MCA Cricket: Daminda, Thimal and Mediwaka shine on opening weekend of Division 'E'

Chamila Daminda of Commercial Bank (ComBank) 'B', Bimsara Thimal of MAS Silueta (MAS) 'B' and Purna Mediwaka of AIA Insurance (AIA), hogged the limelight in the opening round of matches in the 15th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, 'DPGC' Challenge Trophy, MCA 'E' Div. 30-Over League Tournament 2017, which got underway last weekend. 

No.3 Chamila Daminda hit a hurricane 138 n.o. in 71 balls, with 15 sixes and 4 fours, as ComBank 'B' snuffed out Ceylon Tobacco Co.(CTC) by a huge margin of 115 runs. 

Bimsara Thimal came up with a superb bowling performance of 6-0-26-6, to give MAS 'B' a heart-stopping 3-runs win over Unilever. 

Purna Mediwaka’s excellent bowling effort of 6-0-30-5 did not bear fruit for AIA, as Mercantile Investments Ltd (MIL) coasted to a comprehensive 116 runs win, riding on a 115-runs opening stand between Skipper, Prasad Senaratne (59) and Dilshan Rusiru (54). 

The tournament will be continued with a card of 10 half-day matches.

ComBank 'B' beat CTC by 115 runs 
ComBank 'B' 235/6 (24) (Chamila Daminda 138 n.o., A. Kolinda 39; N. Jayasundera 2/27) 
CTC 120/9 (24) (A. Tennakoon 25; I. Konara 2/17, M. Liyanage 2/18, S. Fonseka 2/17) 

MAS 'B' beat Unilever by 3 runs 
MAS 'B'153 (29.2) (S. Tharanga 39, A. Rohan 28 n.o., A. Sumith 30; H. Rajendra 2/15, D. Thusira 2/18) 
Unilever 150 (27) (G. Thilanka 25; Bimsara Thimal 6/26, K. Madushantha 2/35) 

Amana Bank beat Emerchemie NB by 4 wickets 
Emerchemie 112 (25.1) (T. Fernando 43, N. Farook 22; M. Azar 2/21, M. Ricaz 2/13, M. Ershal 2/26, M. Soysa 2/13) 
Amana Bank 115/6 (19) (M. Ricaz 59; S. Tissera 2/31, R. Madushanka 2/13)   

MIL beat AIA by 116 runs 
MIL 225/9 (30) (Prasad Senaratne 59, Dilshan Rusiru 54; Purna Mediwaka 5/30) 
AIA 109 (18.3) (P. Mediwaka 25; R. Lakshan 2/20, Prasad Senaratne 2/20, D. Seneviratne 3/19, Dilshan Rusiru 3/24)