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Rain kept following MAS Unichela and John Keells, as both teams endured another no-result in the ongoing 27th Singer-MCA Premier League 2020, continued on Saturday, 2 November.
It was the fourth successive no-result for MAS Unichela and the third successive for John Keells.
In the other match played on the same day between Hayleys Group Vs. SLC U-19 Team escaped the rain.
Opening batsman, Ron Chandraguptha continued his good form with a fluent 77 not out as he steered Hayleys to a comfortable eight wickets win over the SLC U-19 Team.
The SLC U-19 Team, thus completed their quota of matches with one win, four defeats and one no-result
The tournament is at its tail with three more matches remaining.
LB Finance Vs. Hayleys on 5 November at Colts; John Keells Vs. Dimo on 6 November at P. Sara Oval and Sampath Bank Vs. MAS Unichela on 7 November at P. Sara Oval.
So far after 18 matches defender of the league title, LB Finance is heading the table with two wins and three no-results (14 points); Sampath Bank is lying second with 13 points and MAS Unichela and Hayleys tied in the third spot with 12 points each.
Match results
At Moratuwa: MAS Unichela Vs. John Keells No-result
MAS Unichela – 248 (45) (Pathum Nissanka 53, Chamara Silva 49, Mahela Udawatte 47, Kamindu Mendis 36, Tillakaratne Dilshan 26, Mohamed Shiraz 4/68, Chamikara Edirisinghe 3/38)
John Keells “A” – 65/1 (13) (Ashen Silva 30 not out, Dimuth Karunaratne 28)
At Colts: Hayleys Group beat SLC U-19 Team by eight wickets.
SLC – U-19 – 168 (41.5) (Johanne de Zilva 30, Dilum Sudeera 25 not out, Avishka Tharindu 24, Mohommed Shamaz 20, Chathuranga de Silva 4/39, Prabath Jayasuriya 3/36)
Hayleys – 171/2 (26.1) (Ron Chandraguptha 77 Not out, Kavindu Ishira 45, Maduranga Zoysa 37)
