MCA Cricket: McLarens, Asia Asset, Maliban, Hirdaramani in Division 'E' semis

McLarens Holdings (McLarens), Asia Asset, Maliban Biscuits (Maliban) and Hirdaramani Industries (Hirdaramani) emerged semifinalists in the 16th David Pieris Group of Co. sponsored 'DPGC' Challenge Trophy-MCA 'E' Division 25-Over League Cricket Tournament. 

In the first quarterfinal played at the MCA Grounds, McLarens scored a comfortable 76-run win over Amana Bank (Amana), while at Thurstan Grounds, in the morning, Asia Asset had a close call in their 10-run win over LOLC. In the evening, Maliban defeated DFCC Bank (DFCC) by 4 wickets in the third quarterfinal, while Hirdaramani beat MAS Silueta by 5 wickets, in an evening match at the MCA Grounds. 

Scores: 

QF 1: McLarens beat Amana by 76 runs 
McLarens153 for 6 wickets (14) (Basheer Bongso 43, Randima Maduwantha 33; Manoj Soyza 2/24, Thusitha De Silva 2/25) 
Amana 77 for 9 wickets (14) (Manoj Soyza 29, Piyal Dissanayake 4/14) 

QF 2: Hirdaramani beat MAS Silueta by 5 wickets 
MAS Silueta 93 all out (20.2) (Asanka Samith 24, Asanka Rohan 21; Mohammed Sahavan 2/13, Umesh Sachin 2/16, Mohammed Insaf 2/13, Rajith Nirmal 2/16, Moditha Gihan 2/29) 
Hirdaramani 96 for 5 wickets (17.1) (Daminda Thiranjan 29; Sathiska Saranga 3/19) 

QF 3: Asia Asset beat LOLC by 10 runs 
Asia Asset 101 for 9 wickets (17) (Nimesh Perera 26, Dinuk Hettiarachchi 18; Nishantha Sampath 3/21, Sayuru Udukumbura 3/19, Prabath Perera 2/24) 
LOLC 91 for 6 wickets (17) (Ranga de Silva 24, Dulanga Hettiarachchi 24 not out, Dileepa Jayalath 2 for 6, Dinuka Hettiarachchi 2 for 25) 

QF 4: Maliban beat DFCC by 4 wickets 
DFCC 112 all out (23.2) (Chamod Wickremasinghe 28, Harshaka Cooray 25, Chanaka Rathnasiri 20, Anjula Perera 5/14, Dilan Chaturanga 2/26) 
Maliban 116 for 6 wickets (24.1) (Thanuja Akalanka 25, Chaturanga Devapriya 23 n.o., Anjula Perera 21; Laksitha Liyanage 3/23, Sakuna Fernando 2/14)