Kanrich Finance ‘B’, Hilton Colombo Residence, MAS Active Trading ‘B’ and People’s Leasing from top half while Pizza Hut, Std. Chartered Bank, Citizens Development Bank and Bodyline from bottom half booked their berths to play in the quarter-finals of the Sierra IT Trophy MCA “F’ Division 30-over League Tournament 2014.Pizza Hut created the biggest upset [...]

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Kanrich Finance ‘B’, Hilton Colombo Residence, MAS Active Trading ‘B’ and People’s Leasing from top half while Pizza Hut, Std. Chartered Bank, Citizens Development Bank and Bodyline from bottom half booked their berths to play in the quarter-finals of the Sierra IT Trophy MCA “F’ Division 30-over League Tournament 2014.Pizza Hut created the biggest upset of the tournament when they eliminated unbeaten Polytex Garments by 3 wickets and the match between Citizens Development Bank and Sri Lanka Telecom “B” was an absolute thriller.

SLT “B” chasing a victory target of 220 runs in 30-overs was pumped up by a whirlwind 04th wicket stand of 111 runs in 69 balls between Udam Jayawardena (83 in 47 balls with 06 sixes and 06 fours) and A. Ekanayake (23), as SLT “B” was sitting pretty at 195 for 4.

With Jayawardena’s departure, SLT “B” lost their middle and the tail for 10 runs, including 03 run outs, thus losing by 15 runs with 07 balls to spare.

The tournament continued yesterday with the first two Q-finals and the second two will be played today at the MCA grounds.
Quarter Finals line up:

(I) Kanrich Finance “B” Vs. Hilton Colombo Residence
(II) MAS Active Trading “B” Vs. Peoples Leasing Co.
(III) Std. Chartered Bank Vs. Citizens Development Bank
(IV) Bodyline Vs. Pizza Hut

Match Results (Prequarter-finals)

Top Half: Kanrich Finance ‘B’ beat Amana Takaful Insurance by 6 wickets:

Amana Takaful 155 (29.0) (D. Maduranga 83, S. Mahathun 21, S. Gamage 4/33, R. Laksiri 3/16)

Kanrich Finance ‘B’ 156/4 (26.3) (S. de Silva 25, M. Sakuranga 71 not out, K. Chamara 43, S. Hewawitharana 2/34)
Hilton Colombo Residence beat EWIS by 48 runs:

HCR 186/7 (30.0) (J. Tissera 32, L. Wood 29, I. Silva 32, K. de Soysa 38, J. Kumarage 2/28, H. Wanniarachchi 2/25)

EWIS 138 (25.0) (P. Davinda 64, R. Perera 20, P. Gunawardena 3/15, L. Wood 2/24, H. Prasanna 2/24

MAS Active Trading ‘B’ beat John Keells “C” by 05 wickets: (Match reduced to 27 overs a side, due to ground wetness)

JK ‘C’ 184/6 (27.0) (G. Fernando 30, C. Hendawitharana 32, E. Ranasinghe 39, K. Silva 2/18)

MAS Active Trading ‘B’ 185/5 (25.0) (K. Silva 24, P. Rajapaksa 20, M. Fernando 43, S. Rodrigo 45 not out, A.G. Jaakey 2/45, S. Fernando 2/19)

Peoples Leasing Co. beat Unilever by 83 runs:

PLC 195/6 (30.0) (N. Sanjeewa 50, S. Sandaruwan 96, G. Chathuranga 2/15, D. Rupasinghe 2/19)

Unilever 112 (23.1) (D. Perera 29, K. Harshana 2/13, S. Sandaruwan 2/14, Isuru Perera 3/32, K. Abeyratne 2/18)

Bottom Half:

Std. Chartered Bank beat Finlays by 61 runs:

SCB 192/9 (30.0) (H. Rajapaksa 68, S. Siriratne 42, S. Jaymion 21, R. Mahendra 2/19, T. Heshan 3/35, R. Sharon 2/34)

Finlays 131 (23.0) (T. Heshan 25, T. Fernando 3/43, S. Jaymion 2/13, J. Savarimuttupulle 3/33)

Citizens Development Bank beat SL Telecom ‘B’ by 15 runs:

CDB 219/7 (30.0) ( C. Dikkumbura 52, A. Silva 43, C. Silva 28, P. Kalubowila 3/38, H. Weerasinghe 2/30)

SL Telecom ‘B’ 204 (28.5) (P. Kalubowila 30, C. Sirimanne 41, Sudam Jayawardena 83, A. Ekanayake 23, A. Karunaratne 3/44, C. Silva 3/30)

Bodyline beat Dialog ‘B’ by 02 wickets:

Dialog ‘B’ 127 (24.5) (Kaushal Perera 57, Gayan Sepalage 3/18, Sanath Haputhanthri 2/30)

Bodyline 129/8 (26.1) ( C. Ranasinghe 25, Gayan Sepalage 25, H. Ranaweera 2/30, C. Wijepura 2/24, D.K. de Silva 3/23)

Pizza Hut beat Polytex Garments by 03 wickets:

Polytex Garments 189/8 (30.0) (P.A.R. Madushan 35, P.A.G. Rohitha 61, D.L. Kumara 30, M. Faheem 4/45, D. Myuranga 2/24)
Pizza Hut 194/7 (29.1) (Dulaj Dhananjaya 41, M. Faheem 32, R. Wishvanath 28, M. Kumudu 27, A.D. Wasantha 2/40)

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