MCA ‘F’ Division 25-Over League Tournament back on track
Ishan Karunatilleke
After a weekend’s lay off due to bad weather, the maiden Commercial Credit & Finance PLC sponsored, MCA Division ‘F’ 25-Over League Tournament 2016 was back on track last weekend. Two centurions, Heshan de Silva for Nippon Paints and Sameera Fernando for Janashakthi Insurance and bowler, R.P.C. Pinto for South Asia Gateway Terminal (SAGT) grabbed the honours.
Heshan de Silva’s blistering, unbeaten 112 in 42 balls, with 12 sixes and 8 fours, ensured Nippon Paints 92-run win over newcomers, CMA-CGM Containers. Sameera Fernando’s 60-ball 105 not out, with 7 sixes and 7 fours, gave Janashakthi a comfortable 83-run win over Technomedics. R.P.C. Pinto bagged 5 wickets for 11 runs in 4 overs, inclusive of a maiden, saw SAGT to an easy 8-wicket win over Bharti Airtel, who played with only 9 players.
Other notable performers were Heshan Flex Packaging’s Buddhika Prasad- 89 not out vs. DSI; DSI’s Chandima Abeykoon- 80 vs. Heshan Flex; CMA-CGM Containers’ Joel Chrishanth- 89 vs. Nippon Paints and EB Creasey’s (EBC) Faiz Ahamed- 78 not out vs. Fairway Holdings. The League stage of the Tournament will end this weekend with a card of 21 fixtures.
Weekend Results:
- At MCA: CIC beat Tin Pack by 5 wickets
Tin Pack 124 all out (22.2); CIC (given a revised target of scoring 70 runs in 14 overs due to rain stoppage) 70/5 (12.2)
- At MCA: Hayleys Group ‘B’ beat Interpharm by 111 runs
Hayleys ‘B’ 160 all out (24.5); Interpharm 49 all out (14.5)
- At Thurstan: Alliance Insurance beat Akbar Bros. by 5 wickets
- Akbar Bros 211/4 (25); Alliance Finance (given a revised target of scoring 93 runs in 11 overs) 93/5
- At Thurstan: Heshan Flex Packaging beat DSI by 26 runs
Heshan Flex 226/4 (25); DSI 200 all out (23)
- At Thurstan: Nippon Paints beat CMA-CGM Containers by 92 runs
Nippon 259/6 (25); CMA-CGM 167/8 (25)
- At Mattegoda: Union Bank Vs. Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) ended in No-Result
SLT 163/5 (24); UB 32/3 (5.5) when rain halted play
- At Mattegoda: Janashakthi Insurance beat Technomedics by 83 runs
Janashakthi 227/5 (24); Technomedics 144 (21.2)
- At Campbell Park: Lion Brewery beat MAC Holdings by 5 wickets
MAC Holdings 169 all out (24.3); Lion Brewery (given a revised target of scoring 137 runs in 20 overs due to rain stoppage) 137/5 (17.4)
- At Campbell Park: MJF Group beat United Tractor & Equipment (UTE) by 19 runs
MJF 215 all out (25); UTE 196/8 (25)
- At Veyangoda: Trade Finance & Investment (TF&I) beat CMA-CGM Containers on a faster run rate
TF&I 174 all out (24.3); CMA-CGM 72/4 (13) when rain halted play
- At Veyangoda: EBC beat Fairway Holdings by 9 wickets
Fairway 92 all out (20.1); EBC 96/1 (7.2)
- At Moratuwa: SAGT beat Bharti Airtel by 8 wickets
Airtel 63 all out (15.3); SAGT 64/2 (7)
- At Moratuwa: HSBC ‘C’ beat Oral Corporation by 122 runs
HSBC ‘C’ 213/8 (25); Oral Corp. 91 all out (17.5)
- At Panadura: Access International beat MBSL Insurance by 2 wickets
MBSL 176/8 (25); Access 176/8 (23.1)
H.T.R. Silva - Hayleys in action