Stafford begins on a high note
Sponsors Stafford Motor Co., opened their campaign on a high note with a comprehensive 112-run win over debutants, Wruth Lanka in the 6th Stafford-Honda MCA Division ‘G’ 25-over League Tournament 2016,which got off to start last weekend. The ‘Honda’ boys took to the fast lane, as they amassed 262 for 5 in 25 overs, riding on a 100 runs stand for the second wicket in 48 balls in between Sanjaya Gangodawila (97 in 57 balls, inclusive of four sixes a dozen of fours) and Ashanth Singappuli (98 not out in 56 balls, inclusive of four sixes and 12 fours). They enjoyed the rest of the ride, bowling out Wruth Lanka for 150 in 24 overs, as Sanjeewa Vishan snapped up 5 for 24 in 4 overs.
Laugfs Holdings and Cargills Bank making their first appearance in MCA Cricket won their opening games, but the other debutants, CEAT International, Micro Holdings and Roche Products failed to make a memorable entry. The other highlight was the tournament opened with two centurions — Jetwing Travels, middle order batsman, Ashan Wijeratne hitting a whirlwind 137 not out in 61 balls, with 10 sixes and 14 fours against Metropolitan and Mihin Lanka’s opening batsman, Ishan Jayawardena, scoring a valiant 119 in 79 balls, inclusive of three sixes and 16 fours against Tech-one Global. The tournament will continue this weekend with a card of 20 matches. - LR
Weekend’s Results:
At Veyangoda: Laugfs Holdings beat Millennium IT by 71 runs
Laugfs Holdings 215/7 (25); MIT 144 all out (22.1);
At Veyangoda: Cargills Bank beat Tech-One Global by 22 runs
Cargills Bank 201/7 (25);
TOG 179/8 (25)
At Moratuwa: Stafford Motors
beat Wurth Lanka
by 112 runs
Stafford Motors 262/5 (25); Wurth Lanka 150 all out (24)
At Moratuwa: Jetwing Travels beat Metropolitan Group
by 132 runs
Jetwing 270/6 (25);
Metropolitan 138 all out (25)
At Veyangoda: HNB Assurance beat CEAT
by 9 wickets
CEAT 123 all out (24.1); HNB Assurance 127/1(17.2)
At Veyangoda: Elastomeric beat Roche Products by 9 wickets
Roche Products 85 all out (25);
Elastomeric 86/1 (6.2)
At Ratmalana: Asiri Hospitals beat Micro Holdings by 7 wickets
Micro Holdings 98 all out (24);
Asiri Hospitals 99/3 (21.3)
At Ratmalana: Mobitel ‘B’ beat Alliance Finance by 111 runs
Mobitel ‘B’166/8 (25); Alliance Finance 55 all out (18.4)
At Moratuwa: Mihin Lanka beat Tech-One Global by 30 runs
Mihin Lanka 169 all out (24);
TOG 139 all out (22.1)
At Moratuwa: Pearson Lanka beat A.
Baur & Co. by 11 runs
Pearsons 186/6 (24); Baur’s 175/9 (24)