Charith and Gihan lead their respective sides to victory
A century by opening batsman, Charith Satharasinghe (113 in 119 balls, inclusive of 17 fours) put Standard Chartered Bank on the right side of the ledger with a heart stopping, last ball, one-wicket win over Commercial Leasing Co. in the 4th BMW-Hyundai Trophy, MCA Division ‘C’ 50-over League Tournament 2015 semi-final played last weekend.
LB Finance batsman Pubudu Fernando in action. Pic by Ranjith Perera
In the other semi-final played on the same day, Gihan de Silva hit a sparkling 73 runs in 63 balls inclusive of a six and 10 fours to guide LB Finance ‘B’ to a fine 37-run win over Airport and Aviation Services.
Standard Chartered Bank, last year’s Division ‘F’ runners-up, will now confront LB Finance ‘B’, who won the Division ‘G’ title in 2014, in the final at the MCA grounds.
Semi-final 1 at MCA: Standard Chartered Bank beat Commercial Leasing by 1 wicket
Commercial Leasing 267 all out (50) (Saminda Fernando 56, Jason Perera 55, Supeshala Jayatilleke 30, Madura Sanjaya 50, Selwyn Jamion 3/49, Tharindu Fernando 2/40)
Std. Chartered Bank 268 for 9 (50) (Charith Satharasinghe 113, Tharindu Fernando 31, Hiran Rajapaksa 42 not out, M. Sanjaya 2/38, S. Gamage 2/39)
Semi-final 2 at Thurstan College ground: LB Finance ‘B’ beat Airport & Aviation by 37 runs
LBF ‘B’ 289 for 7 (50) (Pubudu Fernando 49, Tharusha Alwis 22, Pushan Kulatunga 21, Gihan de Silva 73, G. Mendis 26, J. Rodrigo 35 not out, D.C. Karunaratne 2/38, M.D.R. Peiris 2/42, A.K. Lakmal 2/54)
A&A 252 all out (46.3) (G.T. Dushantha 73, Y. Dissanayake 21, A.N. Palliyaguru 42, H.M. Sumanasekera 30 not out, Janaka Arampath 3/54, Pushan Kulatunga 2/39, L. Perera 2/43, Gihan de Silva 2/53)