Four teams make winning start to MCA ‘D’ Division 40-over league tournament

David Pieris Motor Company, Central Finance, Expolanka Group and the Delmage Group made winning starts at the MCA ‘D’ Division 40-over league tournament 2018 for the 15th Ceylon Cold Stores Plc Elephant House Lemonade Trophy which began last weekend. 

There were notable performances from Aravinda Vithanachchi from Expolanka Group (6.3-2-16-5 against Hilton Colombo Residencies); John Peter from DPMC (77 in 69 balls with one six and 10 fours against MAST Industries), Akila Elabodage from DPMC (55 runs and 4 for 26 against MAST Industries) and Aravinda Rajapaksa from MAST Industries (77 runs against DPMC). 

Opening weekend’s match results (four matches).

At Ratmalana: David Pieris Motor Company beat MAST Industries by 51 runs.

DPMC – 271/8 (40) (John Peter 77, D. Peris 47, Malinda Sampath 35, Akila Elebodage 55 and A. Rajapaksa 3/54)

MAST Industries: 220 (36) (R. Wickramaratne 34, S. Jayawardena 31, Aravinda Rajapaksa 77, H. Hirantha 20, K. Shamal 3/35, Akila Elabodage 4/26, M. Channa 2/40)

At Ratmalana: Central Finance beat Nations Trust Bank ‘B’ by eight wickets.

NTB ‘B’ – 94 (36.2) (B. Ranaweera 20, N. Saputhanthri 25, Vikum Costha 4/14)

Central Finance – 97/2 (17) (R.A. Duminda 20, A. Henderson 38 not out).

At Thurstan: Expolanka Group beat Hilton Colombo Residencies by 137 runs.

Expolanka – 226 (36.4) (D. Hettiarachchi 37, L. Madushanka 20, S. Stephen 20, T. Roshan 54, M. Fernando 20, N. Krishanth 35, M. Gajanayake 3/27, R. Chandrasekera 2/35, D. Karunaratne 2/29, A. Thilanka 2/39)

Hilton CR: 89 (21.3) (T. Rajapaksa 30, M. Gajanayake 23, Aravinda Vithanachchi 5/16, H. Hewanayake 3/32)

At Darley Road: Delmage Group beat NDB Bank by seven wickets.

NDB – 127 (39.1) (I Wijetunga 25, A. Segar 37, P. Rajasekaran 2/16, Isuru Vidana 4/20)

Delmage – 130/3 (18.3) (Isuru Vidana 32 not out, Nuwan Suranga 45 not out, A. Segar 2/20).

The tournament will continued on 3 February with a short card of two matches.