Four teams qualify for Semi Finals of DPGC Challenge Trophy, MCA ‘E’ Division 30 Over League Tournam

Citizens Development Business,  Mercantile Investments Ltd., Lankem Ceylon and UB Finance advanced to the Semi-finals, all scoring comfortable wins in the quarter finals, in the 14th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored – DPGC Challenge Trophy, MCA ‘E’ division 30 –Over League Tournament 2016, continued last Saturday. 

Half Centuries by Yohan Liyanage (53 in 51 balls, inclusive of 03 sixes and 03 fours) and Chenuka Wickramasinghe (56 not out in 30 balls, inclusive of 04 sixes and 04 fours) and an inspiring spell of bowling by Vishvajith Ratnayake ( 6 – 27 -2)  guided Citizens Development Business to a convincing 90 runs win over Toll Global Forwarding 

An unfinished 98 runs partnership for the sixth wicket between Chanaka Hemachandra (35 not out) and Dinesh Seneviratne ( 57 not out in 39 balls, inclusive of 03 sixes & 05 fours) and a stingy spell by Dilshan Rusiru  ( 4.1 – 08 – 04) gave Mercantile Investments a fine 48 runs win over John Keells ‘C’.

Lankem Ceylon put up a grand fielding performance, helping their bowlers, Dhanushka Atigala ( 5 – 16-2), Mohamed Aslam (6-14-2) and Shehan Achintha (6-23-2) to restrict Unilever to a paltry 90 runs in 28.2 overs, thus going home early with a cake walk 07 wickets win with 19 overs to spare. 

A quick fire 95 runs stand in 78 balls for the third wicket between Pathum Madusanka (73 in 63 balls, inclusive of a six and 10 fours) and Nipuna Gamage (69 in 52 balls, inclusive of 02 sixes & 06 fours) and Milinda Gunaratne snapped up the first 03 wickets (6-18-3) to spear head UB Finance to a comfortable 85 runs over Astron Sports club. 

The Semi Finals will take place on Saturday, 30 April at the MCA Grounds, Citizens Development Business Vs. Mercantile Investments in the morning and Lankem Ceylon vs. UB Finance in the afternoon. 

Match results/all 

Quarter Finals

1st QF/MCA/morning: Citizens Development Business beat Toll Global Forwarding by 90 runs.

CDB – 224 for 7 in 28.0 overs; ( C. Dikkumbura 32, Y. Liyanage 53, S. Abilmeegama 32, C.Wickramasinghe 56 not out, S. Perera 27, J. Dillon 2/29, A. Dulshan 4/42 )

Toll Global – 134 all out in 21.5 overs. (P. de Silva 20, M. Askar 51, J. Dillon 20, V. Ratnayake 2/27, S. Perera 3/33, U. Premakumara 3/17)

2nd QF/MCA/afternoon: Mercantile Investments Ltd., beat J. Keels ‘C’ by 48 runs

MIL – 185 for 5 in 29 overs (P. Buddhika 28, D.Gunasekera 20, C. Hemachandra 35 not out, D. Seneviratne 57 not out, A. Withanachchi 2/25)

J. Keells ‘C’ – 140 all out in 25.1 overs (G. Fernando 27, P.K. Abeygunasekera 35, D. Costa 20, D. Rusiru 4/8, D. Seneviratne 2/22)

3rd QF/at Kotahena/morning: Lankem Ceylon beat Unilever by 07 wickets

Unilever - 90 all out in 28.2 overs (D. Wickramasinghe 20, D. Atigala 2/16, M. Aslam 2/14, S. Achintha 2/23)

Lankem – 91 for 3 in 11.0 overs (R. Weerasinghe 51, L. weerasekera 22)

4th QF/at Kotahena/afternoon: U.B. Finance beat Astron Sports Club by 85 runs

UBF – 225 for 6 in 30 overs (P. Madusanka 73, N. Gamage 69, S. Seneviratne 21, M. Jayawickrama 20, N. Fernando 2/39, T. Tishanth 2/37)

Astron – 140 all out in 28.3 overs (M. Francis 35, T.Tishanth 25, M. Gunaratne 3/18, A. Perera 2/23, G. Yatawara 2/23)