Century by Sampath Bank’s Dasun Shanaka key highlight of MCA Premier League

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Batsmen Dasun Shanaka from Sampath Bank, Dilshan Munaweera from Commercial Credit and Shanuka Dulaj from John Keells and bowlers Duvindu Tillakaratne and Ishara Amarasinghe, both from MAS Unichela, stole the limelight at last week’s matches of the ongoing 25th Singer-MCA Premier League 2018.

Dasun Shanaka hit a classy 107 to propel Sampath Bank to a fine 51-run win over Kanrich Finance.

Dilshan Munaweera scored a belligerent 90 to help Commercial Credit to go over the 300-run mark and beat Hayleys by 112 runs.

Duvindu Tillakaratne (6 for 20) bagged his second six-wicket haul in the tournament for Unichela, as he skittled out HNB for a paltry 76 runs in 27.2 overs. Unichela shed little sweat on reaching 78 for 2 in 8.3 overs.

Tillakaratne earlier on bagged 6 for 30 against Kanrich Finance.

Amarasinghe (5 for 39) from Unichela stalled John Keells’ spirited run chase, helping his team record a close 24-run win.

In the same game Shanuka Dulaj remained unbeaten on 92 for John Keells, but his gutsy effort was in vain.

Last week’s match results (11 matches)

25 September At Katunayake: Teejay Lanka beat DIMO by 7 wickets.

DIMO – 78 (24.4), Teejay – 79/3 (14.4)

23 September At MCA: Teejay Lanka beat LB Finance by 7 wickets

LBF - 140 (29.3): Teejay - 146/3 (22.3)

At Moratuwa: John Keells beat DIMO by 8 wickets

DIMO – 95 (34), JK - 97/2 (14.1)

At Havelock Park: MAS Unichela beat HNB by 8 wickets

HNB – 76 (27.2): Unichela – 78/2 (8.3)

At Khettarama: Sampath Bank beat Kanrich Finance by 51 runs

Sampath - 280/9 (50): Kanrich - 229 (48)

At Katunayake: Commercial Credit beat Hayleys by 112 runs

Commercial Credit – 325 (50); Hayleys – 213 (45.4)

24 September (full results)

At MCA: DIMO beat Hayleys by 6 wickets

Hayleys - 177 (42) (Chanaka Ruwansiri 73, Harsha Vithana 25, Nisala Tharaka 3/33, Kavisha Anjula 2/42)

DIMO – 181/4 (42) (Sammu Ashan 71 not out, Lasith Abeyratne 35, Thikshila de Silva 31, Ramesh Mendis 20 not out)

At Moratuwa: HNB beat Sampath Bank by 5 runs

HNB – 186 (49.4) (Sameera Soysa 51, N. Nirmal 50 not out, M. Jaleel 36, T. Kaushal 4/36, P. Jayasuriya 2/30)

Sampath Bank - 181 (38.5) (Avishka Fernando 38, D. Chameera 22, L. Vimukthi 3/22, N. Gunawardena 3/24, T. Udeshana 2/64)

At Panagoda - No result: The match between Commercial Credit and Teejay Lanka was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to soggy ground conditions.

At P. Sara Oval: MAS Unichela beat John Keells by 24 runs on the DLS method (match reduced to 47 overs a side due to wet ground conditions)

Unichela - 283/9 (47 ) (R. Rambukwella 54, M. Udawatte 51, T. Sumanasiri 35, Chathuranga de Silva 32, Dhanushka Gunatillake 30, Akshu Fernando 2/25, M. Liyanapathiranage 2/30, C. Edirisinghe 2/59)

JK - (given a revised target of 264 in 43 overs due to a rain stoppage) - 240/9 (41) (Shanuka Dulaj 92 not out, Akshu Fernando 32, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 25, Ishan Jayaratne 25, Lahiru Milantha 22, Ishara Amarasinghe 5/39 and S. Madusanka 2/62)

At Havelock Park: LB Finance beat Kanrich Finance by six wickets.

Kanrich – 134 (42.4) (S. Rajaguru 37, P. Devinda 37, Angelo Perera 4/17, Isuru Udana 3/23)

LBF - 140/4 (23.3) (Dhananjaya de Silva 30, R. Laksiri 3/44)

The tournament will continue today with a card of four matches, while there will be a card of three matches tomorrow and on 30 September there will be four matches.