Asel (Fairfirst) 130 n.o., Mangala (MAS) 6/11 weekend heroes
The completion of the 150 Preliminary Round matches in the 8th Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd.-’Honda’ Trophy, MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2018 was highlighted by newcomers fairfirst Insurance (fairfirst), Asel Sigera’s masterly 130 not out, as they trounced Ceyline Holdings (Ceyline) by a huge margin of 145 runs.
The other notable performers with bat and ball were D. Sharika [Asiri Hospitals (Asiri)] 81 vs JayLanka, Isuru Jayaratne (Asiri) 6/12 vs JayLanka, Nirushan Ramachandra [SL Telecom (SLT)] 75 vs ACL Cables (ACL), Ranjan Ranatunga (Moodys) 80 not out vs Laugfs Holdings (Laugfs), Shehan Mendis (Moodys) 5/34 vs Laugfs, Prageeth Cooray [Cargills Bank (Cargills)] 5/17 vs JayLanka, Mangala Perera [MAS Linea Aqua (MAS) 6/11 vs Singer 'B', Shalaka Rangajeewa (MAS) 107 vs Union Assurance Ltd (UAL), Mangala Pradeep (MAS) 101 vs UAL, Geethika Alwis [Bimputh Finance (Bimputh) 94 vs Expolanka 'B', Thivanka de S. Wijeratne [Deutsche Bank (DB)] 76 not out vs Singer ‘B’, and Thushara Perera [Allaris Lanka (Allaris) 76 vs Cargills.
The highest Total was by MAS- 287/5 (25 overs) vs UAL, while the lowest Total was by Ship Xpress – 79 (22.4 overs) vs Nor Lanka.
The tournament will continue this weekend with the eight pre-quarterfinals in the Knockout Round.
Results
- Amana Bank beat ACL by 6 wkts: ACL- 114 (21 overs); Amana Bank- 118/4 (19.5 overs)
- SLT beat A. Baur & Co. by 39 runs: SLT- 200/7 (25 overs); Baur’s- 161 (24.5 overs)
- Asiri beat JayLanka by 103 runs: Asiri- 222/6; JayLanka- 119 (20.1 overs)
- Fairfirst beat Hayleys ‘B’ by 92 runs: Fairfirst- 198/6 (25 overs); Hayleys ‘B’- 106 (20.2 overs)
- Jat Holdings (JAT) beat Moody’s by 4 wkts: Moody’s- 142/4 (25 overs); JAT- 143/6 (21.3 overs)
- Fairfirst beat Ceyline by 145 runs: Fairfirst- 263/5 (25 overs); Ceyline- 118/5 (25 overs)
- SLT beat ACL by 56 runs: SLT- 181/6 (25 overs); ACL- 125 (23 overs)
- VS Information (VSI) beat ICBT by 13 runs: VSI- 154/6 (25 overs); ICBT- 141 (24.3 overs)
- Moodys beat Laugfs by 23 runs: Moodys- 152/5 (25 overs), Laugfs- 129 (22.2 overs)
- Nor Lanka beat MAS Kreeda by 21 runs: Nor Lanka- 154 (23.2 overs); MAS Kreeda- 133 (24.1 overs)
- Cargills beat JayLanka by 12 runs: Cargills- 95/9 (25 overs), JayLanka- 83 (10.5 overs)
- MAS beat Singer ‘B’ by 8 wkts: Singer ‘B’- 89 (20 overs), MAS- 92/2 (10.5 overs)
- Commercial Credit ‘C’ beat Alliance Finance by 7 wickets on D&L Method: Alliance- 116/9 (25 overs); ComCredit ‘C’- 101/3 (13 overs)
- SriLankan Airlines (SriLankan) beat RR Donnely (RRD) by 83 runs on the D&L Method; SriLankan- 148/8 (25 overs); RRD- 61 (12.2 overs)
- Interpharm beat Access Group (Access) by 4 wkts: Access- 116 (20.2 overs); Interpharm- 112 (19.2 overs)
- Bimputh beat Jetwing Travels (Jetwing) by 125 runs: Bimputh- 237/7 (25); Jetwing- 112 (19.2 overs)
- Jetwing beat ICBT by 8 wkts: ICBT- 100 (20.4 overs); Jetwing- 106/2 (13.4 overs)
- Coats Thread beat DPMC by 65 runs: Coats- 156/9 (25 overs); DPMC- 91 (23 overs)
- MAS beat UAL by 175 runs: MAS- 287/5 (25 overs); UAL- 112 (20.2 overs)
- Bimputh beat Expolanka ‘B’ by 41 runs: Bimputh- 190/7 (25 overs); Expolanka ‘B’- 149 (23.5 overs)
- DB beat Singer ‘B’ by 41 runs: DB- 194/4 (25 overs); Singer ‘B’- 119 (20 overs)
- Pearson Lanka (Pearson) beat MD Gunasena (MDG) by 85 runs: Pearson’s 218 (24.3 overs); MDG- 133/5 (25 overs)
- Nor Lanka beat Ship Xpress by 10 wkts: Ship Xpress- 79 (22.4 overs), Nor Lanka- 81/0 (4.4 overs)
- Allaris beat Cargills by 43 runs: Allaris- 157 /8 (25 overs); Cargills- 114 (24.4 overs)