Hirdaramani Group, Palliyaguruge Group from the top half and from the bottom half, advanced to the semifinals of the 2nd Commercial Credit & Finance PLC sponsored, MCA 'F' Division 25-Over League Tournament 2017.
Accordingly Hirdaramani Group will take on Palliyaguruge Group at the MCA ground while Brandix Essentials 'B' and Stafford Motors will play in the second semi-final at the Army ground in Mattegoda.
The four quarter-final matches were worked off last weekend at the MCA ground.
In the first match between Hirdaramani and Janashakthi, Hirdaramani, after restricting Janashakthi to 121 for 9 in 28 overs, were made to work hard for their win (127 for 7 in 24.3 overs), made with 3 balls to spare, thanks to a fighting 42 not out by D. Viraj.
In the match between Palliyaguruge Group and Technomedics, a useful second-wicket partnership of 82 runs in 77 balls, between Harsha de Silva (58 in 35 balls with 3 sixes and 6 fours) and D. Harischandra (44) spearheaded Palliyaguruge Group to a comfortable 7-wickets win with 5 overs to spare.
Brandix 'B' right-arm medium pacie, Shiran Abeyratne with an incredible spell of 5-1-13-5, skittled HSBC for a paltry 73 runs in 22.2 overs.
Brandix 'B' shed a little sweat to reach 74 for 2 in 9.4 overs.
Staffords batting first made 154/6 in 25 overs, helped by a valuable 4th wicket stand of 70 runs in 40 balls between S. Sampath (37 not out) and Rakitha Raj (31).
Then an outstanding spell of bowling (5-0-9-5) by Amila Mendis, gave Staffords a comfortable 54-runs win, as TJ 'B' folded for 100 runs in 21.5 overs.
Hirdaramani Group beat Janashakthi Insurance by 3 wickets
Janashakthi 121/9 (25) (V. Nadeera 42, C. De Silva 25; S. Mohamed 3/26, U. Sachin 2/10)
Hirdaramani 127/7 (24.3) (D. Viraj 42 n.o., U. Vilegoda 21, M. Madushanka 21; C. Fernando 2/16, R. Brinthaban 4/22)
Palliyaguruge Group beat Technomedics International by 7 wickets
Technomedics 135 (25) (R. Chalanga 35, T. Sripathi 35, S. Indika 30; N. Palliyaguruge 3/17, S. Wijemanne 2/22, S. Rodrigo 2/18)
Palliyaguruge 138/3 (20) (Harsha de Silva 58, D. Harishchandra 44, S. Amarasinghe 20 n.o.)
Brandix Essentials 'B' beat HSBC 'C' by 8 wickets
HSBC 'C' 73 (22.2) (Shiran Abeyratne 5/13)
Brandix 'B' 74/2 (9.4) (Shiran Abeyratne 26 n.o., M. Ratnayake 25 n.o.)
Stafford Motors beat Textured Jersey (TJ) 'B' by 54 runs
Staffords 154/6 (25) (S. Sampath 37 n.o., K. Radeesh 32, Rakitha Raj 31, D. Sulochana 25; U. Jayakody 2/22, D. Tharaka 2/40)
TJ 'B' 100 (21.5) (R. Perera 35; Amila Mendis 5/9, Rakitha Raj 3/2)
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