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As expected the four strongest teams, Brandix Essentials ‘B’, HSBC ‘C’, Stafford Motor Co. and Textured Jersey ‘B’, advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing second Commercial Credit & Finance Plc-sponsored MCA ‘F’ Division 25-over League Tournament 2017, which continued over the weekend .
The pre-quarterfinals of the bottom half were played on Sunday, 14 May
A solid opening stand of 106 runs from 91 balls via S. Karunakaran (40) and Irshad Hussa (53 in 47 balls with 4 sixes and 4 fours) gave Brandix Essentials ‘B’ a fighting 20-run win over Asia Capital.
Thus, the good efforts of N. Kennady (3/19), A. de Silva (3/24) and Kavindu Perera (82 in 72 balls with 4 sixes and 8 fours) for Asia Capital were in vain.
Akbar Bros found the bankers varied bowling attack, led by Velu Ramachandran (3/14), Dilshan Indrasinghe (2/19), S. Patterson (2/22) and M. Sinnen (2/13), too hot to handle as they fell to 107 runs in 28.5 overs in reply to their opponents’ challenging total of 171 runs.
The match was marred by bad weather and reduced to nine overs a side.
Stafford Motors batting first finished their nine overs with a formidable 90/4 with Totalamber fell short by 14 runs on the D&L method (77/5).
Randika Peiris with a splendid double (75 in 56 balls, inclusive of 2 sixes and 8 fours and 5-1-18-4) helped Textured Jersey ‘B’ trounce Allianz Insurance by a massive margin of 120 runs. Peiris along with Dinesh Tharaka (3-1-12-3) went through the Allianz batting like a hot knife through butter to skittle them out for a paltry 57 all out in 16 overs. Textured Jersey batted first and put up a formidable 177/6 in 24 overs.
MCA (morning): Brandix Essentials ‘B’ beat Asia Capital by 20 runs
Brandix ‘B’ – 181/9 (25) (S. Karunakaran 40, Irshad Hussa 53, N. Kennady 3/19, S. Balendra 3/43, A.E. Silva 3/24)
Asia Capital - 161/8 (25) (Kavindu Perera 82, S.T. Abeyratne 2/18, T. Silva 2/33, L.P. Appuhamy 2/19)
MCA (afternoon): HSBC ‘C’ beat Akbar Bros by 64 runs
HSBC ‘C’ – 171 /9 (25) (M. Matheen 27, S. Patterson 21, M. de Silva 20, W. Sinnan 27 not out, J. Priyankara 3/38, K. Atapattu 2/33)
Akbar Bros – 107 (20.5) (J. Priyankara 29, S.V. Ramachandran 3/14, D. Inrasinghe 2/19, S. Patterson 2/22, M. Sinnan 2/13)
Mattegoda (morning): Stafford Motor Co. beat Totalamber by 14 runs on the D&L method (match reduced to nine overs a side due to wet ground conditions)
Stafford Motors – 90/4 (9) (S. Sampath 35, R. Kalpa 27, A. Singappuli 21, K. Spearing 2/23)
Totalamber - 77/5 (9) (K. Spearing 30, A. Ratnayake 22, G. Karunaratne 2/14)
Mattegoda (afternoon): Textured Jersey ‘B’ beat Allianz Finance by 120 runs
TJ ‘B’ - 177/6 (24) (Randika Peiris 75, N. Allahakoon 35, N. Vimukthi 21, S. Vimukthi 4/16)
Allianz - 57 (16) (Randika Peiris 4/18, Dinesh Tharaka 3/12)
The two quarterfinals of the bottom half of the draw will be worked off on Sunday, 21 May at the MCA grounds. Brandix Essentials ‘B’ will take on HSBC ‘C’ in the morning and Stafford Motors will go up against Textured Jersey ‘B’ in the afternoon.
