Dimo and MAS Silueta to battle it out in the final
Dimo and MAS Silueta will battle for the 26th Singer-MCA Premier League Knock-out title in the Final to be played today at the MCA Grounds commencing at 9.45 a.m.
Dimo entered the finals by winning the ‘bowl-out’ contest, 1/0 against Commercial Credit and Finance ‘A’. Himesh Ramanayake was the only bowler to hit the target. Dimo sent into bat put up a challenging total of 198 in 32.3 overs. Commercial Credit did not face a single ball as bad light halted play and was subsequently called off.
The two teams had to go over to the MCA Indoor Complex for the ‘bowl-out’ contest in order to break the dead lock. In the other semi final match MAS Silueta continued their giant killing performance, as they eliminated the fancied MAS Unichela by four wickets. MAS Unichela, sent into bat was restricted to 224 in 38.2 overs by two hostile spells by Dushan Hemantha (4 for 39) and Angelo Emmanuel (3 for 30)
MAS Silueta fired away in gay abandoned via Sangeeth Cooray (76) and Nimanda Subasinghe (50 n.o.) reaching 225 for 6 in 37 overs.
Chief Scores; 1st semi final – MAS Unichela-224 (38.2) (Mahela Udawatta 59, Dhanushka Gunatilleke 40, Priyamal Perera 38, T.M. Sampath 24, Dushan Hemantha 4 for 39, Angelo Emmanuel 3 for 30)
MAS Silueta-225 for 6 (37) (Sangeeth Cooray 75, Nimanda Subasinghe 50 n.o., Shehan Fernando 24, Dushan Hemantha 20 n.o., Shehan Madushanka 3 for 50)
2nd semi final – Dimo-198 (32.3) (Nipun Karunanayake 47, Ramesh Mendis 40, L.D. Madushanka 2 for 31, P.C. de Silva 2 for 31, Chamika Karunaratne 2 for 30)
Commercial Credit did not bat.