Maduranga sparks for Melwire with a five-wicket haul in MCA Div ‘D’ Cricket
By Lakshman Ranasinghe
View(s): Mode Engineering, David Pieris Motor Company, Hemas Holdings and Central Finance PLC won their respective matches in the MCA ‘D’ Division 40 Over Cricket Tournament matches played yesterday.
The day’s play was highlighted in batting by Iroshan Herath of Hemas and R.A. Daminda of Central Finance who top scored with 53 and 54 respectively while the bowling honours was grabbed by Duminda Maduranga of Melwire Rollings who bowled to a nagging length to capture 5 for 38. But his efforts failed to bring victory for his side as they went down to Hemas Holdings by 22 runs.
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| Group ‘A’: At Sapper Grounds Mattegoda: Mode Engineering beat Bodyline by 24 runs Mode Engineering 158 (39) (Maheesh Theekshana 38, C. Shivapalan 31, Dasun Samarasinghe 26, Kamindu Rathnakumara 3/29, Tharindu Jayaratne 2/21) Bodyline 134 (38.1) (Emindu Subasinghe 32, Isura Chandrasiri 27*, Maheesh Theekshana 4/15, Manoj Keerthibandara 3/17) Group ‘B’: At Darley Road: David Pieris Motor Co. beat National Development Bank by 5 wickets NDB 116 (35.3) (Charuka Raveen 31, Ajantha Chandula 21, Madushan Fernando 3/21, Lakshan De Silva 3/22, Haesha Amarasinghe 2/12, Akila Elabodage 2/23) David Pieris MC 121 for 5 (25.3) (Manjula Galhinna 33*, Eshan Buddhika 30*, Prasad Niroshan 20) At Panagoda: Hemas Holdings beat Melwire Rolling by 22 runs Hemas Holdings 202 (39.4) (Iroshan Herath 53, Amal Ranasinghe 32, Iresh Vithanage 29, Madusanka Fonseka 26, Duminda Maduranga 5/38, M. Muralidaran 2/19, Achila Iranga 2/41) Melwire Rolling 180 (36.1) (Sheshan Kumar 49, Isuru Jayasuriya 39, Achila Iranga 27, Amalka Weerasinghe 3/26, Pasindu Maheepala 2/28, Nishanka Croose 2/39) At Veyangoda: Central Finance beat Delmege Forsyth by 8 wickets Demege Forsyth 82 (19.1) (Tharindu Widanapathirana 26, Isuru Vindana 23, Nimesh Fernando 4/10, Chanaka Jayanetti 3/23, Anura Karunaratne 2/10) Central Finance 84 for 2 (11) (R.A. Daminda 54) |