McLarens, PABC Bank stroll to victory in BMW-Hyundai Cup

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McLarens Group and PABC Bank greeted the New Year in a fitting manner as they waltzed their way to wins in the ongoing fifth Prestige Automobile Ltd. sponsored BMW-Hyundai Cup, MCA “C” Division, 50-Over league tournament 2016, which was continued on Sunday.

At Kotahena, McLarens beat JL Morison by 164 runs and at Campbell Park, PABC Bank beat People’s Leasing & Finance by 157 runs.

The spotlight fell on the McLarens’ half centurions, M. Gerome (51) and S. Hettiarachchi (57) and their medium pacer, Piyal Dissanayake, who finished with impressive figures of 5/15 in 8 overs.

Scores:

McLarens – 230 all out in 44.4 overs (M. Gerome 51, S. Fernando 35, S. Hettiarachchi 57, S. Peiris 22, G. Kahawita 3/43, A. Shakir 3/27, K. Abeysinghe 2/45)

JLM – 66 all out in 23.4 overs (G. Kahawita 26, Piyal Dissanayake 5/15, Randika Fernando 3/20)

PABC Bank – 229 all out in 49.3 overs (S. Fernando 39, B. de Alwis 31, V. Deepal 31, L. Wickramasinghe 24, C. Sansaka 21, T. Harshana 3/35, R. Jayasekera 2/25, I. Gunasekera 2/32, S. Sandaruwan 2/53)

PLC – 72 all out in 17.5 overs (S. Sandaruwan 32, A. Perera 3/20, C. Sansaka 3/17, S. Amaradasa 2/10)

The tournament will be continued on Sunday, 10 January with one match – PABC Bank vs. Airport Aviation Services at the D.S. Senanayake College Grounds.

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