MCA Cricket: Division 'E' weekly roundup

The 16th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, 'DPGC' Challenge Trophy, MCA 'E' Division 25-Over League Tournament 2018 started last weekend. 

The opening weekend’s card consisted 11 half-day matches with 11 ‘early bird’ winners in Dialog Axiata, Eagle Logistics (back to back), Asia Asset Finance, Commercial Bank 'B', HSBC 'A', MAS Active 'A', DFCC Bank, Emerchemie NB, Prym Intimates and Amana Bank. 

Weekend’s top performers were Nishitha de Silva of HSBC 'A' (6/29 vs UB Finance), Nilan Maduwantha of Prym Intimates (75 vs CW Mackie) and Nimesh Perera of Asia Asset Finance (77 vs McLarens). 

The tournament will continue this weekend with a card of 12 half-day matches.

Results 

# Commercial Bank 'B' beat Brandix Essentials by 4 runs 
Commercial Bank 'B' 158 (24.5) (Chamila Daminda 48, Tharaka Goonathilaka 34; Madhawa Munaweera 3/28, Sudarshana Ellawala 2/25) 
Brandix Essentials 154/8 (25) (Madhawa Munaweera 60, Shan Nilaksha 24; Manjula Liyanage 3/26, Tharaka Goonathilaka 3/27) 

# HSBC 'A' beat UB Finance by 5 wickets 
UB Finance 142 (24.4) (Ranusha Perera 59, Mithun Jayawickrama 43; Nishitha de Silva 6/29) 
HSBC 'A' 147/5 (20.2) (Supun Subasinghe 55 n.o., Sheehan Wijethunga 31) 

# MAS Active 'A' beat Ansell Lanka by 6 wickets 
Ansell Lanka 180/8 (25) (Sahan Harshana 47, Sajeewa Deshapriya 34, Pathum Ekanayake 28, Chathura Sanjeewa 23; Ranganath Dissanayake 3/32, Anushka Abeywardena 2/35) 
MAS Active 'A' 183/4 (23.3) (Salinda Perera 66, Roshan Wijesekara 55; Pathum Ekanayake 2/26) 

# Eagle Logistics beat Assetline Leasing by 2 wickets 
Assetline Leasing 92 (24.4) (Udith Nishantha 4/04, Minhaj Hassin 3/16) 
Eagle Logistics 93/8 (20.1) (Prabuddha Ranaweera 22; Dimuthu Lakshan 3/20, Manjula Gannille 2/16) 

# DFCC Bank beat Hirdaramani Group by 48 runs 
DFCC Bank 217/7 (23) (Vishal Amugoda 52, Chanaka Rathnasiri 29, Harsha Cooray 22, Chamod Wickramasinghe 22; Udesh Wilegoda 3/18, Mohomad Shahiran 3/30) 
Hirdaramani 169 (23) (Hashan Lakshitha 46, Moditha Gihan 36, Mahipa Madushanka 29; Shanuka Fernando 3/33, Gayashan Jayaweera 3/37, Lakshitha Liyanage 2/30) 

# Emerchemie NB beat Regnis Lanka by 61 runs 
Emerchemie NB 193 (24.3) (Eranga Kumara 34, Rasindu Madushanka 31, Kanishka Jayasekara 26; Gihan Nishantha 3/30, Janaka Silva 3/45, Dhanushka Dananjaya 2/26) 
Regnis Lanka 132/8 (25) (Thushara Sanjeewa 32, R L Ranasinghe 25, Gihan Nishantha 20; Rasindu Madushanka 3/31, Kanishka Jayasekara 2/12, Migara Panditharathna 2/16) 

# Prym Intimates beat CW Mackie by 3 wickets 
CW Mackie 181/7 (25) (Sachith Suranga 52, Malith Madushan 42, Gayan Asintha 39 n.o.; Chanuka Viraj 3/27 ) 
Prym Intimates 186/7 (24.4) (Nilan Maduwantha 75; Pradeep Nissanka 3/23) 

# Amana Bank beat AIA Insurance by 6 wickets 
AIA Insurance 190/8 (25) (Nalin Rodrigo 58, Hasantha Niroshana 57, Ridmal Abeyweera 30; Azghar Shamsudeen 3/36) 
Amana Bank 193/4 (24.5) (Shazween Saleel 73, Ramesh Fernando 44, Athis Mowlana 28) 

# Dialog Axiata beat Astron Lanka by 73 runs 
Dialog Axiata 177/9 (23) (Tharuka Liyanage 45 n.o., Sachin Bulathsinghe 44, Milinda Wattegedara 26; Janidu Mudalige 3/30) 
Astron Lanka 104 (17) (Mahesh Franscis 31; Heshan Wijesinghe 4/25, Shamal Perera 3/20, Tharuka Liyanage 2/12) 

# Eagle Logistics beat MAS Active 'A' by 6 wickets 
MAS Active 'A' 97/8 (18) (Shalinda Perera 33, Geeth Sankalpa 28 n.o.; Yapa Abeywardane 4/10, Isuru Mendis 2/26) 
Eagle Logistics 98/4 (16.5) (Nethan Kelart 40, Isuru Mendis 30) 

# Asia Asset Finance beat McLarens Group by 11 runs 
Asia Asset Finance 183/6 (24) (Nimesh Perera 77; P. Dissanayake 3/20) 
McLarens 172 (23.4) (M. Jerome 30; D. Hettiarachchi 3/24)