Allrounder Lakmal for Expolanka
Expolanka Group’s promising all rounder, Madura Lakmal stared in the ‘tied’ match against John Keells ‘B’ in the ongoing second ‘Fair & Lovely Men’ trophy MCA ‘B’ division 50 –Over League Tournament 2019.
Lakmal bagged 5 for 58 to restrict JK to 165 in 40 overs and went to top score with a dogged 45 runs, to tie the game for Expolanka with three balls to spare – 165 in 49.3 overs.
Match Results
At P. Sara Oval: Kanrich Finance ‘A’ beat Unilever by 25 runs on the DLS method.
Kanrich Finance ‘A’ 154 (49) (Pramod Maduwantha 33 not out, Nishantha de Silva 30, Ravin Sayer 28, Dilan Suraweera 3/32)
Unilever 80/6 (29) when bad light halted play (Sachin Fernando 21, Daminda Perera 21, Chanaka Devinda 3/19, Ravin Sayer 2/21)
At Moratuwa: CDB beat Commercial Credit by 42 runs (match reduced to 43 overs a side due to wet ground conditions)
CDB 203/9 (43) (Shihan Dilasiri 23, Sachin Jayawardane 78, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 35, Suranga Salinda 3/34, Sandaken Pathirana 2/32, Adessha Thilanchana 2/33)
Commercial Credit ‘B’ 161 (38.2) (Praneeth Wijesena 28, Suranga Salinda 27, Adessha Thilanchana 25, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 4/41, Shaluka Silva 2/31, Sachin Jayawardane 2/34)
At BRC: John Keells ‘B’ vs Expolanka Group ended in a tie
John Keells (B) 165 (40) (Roscoe Thattil 41, Ashan Silva 31, Ashen Pieris 28, Madura Lakmal 5/58, Ayana Siriwardane 3/32)
Expolanka Group 165 (49.3) (Madura Lakmal 45, Vishwa Chathuranga 32, Sachitha Jayathilake 3/36, Roscoe Thattil 2/3, Akktab Carder 2/38 )
At Thurstan: No result. HNB Vs. Singer was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to water logged ground.