MCA Cricket: Division 'D' reaches semi-final stage

HNB Grameen Finance (HNBG), Central Finance Ltd. (CFL), MAS Bodyline (MASB) and Expolanka Group (Expolanka) advanced to the Semifinals of the 15th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC., sponsored, 'Elephant House Lemonade' Trophy, MCA 'D' Division 40-Over League Tournament 2018. 

In the quarter-finals played last week, HNBG beat David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC) by 3 wickets, CFL beat Ceylinco Insurance (Ceylinco) by 3 wickets, MASB beat Airport & Aviation (A&A) by 25 runs and Expolanka beat NDB Bank (NDB) by 97 runs. 

The batting honours were bagged by Madushan Fernando (DPMC)- 82 vs HNBG, Dinusha Fernando- (HNBG) 78 not out vs DPMC, Tharindu Thisanka (MASB)- 77 vs A&A and Heshan Hewanayake (Expolanka)- 70 vs NDB.

Semi-finals: HNB Grameen Finance vs Central Finance at Thurstan and MAS Bodyline vs Expolanka Group at Mattegoda.

Results 

# HNBG beat DPMC by 4 wickets 
DPMC 204 (39) (Madushan Fernando 82, Akila Elagodage 32, Udara Bandara 30, Dilshan Peiris 23; Danushka Sandaruwan 4/30, Suleka Ranasinghe 3/35) 
HNBG 205/6 (37) (Dinsha Fernando 78 n.o., Suleka Ranasinghe 41, Heshitha Gamage 31, Janith Perera 22, Muditha Fernando 20; Lakmal de Silva 2/29) 

# CFL beat Ceylinco by 3 wickets 
Ceylinco 168/9 (40) (Mohommed Majib 39, Samantha de Mel 34, Darren Ebert 26; Anura Karunarathna 3/37, Amila Gayan 2/29, Chanala Jayanetththi 2/20) 
CFL 171/7 (37.2) ( Nimesh Fernando 43 n.o. , Krishan Maduranga 42 n.o., Kushan Silva 33; Wasana Madusanka 2/17 ) 

# MASB beat A&A by 25 runs 
MASB 199 (39.2) (Tharindu Tisanka 77, S Vithnage 41, Gaminda Rathnakumara 27; Thilina Indushan 3/21, M.V. Kodagoda 3/31, M.D.R. Peiris 2/37) 
A&A 174 (33.3) (W.M.A.N. Indika 41, Thilina Indushan 37 n.o., W.N.N. Perera 29; Tharindu Jayarathne 3/35, Gaminda Rathnakumara 2/30, Kavindu Eranga 2/42) 

Expolanka beat NDB by 97 runs (Match reduced to 32 overs a side) 
Expolanka 238/7 (32) (Hashan Hewanayake 70, Tharindu Roshan 55, Lahiru Madusanka 50; Eranga Senevirathne 4/52) 
NDB 141/8 (32) (Eranga Senevirathne 45, Isuru Wijesinghe 44, Isuru Wijethunga 24, Ravindu Maduranga 23; Tharindu Roshan 3/35, Aravinda Vithanarachchi 2/08, Madushan Subendran 2/12, Krishan Nadan 2/16)