Top teams progress at MCA ‘E’ Division 30-over League Tournament

Citizens Development Business, Regnis Lanka, Lankem Ceylon,  Softlogic Finance,  LOLC and Mercantile Investments posted back-to-back wins at the ongoing 14th MCA ‘E’ Division 30-over League Tournament - being played for the DPGC Challenge Trophy and sponsored by the David Pieris Group of  Companies - with action continuing during the previous weekend and on Poya Day.

CDB beat Union Assurance and Finlays; Regnis Lanka beat the Nawaloka Group and Gestetner; Softlogic Finance beat John Keells ‘C’ and Trellerborg Lanka; and LOLC beat Dialog ‘B’ and Noyon Lanka and Mercantile Investments beat Bimputh Finance and Virtusa. 

The top batsmen were (75 runs and over) Ramesh Fernando from Amana Bank (97 not out in 87 balls with one six and 12 fours vs. Gestetner); Rasika Weeraratne from Mast Far East (95 in 52 balls  with eight sixes and eight fours vs.  Ansell Lanka); Dilshan Rusiru from Mercantile Investments (89 vs. Bimputh Finance );  Mohamed Irfan from Regnis Lanka (85 vs. Ceylon  Tobacco);  Damith Wickramaratne  from LOLC  (84 vs. Noyon Lanka);  Nipuna Gamage  from UB Finance (83 vs. Astron Lanka); Rukshan Weerasinghe from Lankem Ceylon (78 vs. Nawaloka) and Kosala Dedigama  from Finlays  (75 vs. Emerchemie NB)

The top bowlers were (five wickets and over) Supun Vidana from Virtusa (4-23-5 vs. Noyon Lanka); Dhanushka Dhananjaya from Regnis Lanka (5.2-29-5 vs. Ceylon Tobacco); Matheesa de Silva from Ceylon Tobacco (6-31-5 vs. Regnis );  Lahiru Dias from DFCC Bank  (6-39-5 vs. Astron) Ashan  Sandaruwan from Noyon Lanka  (6-40-5 vs. Virtusa) and Umayanga Premakumara from CDB  (6-42-5 vs. Finlays).

One of the sponsor companies, Assetline Leasing, had the satisfaction of posting the highest team total for the weekend – 263 for 5 in 30 overs vs. Hilton Colombo and winning the match by a huge margin of 89 runs.

Match results at a glance: 

Mattegoda/morning: Citizens Development Business beat Union Assurance Plc by eight wickets; Union Assurance 176/8 (30.0), CDB – 177/8 (20.4)

Mattegoda/afternoon: Trellerborg Lanka beat Eagle Logistics by 12 runs; Trellerborg – 173 (28.4),  Eagle Logistics  - 161 (29.1)

Veyangoda /morning: Finlays Colombo beat Emerchemie NB by four wickets; Emerchemie NB – 122 (25.0), Finlays - 123/7 (22.5)

Veyangoda/afternoon: Amana Bank beat Gestetner by six wickets; Gestetner – 181/5 (30.0), Amana Bank  - 182/4 (28.4)

Panadura /morning: Regnis Lanka beat Ceylon Tobacco Co. by 26 runs; Regnis – 221 (28.3), CTC – 195  (29.2)

Panadura/afternoon: Toll Global beat Amana Takaful Insurance by five wickets; Amana Takaful – 194 (30.0), Toll Global – 195/5 (26.4)

Kotahena /morning : Lankem Ceylon beat Nawaloka Group by 16 runs; Lankem – 238 (29.3), Nawaloka – 222/7 (30.0)

Kotahena /afternoon: MAS Silueta beat AIA Insurance by six wickets;  AIAI – 172 (28.3), MAS Silueta – 173/4 (26.4)

MCA/Morning: Assetline Leasing beat Colombo Hilton by 89 runs; Assetline - 263/5 (30.0), Hilton Colombo – 174 (26.3)

MCA /afternoon - Astron Lanka beat DFCC Bank by four wickets; DFCC – 120 (23.4), Astron – 123/6 (17.2)

Veyangoda/morning: Virtusa beat Noyon Lanka by two wickets;  Noyon Lanka 216 (30.0), Virtusa  - 221/8  (29.3)

Veyangoda /afternoon: Mast Far East beat Ansell Lanka by 31 runs; MFE – 236/5 (30.0), Ansell - 205/9 (30.0)

Mattegoda /morning: Softlogic Finance beat Trellerborg Lanka by six wickets; Trellerborg – 184/6 (30.0), CDB  -  186/4  (28.1)

Mattegoda/afternoon: Citizens Development Business beat Finlays Colombo by 48 runs;  CDB – 203 (26.1), Finlays – 155/9 (30.0)

Campbell Park /Morning: LOLC beat Dialog Axiata ‘B’ by 24 runs; LOLC – 158 (22.2),  Dialog ‘B’ -134 (27.1)

Campbell Park/afternoon: MAS Active ‘B’ beat Brandix Essentials by seven wickets; Brandix – 151 (25.4), MAS Active ‘B’ – 154/3 (25.3).

Mattegoda/morning: Softlogic Finance beat John Keells ‘C’ by two wickets; JK ‘C’ – 146 (22.3), Softlogic – 148/8 (28.2)

Mattegoda /afternoon: Mercantile Investments Ltd. beat Bimputh Finance by 48 runs; MIL – 248/8 (30.0), Bimputh – 200 (28.1)

Campbell Park /morning: Emerchemie NB beat Ceylon Tobacco Co. by 15 runs;  Emerchemie NB – 180/8 (30.0) ,  CTC – 165 (28.1)

Campbell Park /afternoon: Lankem Ceylon beat Gestetner by four wickets; Gestetner 192 (29.1),   Lankem 196/6  (22.0) 

Thurstan/morning: AIA Insurance beat MAST Far East by two wickets; MFE – 202/9 (30.0),   AIAI – 206/8 (29.5)

Thurstan/afternoon:  Regnis Lanka beat Union Assurance Plc by four wickets; UAL – 171/9 (30.0), Regnis - 174/6 (27.1)

Panadura/morning: Mercantile Investment Ltd beat Virtusa by 64 runs; MIL – 249/8 (30.0), Virtusa - 185 (29.2)

Panadura /afternoon : Unilever beat Commercial Bank “B” by  06 runs ;  Unilever  - 187  (25.1) ,  Com. Bank “B”  -  180 (29.2)

Kandana /morning: LOLC beat Noyon Lanka by four runs; LOLC – 207  (29.5)  ,  Noyon Lanka  - 203/9  (30.0)

Kandana/afternoon: John Keells ‘C’ beat Eagle Logistics by 41 runs; JK ‘C’ – 224/8 (30.0), Eagle Logistics -  183 (27.1)

Moratuwa/morning: DFCC Bank beat Assetline Leasing by five wickets; Assetline – 140 (29.0), DFCC - 145/5 (28.2)

Moratuwa/afternoon: UB Finance beat Astron Lanka by 31 runs; UBF – 204 (29.1), Astron – 173/9 (30.0)

The tournament will be continued this week-end, 26th & 27th March with a card of 14 matches.