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A solid 95 runs partnership for the fourth wicket in 62 balls between Udaya Yatawara (58 in 46 balls inclusive of eight fours) and Lasantha Perera (35 not out) helped Colombo Masters CA to beat a ten-man MCA team by six wickets in the Inaugural Sri Lanka Masters (0-50) T20 Quadrangular League 2019 continued on 8 February.
On Friday, Colombo Masters notched up their second successive win to remain as the only unbeaten team and thus booked their berth in the finals.
The best individual batting came from Palitha Liyanage from NSCA (79 not out vs. State Services) and the best bowling by MCA’s Sirosha Gunatillake (3 for 17 vs. NSCA) and NSCA’s Deepal Madurapperuma (3 for 17 vs. MCA).
On 3 February, Colombo Masters scored a thrilling eight-wicket win with two deliveries to spare over State Services; the match winners for them were batsmen Rohan Raj Perera (46 not out), unleashing two huge sixers in the 18th over to release the scoreboard pressure alone with Nalliah Deverajan (58 in 45 balls with two sixes and six fours).
Match Results – First and second round matches
First round – Ratmalana/Morning: Nationalized Services beat MCA by 18 runs.
NSCA – 145/8 (20) ( S.N. Fernando 68, N. Peiris 17, P. Liyanage 31 not out, Sujith Perera 2/29, Sirosha Gunatillake 3/17, D. Nanayakkara 2/44).
MCA – 127/8 (20) (Ian Coggings 28, Wasanthalal Fernando 25, Sujith Sirimanne 16, N. Peiris 2/20, D. Madurapperuma 3/17).
Ratmalana/Afternoon: Colombo Masters beat State Services by eight wickets.
State Services – 138/8 (20) (L. Ranasinghe 37, A.S. Rodrigo 32 not out, R. Ranathunga 2/17, R. Perera 2/40).
Colombo Masters – 139/2 (19.4) (N. Devarajan 58, D. Tissararachchi 16, Rohan Raj Perera 46 not out).
Second round – Bloomfield /Morning: State Services beat Nationalized Services by seven wickets.
NSCA – 128/6 (20) (P. H.U. Imalsha 35, Palitha Liyanage 79 not out, T.D.H. Silva 2/25).
State Services – 129/3 (18.2) (A.M. Arthanayake 66, L. Ranasinghe 17 not out, P. Liyanage 2/27).
Bloomfield/Afternoon: Colombo Masters beat MCA by six wickets.
MCA – 141/6 (20) (Wasanthalal Fernando 39, Nishantha Mendis 36, Roshan Iddamalgoda 29 not out, R. Perera 2/14).
Colombo Masters – 142/4 (17.3) (N. Rajapaksa 16, Udaya Yatawara 58, Lasantha Perera 35 not out, Sujith Perera 2/25).
The tournament will be continued with the two last batch of matches in the round robin on 17 February at Bloomfield Grounds; Morning – State Services vs. MCA, Afternoon – Colombo Masters vs. Nationalized Services.
