Quarterfinals from today
Action at the Maliban Vs First Choice Pre-quarter final. Pic by Priyantha Wickremarachchi
Maliban Biscuits (Maliban), Deutsche Bank (DB) AG, Aitken Spence Group (Aitken Spence), Avery Dennison (Avery), Pyramid Wilmer (Pyramid), Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), A. Baur & Co. (ABC) and HNB ‘B’ reached the quarterfinals in the ongoing 7th Stafford Motor Co. sponsored ‘Honda’ Trophy – MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2017.
In the pre-quarterfinals worked off during last weekend, Maliban scored a comfortable 100-runs win over First Choice. DB AG too, had it easy against Pearson Lanka (Pearson), beating them by 43 runs, while Aitken Spence romped to a 63-runs win over Micro Holdings (Micro), with Avery snatching a 13-runs win over Courtaulds Clothing (Courtaulds). Newcomer Pyramid scored a fine 24-runs win over Asiri Hospitals. DIMO ‘B’ was no match for SLT, who won by 8 wkts. ABC nudged Interpharm by 4 wickets with 8 balls to spare, and HNB ‘B’ raced to a 7-wickets win over Coca Cola Beverage (Coke) with 8 overs to spare.
The spotlight fell on centurion, opening batsman, Roshan Kulasekera from Aitken Spence (101 in 70 balls, with 6 sixes and 8 fours vs Micro Holdings). Kulasekeera was engaged in a 125-runs stand in 96 balls for the 3rd wicket with Sasidu Welaratne (70). The 103-runs partnership for the 3rd wicket in 57 balls between Suresh Niroshan (88 in 44 balls with 4 sixes and 13 fours) and Malith Gunatillake (45) from Interpharm vs ABC, the fighting unbeaten 7th-wicket stand of 87 runs in 53 balls between Tharinda de Silva (85 not out in 50 balls with 7 sixes and 7 fours) and Dinesh Rajendra (48) from ABC vs Interpharm.
Pre-quarterfinal results
Maliban beat First Choice
by 100 runs
Maliban 202/6 (25) (R. Upamal 61 not out, N. Perera 48, G. Anuruddha 27; J. Suresh 2/25, Danushka Abeywickrama 2/40)
First Choice 102 (21.3) (T. Siriwardena 3/20, C. Deshapriya 2/10, D.Chathuranga 2/23.)
DB AG beat Pearson by 43 runs
DB AG 178 (24.5) (D. Bastianpillai 42, T. Wijeratne 38, R. Tissera 27; C. Wickramasinghe 2/17, D. Sandaruwan 3/38, J. Perera 2/49)
Pearson 135/9 (25) (C. Wickramasinghe 32, S. Jayasinghe 25, C. Jayaratne 21; J. de Silva 2/25, P. Fernando 3/17, W. Dabare 2/30)
Pyramid beat Asiri by 24 runs
Pyramid 200/9 (25) (A. Warnakulasuriya 65, L. Fernando 55; M. Rajapaksa 3/43, M. Jayaratne 2/42)
Asiri 182/7 (25) (S. Liyanage 45; A. Warnakulasuriya 2/30, L. Fernando 2/20)
SLT beat DIMO ‘B’ by 8 wickets
DIMO ‘B’ 127/9 (25) (A. Gamage 42 not out, M. Dandunna 30; D. Lanka 2/25, S. Wijeratne 4/25)
SLT 133/2 (22) (N. Ramachandra 51, K. Bandaranayake 35 not out, K. Amarasinghe 20)
Aitken Spence beat Micro by 63 runs
Aitken Spence 199/4 (25) (Roshan Kulasekera 101, S. Welaratne 70; S. Jamal 3/30)
Micro 136 /9 (25) (D. Colombage 35, G. Dep 35; M.T. Madushanka 3/23, V. Perera 3/14)
Avery beat Courtaulds by 13 runs
Avery 142/8 (25) (N. Kumara 53, A. Perera 22, C. Wijeratne 26; P. Wickramasinghe 3/25, A. Madusanka 3/20)
Courtaulds 129 (23.4) (R.Vithanage 37, G. Maduranga 35; R. Kumara 2/25, S. Madusanka 2/25, D. Dinesh 2/15, R. Jayawardena 2/20)
ABC beat Interpharm by 4 wickets
Interpharm 185 (24.3) (S. Niroshan 88, M. Gunatillake 45; H. Wimalasiri 2/49, T. de Silva 2/38, P. Sampath 3/35)
ABC 191/6 (23.4) (T. de Silva 85 not out, D. Rajendra 48 not out; A. Rajapaksa 2/25)
HNB ‘B’ beat Coke by 7 wkts.
Coke 100 (21.2) (J. Prabath 25, D. Vithanage 21 not out; S. Dulshan 2/10, D. Panditharatne 2/30, I. Razeek 2/10, K. Athugoda 2/25)
HNB ‘B’ 101/3 (16.5) (G. Hondamunige 54 not out, T. Wedagedera 20 not out )
The quarterfinals lineup for
today will be as follows:
Maliban vs DB AG (morning) and Aitken Spence vs Avery (afternoon) at MCA; Pyramid vs SLT (morning) and ABC, vs HNB ‘B’ (afternoon) at Kotahena.