MCA Cricket: Division 'C' League roundup

A sparkling century by Standard Chartered Bank's (SCB) Aruna Henrison, guided SCB to a convincing 5-wickets win, to end Kanrich Finance (Kanrich) 'B's unbeaten run in the ongoing 7th Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored – ‘BMW Hyundai’ Trophy – MCA 'C' Division 50-Over League Tournament 2018 continued last week. 

Kanrich 'B', thus completed their League quota of 6 matches with 4 wins, 1 no result and 1 loss. SCB has so far played 5 matches, won 2, lost 3 and to play. 

After Hasitha Rajapaksa (4/23) and Ravin Perumal (2/26) restricted Kanrich 'B' to a moderate 213 in 48.3 overs, Henrison almost single-handedly put the Bankers on the right side of the ledger, with a masterly 126 not out in 123 balls, with 6 sixes and 13 fours. SCB finished with 215/5 in 42.5 overs. 

Newcomers, Pyramid Wilmer (Pyramid) notched up their 4th win with a handsome 46-runs win over Morisons. 

PABC Bank (PABC) went home early, beating Nations Trust Bank (NTB) 'A' by 9 wickets. 
A 106-run opening stand in 115 balls, between K. Kanchana (54) and M. Sanjaya (49) paved the way for Commercial Leasing & Finance (CL&F) to post a comfortable 4-wickets win, with 10 overs to spare, over Colombo Dockyard Ltd. (CDL). 

Results 

Softlogic Holdings beat Commercial Bank by 1 wicket 
ComBank 213 (48.2) (Rahula Ekanayake 52, C. Wimalarachchi 39, S. Gunawardena 25, G. Dissanayake 25, M. Silva 27; V. Kumara 3/30, D. Sinal 2/37) 
Softlogic 217/9 (44 overs) (Vinod Kumara 77, Rizwan Gulam 45, B. Sampath 37 n.o.; Dinal Jayakody 5/37) 

PABC beat NTB 'A' by 9 wickets 
NTB 'A' 115 (32.3) (D. Silva 39, S. Perera 20; A. Perera 3/30, R. Thakshila 3/15) 
PABC 118/1 (Thusitha Silva 81 n.o.) 

SCB beat Kanrich 'B' by 5 wickets 
Kanrich 'B' 213 (48.3) (S. Fernando 55, K. Chamara 45, R. Asselarachchi 30, M. Sakuranga 22; H. Rajapaksa 4/23, R.Perumal 2/26) 
SCB 215/5 (42.5) ( Aruna Henrison 126 n.o., C. Hathurusinghe 31; P. Maduwantha 2/42, M. Sakuranga 2/32) 

CL&F beat CDL by 4 wickets 
CDL 205 (43) (S. Kasun 72, S. Rajamanthri 39, B. Kumara 31; S. Sandun 3/42, N. Deshapriya 3/33, M. Sanjaya 3/42) 
CL&F 207/6 (39.5) (K. Kanchana 54, M. Sanjaya 49, L. Sirimanne 30, Y. Soysa 25; S. Rajamanthri 3/38, O. Illamperuma 2/49) 

CL&F beat CDL by 6 wickets 
CDL 227 (49) (K. Janakantha 54, A. Hewagama 44, R. Iriyagolla 39, O. Illeperuma 33, S. Kasun 21; S. Udul 3/34, R. Fernando 3/52) 
CL&F 228/4 (36.5) (T. Rodrigo 59, G. Mendis 43, D. Kaushalya 40 n.o., S. Sandaruwan 38 n.o.; O. Illeperuma 2/56) 

Pyramid beat Morison’s by 46 runs 
Pyramid 304/7 (50) (Lasith Fernando 100 n.o., M. Silva 39, A. Darshana 35, N. Shehan 28, A. Warnakulasuriya 25; H. Kularatne 2/55, J. Wijeratne 2/40) 
Morisons 258 (49) (G. Kahawita 81, S. Dewage 77, H. Kularatne 37; U. Perera 3/35, A. Warnakulasuriya 2/15)