DFCC Bank registered their fourth successive win, thereby to remain as the only unbeaten team in Group ‘A’, in the ongoing ‘Coca –Cola’ Trophy –MCA ‘D’ division 40 Over League Tournament 2019, continued last week-end (26th and 27th January)
DFCC Bank, chasing the moderate total of 165 runs in 40 Overs, set up by Heshan Flexi, reached their target in 37.2 overs with Amitha Jayaratne scoring a well compiled 72 not out.
The other noteworthy performances came from Madushan Fernando from David Pieris Motor Co. (68 not out Vs. Colombo Dockyard), Jeewantha Pradeep from Central Finance (87 Vs. Airport & Aviation), Lakshan de Silva from David Pieris Motor Co., (4 for 20 Vs. Colombo Dockyard), Ravindu Maduranga from NDB Bank (4 for 10 Vs. Hemas Group), Tharindu Vidanapathirana from Delmage (75 Vs. Softlogic Finance)
Week-end’s Match Results / Five Matches
l At Mattegoda : Central Finance beat Airport & Aviation by 54 runs.
Cen. Finance – 257/9 (40) (Jeewantha Pradeep 87, K. Silva 42, C. Jayanetti 25, U. Indrajith 21 not out, D.C. Karunaratne 3/33, N.H. Yapa 3/30)
A&A – 203 (36) (A. Sandeepa 41, M.N. Indika 35, N.H. Yapa 32, Vikum Costha 4/50, C. Jayanetti 2/18, R. Dilshan 2/27)
l At MCA: Delmage Group beat Softlogic Finance by 91 runs.
Delmage – 246 (38.4) ( Tharindu Widanapathirana 75, I. Vindana 45, D.Nalinda 35, S. Dheelanka 4/40, S. Christopher 2/50, A. Liyanage 2/45)
Softlogic Finance – 155 (33) (D. Faux 51, C. Kodituwakku 25, P. Balagama 2/30, M. Munasinghe 2/20, T. Vidanapathirana 2/30, R. Sandaruwan 2/12)
l At Veyangoda – DFCC Bank beat Heshan Flexi by 04 wickets
Heshan Flexi – 164 (34.5) (Hiruna Sigera 41, Malitha Lakshan 32, Samith Wijenayake 24, Pansilu Deshan 22, Amitha Jayarathna 2/18, Lakshitha Liyanage 2/30)
DFCC Bank – 168/6 ( 37.2) ( Amitha Jayarathna 72 not out, Geeno Lawrance 31, Pansilu Deshan 2/14, Lalith Prasanna 3/32)
l At Darley Road – DPMC beat Col. Dockyard by 07 wkts
Colombo Dockyard - 139 (39.3) (ST Rajamanthrie 53, Lakshan de Silva 4/21 Manjula Bandara 3/16, Mayura Dihan 2/26)
DPMC - 140/3 (22) (Madushan Fernando 68 not out, Gayanga Roshan 26, NU Kariyawasam 2/29)
l At Thurstan : NDB Bank beat Hemas Group by 06 wkts.
Hemas Group - 87 (27.3) (Chandana Batuwita 23 not out, Ravindu Maduranga 4/10, Sekar Anojtharan 2/16, Nimesh Fonseka 2/20)
NDB Bank - 91/4 (25.5) (Muditha Elpitiya 36)