MCA Cricket: Division 'D' League roundup

MAS Bodyline (MAS) produced 2 centurions within a space of 3 days, in the ongoing 15th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC – ‘Elephant House Lemonade’ Trophy – MCA 'D' Division 40-Over League Tournament 2018. 

On Valantine’s day, at the MCA Grounds, Vishma Niranja hit a hurricane 140 in 103 balls, with 7 sixes and 17 fours against Nations Trust Bank (NTB) 'B', and on Sunday, at Veyangoda, S. Withanage hit a sparkling 108 in 107 balls, with 2 sixes and 14 fours against Hilton Colombo Residencies (HCR). 

There was a 3rd centurion from HCR. After 2 low-scoring defeats, they made a remarkable comeback, when Thenuka Aruna scored a well compiled 109 in 121 balls, with 6 sixes and 12 fours against MAS. In a high-scoring game,MAS scored 296/6 in 40 overs, while HCR managed 209/9 in 40 overs (a total of 505 runs in 80 overs @ 6.31 RPO).

Rasika Wickramaratne made a quick fire 89 runs in 81 balls, with 9 sixes and 1 four, as he steered MAST Industries to their first win in the tournament, beating NTB 'B' by 27 runs. 

The tournament will be continued this weekend with a card of 7 matches.

Results 

MAS beat NTB 'B' by 70 runs 
Bodyline 253 (38.4) (Vishma Niranja 140 , G. Sepalage 36; T. Nagodapola 3/43, S. Srilal 2/36, N. Saputhanthri 2/52, T. Dabare 2/44) 
NTB 'B' 183 (34.5) (T. Dabare 47, Kandamby 39, N. Saputhanthri 35; I. Prabashwara 3/9, T. Jayaratne 2/42, G. Ratnakumar 2/14) 

Exopolanka Group beat DPMC by 21 runs 
Expolanka 223/9 (40) (H. Hewanayake 59, M. Fernando 48, S. Philicott 25; L. de Silva 3/45, K. Shyamal 3/25) 
DPMC 202 (39.4) (Madushan Fernando 52, P. Niroshan 42, I. Paranamana 25; T. Roshan 4/28, H. Hewanayake 2/35) 

MAS beat HCR by 87 runs 
MAS 296/6 (40) (S. Withanage 108, I. Chandrasiri 79, Vishma Niranjan 72) 
HCR 209/9 (40) (Thanuka Aruna 109, I. Silva 30; K. Iranga 3/30, I. Chandrasiri 2/29, G. Ratnakumar 2/39) 

Airport & Aviation Services (A&AS) beat Softlogic Finance by 2 wickets 
Softlogic 222/6 (40) (R. Silva 45 n.o., S. Kumara 37, R. Mendis 35, D. Foux 31, S. Deelaka 21; DC Karunaratne 3/38, M.N. Indika 2/32) 
A&AS 225/8 (38.3) (H.N Yapa 58, W.N. Perera 39, G.T. Indushan 39; A. Liyanage 3/49, N. Wijetillake 3/28) 

MAST beat NTB 'B' by 27 runs 
MAST 241 (39.2) (Rasika Wickramaratne 89, B. de Silva 41, A. Rajapaksa 28; P. Wegodapola 3/37, T. Dabare 2/70, N. Saputhanthri 3/37) 
NTB 'B' 214/8 (40) (N. Saputhanthri 40, S. Madushan 39, J. Peiris 32, T. Dabare 30; J. Slemaman 2/40) 

Ceylinco General Insurance (Ceylinco) vs A&AS ended in a ‘Tie’ 
Ceylinco 194 (30.5) (P. Dilshan 45, A. Fernando 23, A. Madusanka 25; K. Peiris 3/20, C. Karunaratne 2/45, E. Kodagoda 2/25) 
A&AS 194 (32.5) (A. Lakmal 78, A. Sachith 21, H.N. Yapa 20; H. Fernando 3/30, W. Madusanka 2/33, S. Jayamanne 2/42, A. Madusanka 2/22) 

Hemas Group (Hemas) beat Delmege Group (Delmege) by 5 wickets 
Delmege 105 (26) (D. Nalinda 26; S. Samaranayake 3/12, C. Batuwita 2/15, S. Thebuwana 2/31, I. Cruse 2/25) 
Hemas 107/5 (26.3) (O. Karunaratne 51 n.o., S. Arangala 25; C. Perera 2/10)