MCA Cricket: McLarens to take on Pan Asia Bank in Division ‘C’ final

McLarens Group and Pan Asia Bank maintained their supremacy and unbeaten status in the 5th Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, BMW-Hyundai Cup, MCA Division ‘C’ 50-over League Tournament 2016, as they entered the final with cake-walk wins over Std. Chartered Bank and Nations Trust Bank ‘A’ respectively in the semi-finals concluded last Saturday (6).

The final between McLarens Group and PABC Bank will take place on Saturday (13) at the MCA ground commencing 10.00am.

Three hurricane half centuries by P. Sanjeewa (76 in 53 balls with 6 sixes and 8 fours), B. Basheer (77 in 63 balls with 4 sixes and 8 fours) and S. Hettiarachchi (78 in 84 balls with 2 sixes and 8 fours) propelled McLarens to amass 356 for 8 in 50 overs to put Std. Chartered Bank on the wrong side of ledger and beat them by a massive margin of 130 runs.

The Bankers were saved from further humiliation by A. Henrickson, who played a lone hand bagging four for 78 and followed it up with a valliant century (105 in 91 balls with 3 sixes and 15 fours).

PABC went home to tea, beating Nations Trust Bank ‘A’ by eight wickets.

The match winners for PABC were Haritha Maduwantha who finished with impressive figures of 7.3-21-4 and, Chamika Sansaka (54 not out in 74 balls with 8 fours) and Mahesh Kumara (37 not out) who were associated in an unbroken 115 runs stand for the third wicket.

Semi-final results:

At Braybrooke Place: McLarens Group beat Std. Chartered by 130 runs

McLarens 356 for 8 wickets (50) (P. Sanjeewa 76, B. Basheer 77, S. Hettiarachchi 78, S. Fernando 36, T. Rukshan 28, A. Henrickson 4/78, T. Fernando 2/54, B. Adeesha 2/53)

SCB 226 all out (36.2) (A. Henrickson 105, B. Adeesha 25, T. Rukshan 4/52, P. Dissanayake 2/32)

At Katunayake: PABC beat NTB ‘A’ by 8 wickets

NTB ‘A’ 129 all out (38.3) (A. Liyanage 26, T. Lakshan 25, S. Fernando 21, H. Maduwantha 4/21)

PABC 130 for 2 wickets (29.5) (Chamika Sansaka 54n.o., Mahesh Kumara 37n.o.)