McLarens and PABC Bank greet the New Year
View(s):McLarens Group and PABC Bank greeted the New Year in a fitting manner, as they waltz their way to cake walk wins, in the ongoing 5th Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored ‘BMW-Hyundai’ Cup, MCA ‘C’ division, 50-Over League Tournament 2016, continued last Sunday.
Chamika Sansaka of PABC Bank took three scalps vs PLC
At Kotahena, McLarens beat JL Morison by 164-runs and at Campbell Park, PABC Bank beat People’s Leasing & Finance by 157 runs. The spot light fell on the McLarens’ half centurions, M. Gerome (51) and S. Hettiarachchi (57) and their medium pacer, Piyal Dissanayake, who finished with impressive figures of 8-1-15-5.
Earlier in a match played at De Soysa Park, Moratuwa Nations Trust Bank ‘A’ went home for tea as they snuffed the wind out of Colombo Dockyard sails by 182 runs.
CDL chasing a moderate total of 220 runs in 50 overs ran into turbulence in the form of left arm leg-spinner, Manisha Thantrigoda who finished with incredible figures of 9-1-8-5 as CDL sank to 37 in 20.1 overs. The tournament will be continued today with the match- PABC Bank Vs. Airport Aviation Services at D.S. Senanayake College Grounds.
Ruchira Jayasekara of PLC was a mere contributor Pix by Ranjith Perera
Chief Scores:
McLarens 230 all out (44.4) (M. Gerome 51, S. Fernando 35, S. Hettiarachchi 57, S. Peiris 22, G. Kahawita 3/43, A. Shakir 3/27, K. Abeysinghe 2/45)
JLM 66 al out (23.4) ( G. Kahawita 26, Piyal Dissanayake 5/15, Randika Fernando 3/20)PABC Bank 229 all out (49.3) (S. Fernando 39, B. de Alwis 31, V. Deepal 31, L. Wickramasinghe 24, C. Sansaka 21, T. Harshana 3/35, R. Jayasekera 2/25, I. Gunasekera 2/32, S. Sandaruwan 2/53)
PLC 72 all out (17.5) (S. Sandaruwan 32, A. Perera 3/20, C. Sansaka 3/17, S. Amaradasa 2/10)NTB ‘A’ 219 all out (50) (N. Pathirana 58, J. De Silva 38, T. Lakshan 25 n.o., T. Ariyawansa 28, D. Samarakkody 25, N.B. Kumara 3/40, W.R. Kumara 3/30, D.B. Karunasagara 2/15)
CDL 37 all out (20.1) (L.A.N. Sirimanne 15, Manisha Thanthrigoda 5/8, D. Samarakkody 2/17, Sajith Perera 2/0)