshan Ramachandran [Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT)] 5/25 vs Amana Takaful Insurance (Amana) and Kokila Gomes (Mobitel ‘B’) 5/30 vs Bimputh Finance (BimFin).
Coats 252/5 in 23 Overs (RPO 11) hit the daylights out of Durdans, as Thilina Suresh and Ravi Lakshan (45) were engaged in a hurricane 218-runs partnership in 89 balls for the 4th wicket.
Other notable batting performances came from Samith Ranga [Access Group (Access)] 76 not out vs Millennium IT (MIT) and Krishantha Silva (ACL Cables) 75 vs Baurs.
Spinner Kokila Gomes’ bowling effort of 5/30 went a begging, as his team Mobitel ‘B’ lost to BimFin by 62 runs.
Weekend Match Results
- Asiri Hospitals beat JAT Holdings by 8 wickets
JAT 78 (18.1 overs); Asiri 84/2 (9.5 overs)
- Access beat MIT by 9 wickets
MIT 129 (25 overs); Access 133/1 (17.5 overs)
- SLT beat Amana by 50 runs
SLT 146 (25 overs); Amana 96 (22.2 overs)
- BimFin beat Mobitel ‘B’ by 62 runs
BimFin 190/9 (25 overs), Mobitel ‘B’ 128/9 (25 overs)
- Coats beat Durdans by 92 runs
Coats 252/5 (28 overs); Durdans 160/6 (24 overs)
- Fairfirst Insurance beat Nor-Lanka
by 6 wickets
Nor-Lanka 84 (23.4 overs), Fairfirst 88/4 (14.1 overs)
- ACL Cables vs A. Baur & Co. No-Result
due to bad light and rain
ACL 150/4 (22 overs); Baurs 19/1 (3 overs)
- Jay-Lanka beat Moody’s Analytics
by 3 wickets on D&L
Moody’s 104/7 (21 overs); Jay-Lanka 109/7 (18.1 overs) (Revised target 109 in 21 overs)
- Deutsche Bank AG beat Kelani Cables
by 8 runs
Deutsche Bank 154/5 (23 overs); Kelani Cables 146 (22.4 overs)
- CIC beat CEAT Tyres International
by 39 runs on D&L
CIC 145/9 (23 overs); CEAT 33/5 (9.1 overs) (Revised target 72 in 9.1 overs)
- Laughs Holdings beat JAT Holdings
by 22 runs
Laughs 184/8 (25 overs); JAT 162 (24 overs)
- Coca Cola Beverages beat RR Donnely
by 1 wicket
RRD 177/7 (25 overs); Coca Cola 179/9 (24.1 overs)
- MAS Linea Aqua beat Kelani Cables
by 11 runs
MAS 148/5 (25 overs); Kelani Cables 137 (23.2 overs)
- Ceyline Holdings beat Ship Xpress
by 2 wickets
Ship Xpress 107 (22 overs); Ceyline 110/8 (19.3 overs)
- SriLankan Airlines beat MD Gunasena
by 8 wickets
MDG 81 (25 overs); SriLankan 85/2 (10.1 overs)
- Expolanka Group ‘B’ beat ICBT Campus
by 10 wickets
ICBT 107 (23.5 overs); Expolanka ‘B’ 108/0 (11.1 overs)
- HNB Grameen Finance ‘B’ beat DPMC ‘B’ by 50 runs on D&L
HNB Grameen 161/5 (23 overs); DPMC 115/9 (23 overs)
- VS Information beat Mobitel ‘B’ by 5 wickets
Mobitel ‘B’ 100 (24.2 overs); VSI 101/5 (25 overs)
The Tournament will continue this weekend with a card of 20 half-day matches