McLarens, Asia Asset, Maliban, Hirdaramani in Semis
McLarens Holdings (McLarens), Asia Asset, Maliban Biscuits (Maliban) and Hirdaramani Industries (Hirdaramani) emerged semifinalists in the 16th David Pieris Group of Co. sponsored ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy-MCA ‘E’ Division 25-Over League Cricket Tournament.
In the first quarterfinal played at the MCA Grounds, McLarens scored a comfortable 76-run win over Amana Bank (Amana), while at Thurstan Grounds, in the morning, Asia Asset had a close call in their 10-run win over LOLC. In the evening, Maliban defeated DFCC Bank (DFCC) by 4 wickets in the third quarterfinal, while Hirdaramani beat MAS Silueta by 5 wickets, in an evening match at the MCA Grounds.
Scores
- McLarens beat Amana by 76 runs
McLarens 153/6 (14 overs) (Basheer Bongso 43, Randima Maduwantha 33; Manoj Soyza 2/24, Thusitha De Silva 2/25)
Amana 77/9 (14 overs) (Manoj Soyza 29, Piyal Dissanayake 4/14)
- Hirdaramani beat MAS Silueta by 5 wickets
MAS Silueta 93 (20.2 overs) (Asanka Samith 24, Asanka Rohan 21; Mohammed Sahavan 2/13, Umesh Sachin 2/16, Mohammed Insaf 2/13, Rajith Nirmal 2/16, Moditha Gihan 2/29)
Hirdaramani 96/5 (17.1 overs) (Daminda Thiranjan 29; Sathiska Saranga 3/19)
- Asia Asset beat LOLC by 10 runs
Asia Asset 101/9 (17 overs) (Nimesh Perera 26, Dinuk Hettiarachchi 18; Nishantha Sampath 3/21, Sayuru Udukumbura 3/19, Prabath Perera 2/24)
LOLC 91/6 (17 overs) (Ranga de Silva 24, Dulanga Hettiarachchi 24 not out, Dileepa Jayalath 2 for 6, Dinuka Hettiarachchi 2 for 25)
- Maliban beat DFCC by 4 wickets
DFCC 112 (23.2 overs) (Chamod Wickremasinghe 28, Harshaka Cooray 25, Chanaka Rathnasiri 20, Anjula Perera 5/14, Dilan Chaturanga 2/26)
Maliban 116/6 (24.1 overs) (Thanuja Akalanka 25, Chaturanga Devapriya 23 n.o., Anjula Perera 21; Laksitha Liyanage 3/23, Sakuna Fernando 2/14)