MCA Cricket: Division 'G' round up for last week

After a layoff of two consecutive week-end’s due to extreme weather conditions, the Seventh Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, 'Honda' Trophy – MCA 'G' division 25 over League Tournament 2017 was back on rails last weekend but not without the weather being a nuisance. 

Out of twenty-one matches, Five ended in no-results and nine matches were played with reduced overs.

The best team total was 228 for 7 in 25 overs came from Coutaulds Clothing Vs.Coca Cola Beverages.

The lowest total was by debutants VS Information-21 in 11.2 overs Vs. HNB 'B'. 

Notable batting performances came from Chinthaka Wijeratne from Avery Dennison (91 in 64 balls, nine sixes and four fours Vs. Laugfs Holdings); Krishan Maduranga from Coutaulds Clothing (82 in 56 balls, seven sixes and six fours) and Kusal Ponnamperuma from Commercial Credit 'C' (79 not out in 63 balls, six sixes and four fours Vs. Kelani Cables).
 
The bowlers who did well were: Dinesh Panditharatne from HNB 'B' (5-3-5-7 Vs.VS Information); K.A. Sarathchandra from ACL Cables ( 3-0-19-5 Vs. Pyramid Wilmer) and K.A.J. Shalinda from Alliance Finance (5-0-25-5 Vs.Glaxo SmithKline) and Chinthaka Wijeratne from Avery Dennison ( 2.5-0-8-5 Vs. Laugfs Holdings). 

The tournament will be continued this week-end with a card of 22 matches.

Weekend’s Match Results at a glance: 

MCA /morning: Sri Lankan Airlines beat Shipxpress by eight wickets; (Match reduced to 20 overs a side) 
Ship X 68 (16.1); SLA 69/2 (7.5) 

MCA /afternoon: Cargills Bank Vs.Jetwing Travels – No. result 

Mattegoda /morning: Aitken Spence Group beat Fair First Insurance by seven runs on the DLS method (match reduced to 11 overs a side) 
FFI 109/5 (11); Ait. Spence 102/7 in 9.5 overs when rain halted play. 

Mattegoda/afternoon: HNB Assurance Vs. Peak Colombo – no result. 

Panadura/morning: PABC Bank 'B' beat Tea & Herbs by nine wickets 
T&H 103/2 (11); PABC 107/1 (15.2) 

Panadura/afternoon: Pyramid Wilmer beat ACL Cables by four wkts on D/L method (match reduced to 12 overs a side) 
ACL 59/5 (12); PW 66/6 (9.1)

Veyangoda /morning: DIMO 'B' Vs. Wruth Lanka – No result 

Thurstan/morning: Maliban Biscuits beat Coats Thread Lanka by nine wkts (match reduced to 16 overs a side) 

Coats 53 (15.2); Maliban 55/1 (4) 

Thurstan/morning: Mobitel 'B' beat JAT Holdings by six runs 
Mobitel 'B' 153/8 (25); JAT 147 /7 (25) 

Thurstan /afternoon: Pearson Lanka beat Shipxpress by seven wkts 
Shipxpress 85 (20.3); Pearsons 89/3 (11.5) 

Moratuwa/morning: HNB 'B' beat VS Information by eight wkts 
VSI 21 (11.2); HNB 'B' 24/2 (2.5) 

Moratuwa /afternoon: Avery Dennison beat Laugfs Holdings by 105 runs 
Avery D 223/7 (25); Laugfs 118 (18.5) 

Kotahena/morning: Alliance Finance beat Glaxo SmithKline by 88 runs (match reduced to 22 overs a side) 
AF 205/6 (22); GSK 117 (21.5) 

Kotahena /afternoon: Asiri Hospitals beat Group M- Media by six wkts 
GMM 131 (23); Asiri 133/4 (19.2) 

Mattegoda/morning: A. Baur & Co. beat CIC by 6 wkts (match reduced to eight overs a side ) CIC 62/4 (8); Baur 65/4 (6.2) 

Mattegoda/afternoon: Coutaulds Clothing beat Coca Cola Beverages by 115 runsCoutaulds-228/7 (25); Coca Cola 113 (22.2) 

Panadura/morning: Kelani Cables beat Com. Credit 'C' by four wkts. 
Com Credit 167/7 (25); KC 171/6 (21.5) 

Panadura/afternoon: Interpharm beat RR Donnely by 47 runs 
Interpharm 143 (21.1); RRD 96 (23.2) 

Veyangoda /morning: Deutsche Bank AG Vs.MD Gunasena-No result. 

Veyangoda/afternoon: CEAT International Kelaniya beat BPO Connect by six runs 
CEAT 184/9 (24); BPOC 178/9 (24)