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Fairfirst Insurance, McLarens Group, Siam City Cement and Allianz Insurance booked their berths for the semi-finals, in the second Fairfirst Insurance Trophy, MCA “F” division 25-Over League tournament 2019.
In the quarter-finals played during last week-end, Fairfirst Insurance romped to a comfortable 06 wickets win over AMW; a notable double by Jagath Poorna ( 66 runs & 4 for 28) spear headed McLarens Group to a fine 48 runs win over HNB “B”; a fluent 87 runs by Dinesh Perera cemented a 73 runs wins for Siam City Cement over MAS Kreeda; and the varied bowling attack of Malik Peiris (3/16), Dulaj Jayawardena (2/6), Mayura Ranasinghe (2/17) and Charinda Fernando (2/30) propelled Allianz Insurance to a convincing 25 runs win over Brandix Essentials “B”.
The semi-finals will take place on Saturday 13 July, Fairfirst Insurance vs. McLarens Group at MCA & Siam City Cement vs. Allianz Insurance at Mattegoda.
Scores
QF 1 at Mattegoda
Fairfirst Insurance beat Associated Motorways by 06 wkts;
AMW – 109/9 (25) (S. Eranga 42, C. Gunasekera 3/16, Mahesh de Alwis 2/10); Fairfirst Insurance – 110/4 (20) (D.S. Silva 37, S. Perera 28, D. Tharinda 2/22)
QF 2 at MCA
McLarens Group beat HNB “B” by 48 runs
McLarens – 189/8 (25) (J. Poorna 66, S. Fernando 46, T. Rukshan 30, V. Kemal 4/41, T. Dilshan 2/13)
HNB “B” – 141 (20.5) (D. Panditharatne 46, A. de Silva 32, H. Vidanagamage 21, J. Poorna 4/28, A. Dhananjaya 3/28)
QF 3 at Mattegoda
Siam City Cement beat MAS Kreeda by 73 runs
Siam City – 223 (25) (Dinesh Perera 87, D. Jayaweera 40, T. Perera 30, P. Nishantha 3/39, S. Hapugaspitiya 3/45, L. Rajitha 2/29)
MAS Kreeda – 150 (18.5) (D. Kumara 65, S. Gimhan 35, U. Cooray 4/15, T. Appuhamy 3/30, T. Perera 2/11)
QF 4 at MCA
Allianz Insurance beat Brandix Essentials “B” by 25 runs
Allianz – 189/4 (25) ( Sameera Fernando 69 not out, Charinda Fernando 50, D. Kumara 32, D. Daminda 20 not out, S. Kumara 3/30)
Brandix “B” – 124 (22.2) (T. Silva 35, S. Yapa 31, S. Kumara 26, M. Peiris 3/16, D. Jayawardena 2/6, S. Kumara 2/30)