MCA Cricket: Division 'B' weekly roundup

Sponsor, Unilever Sri Lanka (Unilever) missed a golden opportunity to register their first win in the tournament, as they went down fighting to debutants, Citizens Development Business Finance (CDB) by 1 wicket with 3 deliveries to spare, in the ongoing 2nd 'Fair & Lovely Men' Trophy – MCA 'B' Division 50-Over League Tournament 2019, continued last week. 

John Keells Holdings (JKH) 'B' registered their 2nd win, beating Commercial Credit 'B' by 4 wickets. Kanrich Finance (Kanrich) 'B' scored their 3rd win on the trot, beating HNB by 5 wickets. 

The best batting came from Sandakan Pathirana (ComCredit) 'B' 69 vs JKH 'B', and the best bowling by Chandula Weeraratne (Kanrich 'B') 5/33 vs HNB. 

The tournament will continue this weekend, with a card of five matches.

Scores: 
 
# CDB beat Unilever by 1 wicket
Unilever 159 (48.3) (Sachindu Colambage 43, Sachin Fernando 25; Savin Gunasekara 3/24, Chandima Bandara 2/30, Imran Khan 2/32) 
CDB 160/9 (49.3) (Dinushka Malan 34, Chathuranga Dikkumubura 30, Savin Gunasekara 29, Shaluka Silva 28 n.o.; Gihan de Soyza 3/17 Gayan Rupasinghe 3/19) 
 
# JKH 'B' beat ComCredit 'B' by 4 wickets 
ComCredit 'B' 194 (46.4) (Sandaken Pathirana 69, Sanitha de Mel 36, Sammika Perera 20; Tharindu Rathnayake 3/50, Sasindu Perera 2/22, Shashrika Pussegolla 2/37) 
JKH 'B' 197/6 (41) (Malinga Amarasinghe 63 n.o., Roscoe Thattil 51, Shashrika Pussegolla 26; Sandaken Pathirana 4/29) 
 
# Kanrich 'B' beat HNB by 5 wickets 
HNB 150 (48.2) (Madawa Warnapura 43, Ashen Fernando 28, Deshan Dias 23; Chandula Weerarathne 5/33, Tharushan Iddamalgoda 2/24) 
Kanrich 'B' 151/5 (37.3) (Raveen Sayer 63 n.o., Pramod Maduwantha 29 n.o.; Naveen Gunawardane 2/24, Madawa Warnapura 2/23