MCA Cricket: Anushka Polonowita's the pick of Division 'G' last week

Anushka Polonowita set St. Benedict’s College Grounds Kotahena ablaze, with a wildfire 172 not out in 84 balls with 12 sixes and 20 fours, as he powered Micro Holdings (Micros) to a comprehensive 113-runs win over The Finance Co. (TFC), in the ongoing 7th Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored “Honda Trophy", MCA 'G' Division 25-Over League Tournament 2017, continued last weekend. 

Polonowita was associated in a 120-runs stand for the 3rd wicket in 72 balls, with Dhanushka Colombage (41), which helped Micros finish their 25 overs on a high 260 for 7. 

TFC managed 147 in 21.3 overs. 

The lowest team score was by MAS Active 'D' who were shot out for 39 runs in 10.5 overs vs A. Baur & Co. 

Other noteworthy performances came from Sachith Caldera of Ship Xpress (ShipX) [118 in 50 balls with 13 sixes and 6 fours vs JAT Holdings (JAT)], Nipuna Thanushika of JAT (95 in 43 balls, with 10 sixes and 8 fours vs Ship X), Kalpa Bandaranayake of SL Telecom (SLT) [89 vs Pearson Lanka (Pearson)]; S. Sriharan of Peak Colombo [85 vs Coca Cola (Coke)], Nayana Kumara of Avery Dennison (Avery) [83 not out vs CEAT Kelani (CEAT)], Roshan Balasuriya from Kelani Cables (KCL) [77 not out vs MD Gunasena (MDG)], Prageeth Nishantha of Coats Thread Lanka (Coats) [5-0-16-6 vs Asiri Hospitals (Asiri)], Kasun Anthony of VS Information [(VSI) 5-1-33-5 vs Waters Edge]; 125-runs opening stand in 71 balls between Nethminda Perera (61) and Gihan Anuruddha (56) of Malibans vs GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the 106-runs 2nd-wicket stand in 69 balls between Rathsara Vithana (66 rtd) and Gayan Maduranga (56) from Courtaulds Clothing (Courtaulds) vs Cargills Bank (Cargills) . 

Results at a glance: 

MCA 
ACL Cables 180/7 (25 overs) beat MDG- 171 (25 overs) by 9 runs 
Peak- 149/7 (25 overs) lost to Coke- 150/8 (24.1 overs) by 2 wickets 
RR Donnerley- 84 (16.5 overs) lost to NOR Lanka- 85/6 (16.3 overs) by 4 wkts 

Mattegoda 
SLT- 189/6 (20 overs) beat SriLankan Airlines- 157/7 (19 overs) by 19 runs on DLS 
PABC Bank 'C' 118 (24.3 overs) lostto Pyramid Wilmer- 120/3 (18 overs) by 7 wkts 
BPO Connect- 109/7 (18 overs) lost to HNB 'B'- 110/4 (15.4 overs) by 6 wkts 
Avian Technology- 113/8 (25 overs) lost to Mobitel 'B'- 115/2 (14.4 overs) by 8 wkts 

Veyangoda 
CEAT- 136/9 (25 overs)lostto Avery- 137/9 (24.5 overs) by 1 wkt 
GSK- 62 (20.1 overs) lostto Group M-Media- 68/2 (5.3 overs) by 8 wkts 
Cargills- 196/8 (25 overs) lost to Courtaulds- 200/3 (22.4 overs) by 7 wkts 
Aitken Spence Group- 208/7 (25 overs)beat CIC- 106 (17.4 overs) by 102 runs 

Thurstan 
Asiri- 144 (23.1 overs)beat Coats- 65 (22.1 overs) by 79 runs 
Union Assurance PLC 137/8 (25 overs)lost to Deutsche Bank AG- 138/3 (21.5 ) by 7 wkts 
First Choice received aW/O from Singer SL 'B' 
PABC Bank 'C'- 173/8 (25 overs)beat ACL Cables- 159/8 (25 overs) by 14 runs 

Panadura 
Waters Edge- 197/8 (25 overs) lostto VSI- 199/5 (23.4 overs) by 5 wkts 
Baurs- 211/7 (25 overs)beat MAS 'D'- 39 (10.5 overs) by 172 runs. 
MDG- 118/9 (25 overs)lost to DIMO 'B'- 121/4 (18.3 overs) by 6 wkts 
Malibans- 251/6 (25 overs) beatGSK- 133 (20.5 overs) by 118 runs 

Moratuwa 
ShipX- 212/8 (25 overs)lost to JAT- 216/4 (23.1 overs) by 6 wkts 
SLT- 211/5 (25 overs) beat Pearson- 154/9 (25 overs) by 57 runs 

Kotahena 
Micros- 260/7 (25 overs) beatTFC- 147 (21.3 overs) by 113 runs 
Interpharm- 161 (24.5 overs)beatMillennium IT- 91 (21.3 overs) by 70 runs 

Darley Road 
Avery- 137/8 (25 overs) beat VSI- 98 (24.2 overs) by 39 runs 
Alliance Finance- 125 (23.4 overs)lostto Asiri- 127/2 (17.4 overs) by 8 wkts 
The tournament will be continue this weekend with a card of 22 matches.