Virtusa and Ansell Lanka win
View(s):Virtusa Pvt. Ltd. and Ansell Lanka emerged victorious in their MCA E Division Cricket tournament preliminary round matches played yesterday at the MCA and Bandaranaike College Grounds, Veyangoda respectively.
At the MCA Grounds, Virtusa batting first scored 145 in 24.5 overs. Tharindu Silva top scored with 59 while their bowlers Sadeen Thaufiq, Sithara Lakmal and Jason Robert shared six wickets to dismiss Akbar Bros. for 70 runs to give Virtusa a 79-run victory.
Ansell Lanka scored an easy 8-wicket win over Group M Media at Veyangoda. Sahan Harshana with an unbeaten 54 led the run chase to see his side registering an 8-wicket victory. Group M Media were dismissed for 70 runs with Lalith Deshan (5 for 
and Sahan Harshana (2 for 23) ripped through the Media batting line. Only Amila Alahakoon batted with confidence to be the top scorer with 35.
Chief Scores:
At MCA: Virusa Pvt. Ltd won by 79 runs
Virtusa Pvt. Ltd.-149 (24.5) (Tharindu Silva 59, Buddhika Prabath 2 for 12, Sameera Kushan 2 for 19)
Akbar Bros-70 (17.1) (Ashley Shan 18, Sadeen Thaufiq 2 for 10, Sithara Lakmal 2 for 4, Jason Robert 2 for 23)
At Veyangoda: Ansell Lanka won by 8 wickets
Group M Media-91 (23.1),(Amila Alahakoon 35, Lalith Deshan 5 for 8, Sahan Harshana 2 for
Ansell Lanka-92 for2 (17.1) (Sahan Harshana 54*)