Bat prevails over ball with an exception
Sanjaya Herath off CIC in action Pix by Ranjith Perera
Three opening batsmen, Lakshan Perera from Fair First Insurance (FFI), Tharaka Marasinghe from Kelani Cables (KC) and Nirushan Ramachandran from Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) along with bowler, Shamil Jayalath from CEAT International, Kelaniya, (CEAT) stole the limelight, in the ongoing 7th Stafford Motor Co.(Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, ‘Honda’ Trophy – MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2017.
FFI’s Lakshan Perera, the weekend’s top scorer, hit a belligerent 88 runs in 62 balls, with 6 sixes and eight fours vs A. Baur & Co (ABC).
KC’s Tharaka Marasinghe carried his bat out, scoring 83 not out in 47 balls, with three sixes and 13 fours vs Union Assurance (UA).
SLT’s Nirushan Ramachandran scored a brisk 80 runs in 52 balls, with two sixes and 10 fours vs debutants, JAT Holdings (JAT).
CEAT’s Shamil Jayalath finished with impressive figures of 5-0-19-5 to shoot out debutants, Waters Edge (WE) for 65 runs.
RESULTS
- Â MCA
CIC 152 (24.5) beat DPMC ‘B’ 140 (24.1) by 12 runs
FFI 146 (22.3) lostto ABC 152/3 (18.1) by 7 wickets
Singer ‘B’ 90 (20.3) lost to PABC Bank ‘C’ 91/5 (14.5) by 5 wickets
Pyramid Wilmer 195/8 (22) beat First Choice 184/7 (22) by 10 runs on DLS
- Â Mattegoda
MAS Active ‘D’ 104 (25) lost to Aitken Spence Group 108/6 (15.2) by 4 wickets
Wruth Lanka 155/5 (25) lostto Commercial Credit (ComCr) ‘C’ 159/4 (22.2) by 6 wickets
ShipXpress 183/6 (25) beat Mobitel ‘B’ 126/8 (25) by 57 runs
SLT 173/4 (18) beat JAT 93/7 (18) by 82 runs on DLS
- Â Veyangoda
Kasun Shamal of DPM cover drives
Jetwing Travels 131/8 (25) lost to Coca Cola Beverages 132/7 (23) by 3 wickets
CEAT 177/6 (25) beat WE 65 (16.3) by 112 runs
Alliance Finance 186 (24.4) beat Coats Thread Lanka 127/6 (25) by 59 runs
Courtaulds Clothing 174 (22.3) beat Peak Colombo 172/9 (23) by 2 runs
- Â Thurstan
Cargills Bank 157 (24.5) beat HNB Assurance 120 (24.2) by 37 runs
Avian Technologies 89 (19.4) lost to SriLankan Airlines (SriLankan) 90/2 (19) by 8 wickets on DLS
- Â Moratuwa
Interpharm 178/7 (25) beat Nor-Lanka 168 (24.4) by 10 runs
RR Donnerly 141/7 (18) lost to Micro Holdings 145/5 (16.5) by 5 wickets on DLS
- Â Kotahena
Avery Dennison 99 (22.3) lost to HNB ‘B’ 100/7 (20) by 3 wickets
Millennium IT 147 (24.5) beat The Finance Co. 92 (16.5) by 55 runs
- Â Panadura
UA 102 (21.4) lost to KC 106/1 (12.3) by 9 wickets
MD Gunasena 109 (18) lost to ComCr ‘C’ 111/2 (21.1) by 8 wickets
- Â Darley Road
Laughs Holdings 149 (24.5) beat BPO Connect 120 (24.3) by 29 runs
Pearson Lanka 146/5 (22)Â beat SriLankan 126/8 (22) by 22 runs on DLS
 The tournament will continue this weekend with a card of 26 half-day matches