HNB C excels at MCA “F” Division 25 Over League Tournament

One drop batsman, Rasith Chalanga from Technomedics and Dinesh Panditharatne from HNB “C” hogged the limelight in the ongoing MCA “F” division 25 Over League Tournament 2016,  continued last weekend.

While all 10 games on Saturday were played in glorious sunshine, all nine matches on Sunday were rained–off without a ball being bowled.

Rasith Chalanga hit a quick fire unbeaten 95 in 54 balls, inclusive of four sixes and twelve fours to spearhead Technomedics to a fine eight wicket win over Tin Pack. Rasith was engaged in a 96 runs stand for the second wicket with opening batsman, Nuwan Nanayakkara(43).

Opening bowler, Dinesh Panditharatne  snapped  up five wickets for fifteen runs in five overs and  Hemantha Boteju performed  a good double (two for twelve in 3.2 overs and 40 not out in 30 balls with three sixes and a four), as HNB “C” turned tables on South Asia Gateway Terminal, beating them by three wickets.

Boteju in at number six, rescued the Bankers, who were in dire straits at 70 for five with a brave 50 run stand with number nine batsman, Brian Dharmasena(15 not out).

Saturday’s match results

MCA/morning: Copal  Amba beat Fairway Holdings by 22 runs.

Copal Amba – 187/7 (25.0)    (P. Perera 68,  S. Passela 76,  R. Kalum 3/37); Fairway – 165/9 (25.0) (Y. Anusha 36)

MCA/afternoon: E.B. Creasy beat MAC Holdings by 80 runs.

EBC – 176/5 (25.0)   (F. Ahamad  45, D.K. Wijesiri 35, P. Eranda 35); MAC Holdings -  96 (18.4) (M. Azary  3/15)

Veyangoda/morning: Technomedics beat Tin Pak by 8 wickets 

Tin Pak – 162 (22.5) (V. Navaratnam 49,  S. Supun  35,  T. Sripathi 4/38)

Technomedics – 163/2 (16.4) ( J.N. Nanayakkara 43,  R. Chalanga 95 not out)

Veyangoda/afternoon: Hirdaramani Group beat DSI by 05 wickets 

DSI – 140 (22.5) (A. Rukshantha 65,  Achala Mdushan 3/13)

Hirdaramani’s – 143/5 (21.2) (Achala Madushan 52 not out,  M. Niroshan 40)

Panadura/morning : Heshan Flex Packaging beat Interpharm by 32 runs

Heshan Flex – 212/7 (25.0) (G. Prasanga 68,  T. Suraj 35,  R. Upamal 35)

Interpharm – 180/9 (25.0)  (S. Niroshan 83,  L. Prasanna 4/22)

Panadura /afternoon: Hayleys Group “B” beat Arpico SC by 08 wickets  (match reduced to 12 overs a side due to rain)

Arpico  -  69/9  (12.0)  (S. Adrian 4/13)  ;  Hayleys – 70/2 (7.2) (T. Akalanka 30)

Mattegoda /morning -  Access Group beat Coats Thread Lanka by 04 runs.

Access  - 172/7 (25.0)  ( B. Wijetunga 45,  L. Bandaranayake  35 not out , T. Suresh 3/27 )

Coats  -  168/5 (25.0) (T. Suresh  59, H. Madusanka 36,  P. Kumara 30,  B. Wijetunga 3/25)

Mattegoda /afternoon  -  Brandix Essentials “B”  beat SL Telecom by 02 wickets 

SLT – 158/7  (25.0) (N. Ramachandran 35,  J. Siriwardena 30,  S. Yapa 3/29)

Brandix “B”  - 159/8  (24.5)   (J. Weerapokuna 57,  S. Gunasekera  45 not out,  D. Lanka 3/33)

Thurstan /morning – Union Bank beat MBSL Insurance  08 wickets (Match reduced to 20 overs a side, due to  wet ground conditions)

MBSL I – 95 (20.0) (N. Perera 39,  A. Chandrapala 3/8); UB – 97/2  (14.0) (K. Akalanka 38  not out)

Thurstan /afternoon  : HNB “C”  beat South Asia  Gateway  Terminal by 03 wickets. 

SAGT – 113 (24.2)  (A. Pushpakumara 53 not out,  Dinesh Panditharatne 5/15);  

HSBC “C” -  114/7  (20.4) (Hemantha Boteju  40 not out)

All Sunday’s matches were completely washed out.  The nine games billed to be played were: Lion Brewery vs. MAC Active “C”, CIC vs.  Janashakthi, HSBC “C” vs. Technomedics, Allianz Insurance vs.  R.R. Donelly, MBSL Insurance vs. Coats Thread, Oral Corp. vs. Tin Pack, MJF Group vs. Trade Finance and Investments, Asia  Capital vs. United Tractor Group and Akbar Bros vs. Bharti Airtel. 

The tournament will get back on track during the weekend of 28 and 29 May with a card of 16 matches.