HNB, Kanrich ‘B’, JKH ‘B’, Expolanka into KO Stage
The League stage of the ‘Fair & Lovely Men’ Trophy – MCA ‘B’ Division 50-Over Tournament came to a close on October 31, with 4 teams, HNB, Kanrich Finance (Kanrich) ‘B’, John Keells Holdings (JKH) ‘B’ and Expolanka Group (Expolanka) advancing to the Knockout (KO) stage.
The tournament was conducted with 8 teams in a single League, playing 28 matches. At its completion, the 4 top teams in the Points table booked their berths for the KO stage.
The KO stage matches for the first time will be conducted on the IPL system as under.
At Katunayake: League No.1 HNB vs League No.2 Kanrich ‘B’ (the winner advancing to the final)
At Maggona: League No.3 JKH ‘B’ vs League No.4 Expolanka (winner meeting loser of HNB vs Kanrich ‘B’ on Nov. 6 at MCA)
The final is scheduled for Saturday, November 10 at MCA.
Results of the last set of matches
At Moratuwa: HNB beat Expolanka by 6 wickets
Expolanka 123 (36.2) (Vishwa Chaturanga 48; Mohammed Ikram 2/26, Madawa Warnapura 2/27, Buddhi Perera 2/4, Naveen Gunawardana 2/23)
HNB 124/4 (26) (Ashen Fernando 57, Madawa Warnapura 22 n.o.; Hashan Hewanayaka 2/37 )
At Katunayake: JKH ‘B’ beat Singer by 7 wickets
Singer 84 (32) (Harsha Maduranga 24; Sachitha Jayathilaka 5/12, Malinga Amarasinghe 2/12, Actab Cader 2/19)
JKB ‘B’ 85/3 (10.3) (Malinda Madhuranga 36, Sachitha Jayathilaka 27 n.o.; Devin Wijendren 2/29)
At BRC: Unilever beat Commercial Credit ‘B’ by 1 wicket
Commercial Credit ‘B’ 208 (37.4) (Adeesha Thilanchana 77, Sandakan Pathirana 61, Sanitha de Mel 25, Anura Dias 23; Gihan de Soyza 3/53, Yomesh Ranasinghe 3/29)
Unilever 209/9 (31.2) (Milinda Weerasinghe 69, Dilan Suraweera 32, Gayan Rupasinghe 28, Yomesh Ransinghe 25, Harishanth Rajendra 22; Anura Dias 3/61, Aravinda Warnasuriya 3/26 )
At Colts: Expolanka beat Singer by 6 wickets
Singer 203 (48.2) (R.Yasas 43, D. Pathmanadan 45, H. Rajapaksa 20, P. Dilshan 25; S. Lakshan 3/25, N. Wanniarachchi 2/49, J. Speering 2/25)
Expolanka 205/4 (45) (A. Siriwardena 54 n.o., N. Nawda 46, V. Chathuranga 39, D. Hettiarachchi 26 n.o., H. Hewanayake 22; D. Pathmanathan 2/30)