MCA Cricket: MAS LA to meet SLT in Division 'G' final

The grand finale of the 8th Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., 'Honda' Trophy, MCA 'G' Division Tournament will take place with fairfirst Insurance (fairfirst) and Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) locking horns next Saturday (15) at the MCA Grounds. 

The two semi-finals last weekend saw SLT and fairfirst reaching the finals, defeating MAS Linea Aqua (MAS L.A) and Mobitel, respectively. 

In the top half semi-final played last Saturday, new recruit, Asel Sigera powered fairfirst to an exciting 3-wickets win over MAS LA. 

Sigera, after restricting MAS.LA to 125 runs in 23.5 over, with an outstanding bowling spell of 4.5-0-11-5, went on to score a swashbuckling 47 not out in 29 balls, inclusive of 9 boundaries, as fairfirst raced to 128/7 in 24.1 overs. 

In the bottom half semifinal, played on Sunday, a well compiled half-century by in-form batsman, Nirushan Ramachandra (52 in 46 balls, with 2 sixes and 6 fours) guided SLT to a comfortable 7-wickets win over Mobitel. 

Semi-final 1: MAS LA beat fairfirst by 3 wickets
MAS LA 125 (23.5 overs) (Shalaka Rangajeewa 41, Kavindu Jayatissa 25, Dasun Ariyasinghe 22; Asel Sigera 5/11, Lahiru Perera 2/28, Dulip Silva 2/36) 
fairfirst 128/7 (24.1) (|Asel Sigera 47 n.o., Prashan Fernando 25, Dasun Ariyasinghe 2/18, Mangala Pradeep 2/22, Sanka Manoj 2/16) 

Semi-final 2: SLT beat Mobitel by 7 wickets
Mobitel 123/9 (25 overs) (Nadeeka Sampath 25, Clifford Fernando 22; Insaka Siriwardena 2/20, D. Yakthi 2/14, M. Sajana 2/15) 
SLT 128/3 (16.3 overs) (Nirushan Ramachandra 52, M. Anjana 30 n.o., Sachin Divangana 25 n.o.)