Top eight teams reach crucial stage
The brave innings of Ashan Nirasha (No. 6 batsman) 61 not out in 46 balls inclusive of five sixes and four fours guided Ashoka de Silva Cricket Academy to an upset 4-wicket win over MCA ‘Blue’ in the ongoing 13th MCA Inter Academy 30 Over Under-15 Tournament 2018, pre-quarter-finals, last Wednesday.
MCA ‘Blue’ (No. 1 in Group ‘C’) batting first, after piling up 182 runs for the loss of only three wickets in 30 overs, gave a pathetic display of fielding to go down to Asoka de Silva CA (No. 4 in Group ‘D’)
Newcomers to the tournament, Champ CA (No. 3 in Group ‘B’) did well to eliminate SNCA (No. 2 in Group ‘A’) by 18 runs.
The other six teams that booked their berths in the quarter-finals were SSC, HRCA, Ragama , newcomer Kingfisher, NCC and CCC.
– Lakshman Ranasinghe
Pre-quarter finals match results
n CCC beat Serendib International by 78 runs
CCC 191 all out (29.5) (Binura Wanigasekera 52, Yasith Kalupahana 49)
Serendib Int. 113 all out (29.2) (D. Hemananda 3/17)
n Kingfisher beat Colombo Premier by 20 runs
Kingfisher 169 all out (30) (C. Liyanage 45)
Col. Premier 149 all out (27.4) (S. Liyanage 3/14)
n Ragama beat MCA ‘Red’ by 111 runs
Ragama 256/5 (30) (Ashen Silva 74, Y. Thirimanne 63)
MCA ‘Red’145 all out (30) (K. Preshan 4/35)
n HRCA beat Panadura by 5 wickets
Panadura 148/8 (30) (S. Bandara 4/19)
HRCA 149/5 (27.1) (Manura Peiris 42n.o.)
n SSC beat SPS CA by 162 runs
SSC 276/6 (24) (Six overs reduced for being late) (S. Jayawardena 60,
M. Pahan 53n.o.)
SPS 114/7 (30) (S. Seneviratne 3/14)
n Champ CA beat SNCA by 18 runs
Champ 204/9 (30) (L. Asanka 55)
SNCA 186/7 (30) (L. Sampath 3/42, Y. de Alwis 3/29)
n Ashoka de Silva beat MCA ‘Blue’ by 4 wickets
MCA ‘Blue’ 182/3 (30)
AdeS 188/6 (28.4) (A. Nirasha 61n.o.)
n NCC beat Kirindiwela by 3 wickets
Kirindiwela 168/9 (30) (V. Yeshan 3/29)
NCC 171/7 (27.5) (V. Yeshan 40)
The quarter final line-up:
MCA/morning: SSC vs HRCA
MCA/ afternoon: Champ vs Ragama
Thurstan /morning: Ashoka de Silva vs Kingfisher
Thurstan /afternoon: NCC vs CCC.