LB Finance, fairfirst Insurance best over the ropes
LB Finance (LBF) ‘A’ led by Angelo Perera and fairfirst Insurance (fairfirst) led by Lakshan Perera lifted the ‘CDB’ Trophy, as they emerged winners of the MCA Open ’6s’ Tier ‘A’ and Tier ‘B’ Tournaments respectively, concluded at the MCA Grounds last Sunday.
LBF beat Commercial Credit (ComCredit in the Tier ‘A’ final, while fairfirst beat Allianz Insurance (Allianz) in the Tier ‘B’ final.
The tournament with the participation of 69 teams – 21 in Tier ‘A’ (turf) and 48 in Tier ‘B’ (matting) were played over 3 days, from September 7-9.
Finals
- Tier ‘A’
ComCredit batting first scored 78/ 2 in their 5 overs, Riding on 2 good knocks by Sandun Weerakkody 28 with 2 sixes and 3 fours and Wanidu Hasaranga 25 not out with 3 sixes. LBF reached the target with 2 balls to spare- 79/4 in 4.4 overs- as Sahan Arachchige 26 with 6 fours and Sadeera Samarawickrama 26 not out with 1 six and 4 fours, targeted ComCredit’s 2nd and 3rd bowlers Dilshan Munaweera and Skipper Ashan Priyanjan, both giving away 23 runs each.
- Tier ‘B’
Allianz batted first and scored 71/4 in 5 overs, with Ranga Dias standing tall in a belligerent 34 not out inclusive of 3 sixes and 3 fours. Sampath Fernando put the brakes with a stingy 4th over- 1/8. fairfirst reached the target with 5 balls to spare- 73/2 in 4.1 overs- Skipper Lakshan Perera leading the way with a swashbuckling 34 not out with 3 sixes and 3 fours, well supported by Dulip Silva 15 with 3 fours and Isuru Sampath 15 not out with 1 six and 1 four.
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| Tier ‘B’ Match results at a glance from quarterfinals onwards, played on Sunday, at MCA and SJC Grounds Quarterfinals fairfirst- 90/0 (5 overs) beat HNB Grameen Finance- 69/2 MAS Silueta- 52/6 (4.1 overs) beat Maliban Biscuits (Maliban) ‘A’ 49/3 Allianz- 78/2 (5 overs) beat Maliban ‘B’- 56/2 (5 overs) Semifinals fairfirst- 88/1 (5overs) beat A Baur & Allianz- 64/3 (5 overs) beat MAS Silueta- 57/3 (5 overs) Final Allianz-71/4 (5 overs) (Sameera Fernando 15, Ranga Dias 34 n.o.; Asel Sigera 1/13, Isuru Sampath 1/8) lost to fairfirst-72/2 (4.1 overs) (Lakshan Perera 34 n.o., Dulip Silva 15, Isuru Sampath 15 n.o.; M.I. Abdeen 1/14, Dulaj Mellawarachchi 1/19) Special Awards Best Bowler- Sampath Perera (fairfirst) Best Batsman- Lakshan Perera (fairfirst) Most 6s in the Tournament-12: Sameera Fernando (Allianz) Man of the Final- Lakshan Perera (fairfirst) Man of the Tournament- Sameera Fernando (Allianz). Tier ‘A’ Match results at a glance from Quarterfinals onwards played on Sunday at Colts and MCA grounds Quarterfinals Teejay Lanka- 65/4 (5 overs) lost to MAS Unichela ‘B’- 67/0 (2.4 overs) LBF ‘A’- 83/4 (5 overs) beat Dimo ‘Nexon’- 49/2 (5 overs) Dimo ‘Storm’- 68/4 (5overs)lost to Hayleys- 69/4 (5 overs) ComCredit- 78/2 (5 overs) beat MAS Unichela ‘A’- 59/6 (5 overs) Semifinals LBF- 90/4 (5 overs) beatMAS Unichela ‘B’- 82/2 (5 overs); ComCredit- 94/2 (5 overs) beat Hayleys- 60/5 (5 overs) Final ComCredit- 78/3 (5 overs) (Sandun Weerakkody 28, Wanidu Hasaranga 25 n.o., Ashan Priyanjan 16; Shiran Fernando 1/7, Sahan Arachchige 1/16) lostto LBF ‘A’- 79/4 (4.4 overs) (Sadeera Samarawickrama 26 n.o., Isuru Udana 15, Sahan Arachchige 15; Dilshan Munaweera 1/23, Lahiru Madusanka 1/10, Wanidu Hasaranga 1/10). Special Awards Best Bowler- Wanidu Hasaranga (ComCredit) Best Batsman- Sandun Weerakkody (ComCredit) Most 6s in the Tournament- 12: Isuru Udana (LBF) Man of the Final- Sahan Arachchige (LBF) Man of the Tournament- Isuru Udana (LBF) CDB Director-Chief Credit Officer Sasindra Munasinghe, CDB Deputy General Manager Marketing, Dharshana Jayasinghe and CDB Deputy General Manager, Innovation & Business Intelligence, Hasitha Dassanayake, along with the MCA President Roshan Iddamalgoda, MCA General Secretary Nalin Wickremasinghe and MCA Tournament Committee Chairman Sujeewa de Silva, presented the awards.
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