The weather gods were once again the spoilsport of MCA Cricket.
The ongoing 7th Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored 'Honda' Trophy – Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) 'G' Division 25-Over League Tournament 2017, was severely hampered during the last weekend, as 9 games were washed out without a ball being bowled, and 7 games were played with reduced overs (a minimum 8 overs per team for a result).
In one of the matches that went the full distance, Fair First Insurance [(Fair First) formerly Union Assurance General ] made hay in rare sunshine, as they trounced MAS Active (MAS) 'D' by 143 runs .
Fair First opening batsman, Lakshan Perera was most unfortunate to miss a ton for the second time in the tournament.
Perera, who earlier made 88 in 62 balls vs A. Baur & Co., hit another belligerent 91 in 49 balls, with 6 sixes and 10 fours, which enabled Fair First to finish with the best team total for the weekend at 235 for 6 in 25 overs.
Spinners, Mahesh de Alwis (4-0-14-3) and Isuru Sampath (1.5-0-2-4) bowled well in tandem to skittle out MAS 'D' for a paltry 92 runs in 13.5 overs.
The other notable performance came from Saranga Nadeeshan of CEAT Kelani [75 in 64 balls, with 5 sixes and 5 fours vs VS Information (VSI)], and the 115-runs stand for the 3rd wicket in 70 balls between Jeevan Prasad (75) and Rukshan Gamage (60) from Group M Media vs Alliance Finance.
The tournament will be continued this weekend with a card of 16 matches.
Weekend Match Results at a glance:
Deutsche Bank AG vs Dimo 'B' - Match Abandoned (MA)
CEAT Kelani 150/5 (20) beat VSI 89 (16.1) by 61 runs.
Asiri Hospital vs GlaxoSmithKline - MA
VSI 44 (14.1) lost to Laughs Holdings 47/1 (4.4) by 9 wkts
Wurth Lanka vs Kelani Cables, JAT Holdings vs Pearson Lanka and Singer 'B' vs Pyramid Wilmer - MA
MD Gunasena 132/5 (17) beat Union Assurance 130/5 (21) by 2 runs
Alliance Finance 178 (21.1) lost to Group M Media 181/6 (20.2) by 4 wkts
SriLankan Airlines 180/9 (25) beat Mobitel 'B' 126 (22.4) by 44 runs
Millennium IT 125/7 (12) beat RR Donnerly 75/9 (12) by 50 runs
First Choice 171 (19.5 overs) beat Tea and Herbs 109 (23.2) by 62 runs
Interpharm vs Micro Holdings and Avian Technology vs Sri Lanka Telecom - MA
The Finance Co. 115/9 (25) lost to NOR Lanka 116/3 (12.5) by 7 wkts
PABC 'C' Vs. First Choice - MA
DPMC 'B' 114/9 (17) lost to Aitken Spence Group 118/3 (14.2) by 7 wkts
Avery Dennison vs Waters Edge - MA
Avion Technology 86/8 (17) lost to Pearson Lanka 87/1 (6.5) by 9 wkts
Peak Colombo 93/3 (8) beat Jetwing Travels 86/4 (8) by 7 runs
Fair First 235/6 (25) beat MAS 'D' 92 (13.5) by 143 runs
Wurth Lanka 59/6 (8) lost to Deutsche Bank AG 60/2 (5.1) by 8 wkts.
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