MCA ‘G’ Division 25-over League Tournament looks for sunny weather this weekend

After a layoff of two consecutive weekends due to extreme weather conditions, the 7th MCA ‘G’ Division 25-over League Tournament 2017 for the Honda Trophy, sponsored by Stafford Motor Ltd, was back on track on 3 and 4 June, but not without the weather being a nuisance. 

Out of 21 matches, five ended in no-contests and nine matches were played with reduced overs.

The best team total of 228 for 7 in 25 overs came from Coutaulds Clothing against Coca Cola Beverages. The lowest total came from debutants VS Information, who scored 21 in 11.2 overs against HNB ‘B’.

Notable batting performances came from Chinthaka Wijeratne from Avery Dennison (91 in 64 balls, 9 sixes and 4 fours against Laugfs Holdings), Krishan Maduranga from Coutaulds Clothing (82 in 56 balls, 7 sixes and 6 fours) and Kusal Ponnamperuma from Commercial Credit ‘C’ (79 not out in 63 balls, 6 sixes and 4 fours against Kelani Cables).

The bowlers who did well were Dinesh Panditharatne from HNB ‘B’ (5-3-5-7 against VS Information), K.A. Sarathchandra from ACL Cables (3-19-5 against Pyramid Wilmer) and K.A.J. Shalinda from Alliance Finance (5-25-5 against Glaxo SmithKline) and Chinthaka Wijeratne from Avery Dennison (2.5- 8-5 against Laugfs Holdings).

Following are the weekend’s match results at a glance. Twenty-one half-day matches.

MCA (morning): SriLankan Airlines beat ShipXpress by eight wickets; (Match reduced to 20 overs a side)  

Ship X – 68 (16.1); SLA – 69/2 (7.5)

MCA (afternoon): Cargills Bank against Jetwing Travels – No result.

Mattegoda (morning): Aitken Spence Group beat Fair First Insurance by seven runs on the DLS method (match reduced to 11 overs a side); FFI – 109/5 (11); Aitken Spence – 102/7 in 9.5 overs when rain halted play. 

Mattegoda (afternoon): HNB Assurance against Peak Colombo – no result. 

Panadura (morning): PABC Bank ‘B’ beat Tea and Herbs by 9 wickets T&H – 103 /2 (11); PABC – 107/1 (15.2)

Panadura (afternoon): Pyramid Wilmer beat ACL Cables by four wickets on DLS method (match reduced to 12 overs a side ACL – 59/5 (12); PW – 66/6 (9.1)

Veyangoda (morning): DIMO ‘B’ vs. Wruth Lanka – No result 

There was no match scheduled for the afternoon. 

Thurstan (morning): Maliban Biscuits beat Coats Thread Lanka by 9 wickets (match reduced to 16 overs a side); Coats – 53 (15.2); Maliban – 55/1 (4)

Thurstan (afternoon): Micro Holdings vs. Mellenium IT – No result.

Thurstan (morning): Mobitel ‘B’ beat JAT Holdings by 6 runs;

Mobitel ‘B’ – 153/8 (25); JAT - 147 /7(25)

Thurstan (afternoon): Pearson Lanka beat ShipXpress by 7 wickets 

Shipxpress - 85 (20.3); Pearsons - 89/3 (11.5)

Moratuwa (morning): HNB ‘B’ beat VS Information by eight wickets  

VSI – 21 (11.2); HNB ‘B’ - 24/2 (2.5)

Moratuwa (afternoon): Avery Dennison beat Laugfs Holdings by 105 runs

Avery D - 223/7 (25); Laugfs – 118 (18.5)

Kotahena (morning): Alliance Finance beat Glaxo SmithKline by 88 runs: (match reduced to 22 overs a side); AF – 205/6 (22); GSK - 117 (21.5)

Kotahena (afternoon): Asiri Hospitals beat Group M-Media by six wickets  

GMM – 131 (23); Asiri - 133/4 (19.2)

Mattegoda (morning): A. Baur & Co. beat CIC by six wickets (match reduced to eight overs a side); CIC – 62/4 (8); Baur - 65/4 (6.2)

Mattegoda (afternoon): Coutaulds Clothing beat Coca Cola Beverages by 115 runs 

Coutaulds – 228/7 (25); Coca Cola - 113 (22.2)

Panadura (morning): Kelani Cables beat Com. Credit ‘C’ by four wickets 

Com Credit – 167/7 (25); KC - 171/6 (21.5) 

Panadura (afternoon): Interpharm beat RR Donnely by 47 runs

Interpharm – 143 (21.1); RRD – 96 (23.2)

Veyangoda (morning): Deutsche Bank AG vs. MD Gunasena - no result

Veyangoda (afternoon): Ceat International Kelaniya beat BPO Connect by six runs 

Ceat 184/9 (24); BPOC - 178/9 (24)

The tournament will continue on 10 and 11 June with a card of 22 matches.