The Preliminary Round matches in the 8th Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., 'Honda Trophy' MCA 'G' Division 25-Over League matches played over the weekend was highlighted by centurion Thilina Suresh [Coats Thread Lanka (Coats)] 118 in 69 balls with 11 sixes and 6 fours vs Durdans Hospitals (Durdans), along with bowlers, Nilukshan Ramachandran [Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT)] 5/25 vs Amana Takaful Insurance (Amana) and Kokila Gomes (Mobitel 'B') 5/30 vs Bimputh Finance (BimFin).
Coats 252/5 in 23 Overs (RPO 11) hit the daylights out of Durdans, as Thilina Suresh and Ravi Lakshan (45) were engaged in a hurricane 218-runs partnership in 89 balls for the 4th wicket.
Other notable batting performances came from Samith Ranga [Access Group (Access)] 76 not out vs Millennium IT (MIT) and Krishantha Silva (ACL Cables) 75 vs Baurs.
Spinner Kokila Gomes’ bowling effort of 5/30 went a begging, as his team Mobitel 'B' lost to BimFin by 62 runs.
The Tournament will continue this weekend with a card of 20 half-day matches.
Weekend Match Results:
Asiri Hospitals beat JAT Holdings by 8 wickets
JAT- 78 (18.1 overs); Asiri- 84/2 (9.5 overs)
Access beat MIT by 9 wickets
MIT- 129 (25 overs); Access- 133/1 (17.5 overs)
SLT beat Amana by 50 runs
SLT- 146 (25 overs); Amana- 96 (22.2 overs)
BimFin beat Mobitel 'B' by 62 runs
BimFin- 190/9 (25 overs), Mobitel 'B'- 128/9 (25 overs)
Coats beat Durdans by 92 runs
Coats- 252/5 (28 overs); Durdans- 160/6 (24 overs)
fairfirst Insurance beat Nor-Lanka by 6 wickets
Nor-Lanka- 84 (23.4 overs), fairfirst- 88/4 (14.1 overs)
ACL Cables vs A. Baur & Co. No-Result due to bad light and rain
ACL- 150/4 (22 overs); Baurs- 19/1 (3 overs)
Jay-Lanka beat Moody’s Analytics by 3 wickets on D&L
Moody’s- 104/7 (21 overs); Jay-Lanka- 109/7 (18.1 overs) (Revised target 109 in 21 overs)
Deutsche Bank AG beat Kelani Cables by 8 runs
Deutsche Bank- 154/5 (23 overs); Kelani Cables- 146 (22.4 overs)
CIC beat CEAT Tyres International by 39 runs on D&L
CIC- 145/9 (23 overs); CEAT- 33/5 (9.1 overs) (Revised target 72 in 9.1 overs)
Laughs Holdings beat JAT Holdings by 22 runs
Laughs- 184/8 (25 overs); JAT- 162 (24 overs)
Coca Cola Beverages beat RR Donnely by 1 wicket
RRD- 177/7 (25 overs); Coca Cola- 179/9 (24.1 overs)
MAS Linea Aqua beat Kelani Cables by 11 runs
MAS- 148/5 (25 overs); Kelani Cables- 137 (23.2 overs)
Ceyline Holdings beat Ship Xpress by 2 wickets
Ship Xpress- 107 (22 overs); Ceyline- 110/8 (19.3 overs)
SriLankan Airlines beat MD Gunasena by 8 wickets
MDG -81 (25 overs); SriLankan- 85/2 (10.1 overs)
Expolanka Group 'B' beat ICBT Campus by 10 wickets
ICBT- 107 (23.5 overs); Expolanka 'B'- 108/0 (11.1 overs)
HNB Grameen Finance 'B' beat DPMC 'B' by 50 runs on D&L
HNB Grameen- 161/5 (23 overs); DPMC- 115/9 (23 overs)
VS Information beat Mobitel 'B' by 5 wickets
Mobitel 'B'- 100 (24.2 overs); VSI- 101/5 (25 overs)
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