NTB and SCB Group Leaders in MCA “C” division 50 over League Tournament

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Nations Trust Bank “A” (Group “A”) & Standard Chartered Bank (Group “B”) completed their league quota of four matches, winning them all, thus finishing as the Group Leaders in the ongoing ‘BMW/Hyundai’ Trophy, MCA “C” division 50 over League Tournament 2017, continued last weekend.

NTB “A” scored 02 comfortable wins, beating Colombo Dockyard by 05 wickets and Commercial Leasing by the same margin; whilst Std. Chartered Bank was stretched to the limit by People’s Leasing before winning by 04 runs.

Debutants, DHT Cement secured a berth in the final round from group “B” with a comprehensive 10 wickets win over Airport & Aviation, who succumbed to their 04 successive defeat.

The match winners for DHT Cement were Kavindu Bandara with his inspired spell of bowling of 7.1 - 27-5 and the unfinished opening stand between S. Godamanne (59 not out) and Malith Peiris (71 not out in 69 balls, inclusive of 4 sixes and 8 fours)/

Weekend’s match results/5 matches

At MCA: NTB “A” beat Colombo Dockyard by 05 wickets

CDL - 127 (46.4) (R. Kumara 30, D. Marlan 2/19, T. Lakshan 2/18, M. Heshan 4/27)

NTB “A” - 132/5 (34.4) (D. Marlan 33, T. Ariyawansa 62, D. Kumara 2/18, K. Atapattu 2/40)

At MCA: Std. Chartered Bank beat People’s Leasing by 04 runs

SCB – 196 (46.4) (Bhanuka Adeesha 51, S. Siriratne 55, I. Gunasekera 3/27, N. Dineth 2/24, C. Bandara 2/35)

PLC - 192 (49.1) (Gayath Mendis 36, S. Jamion 3/30, Bhanuka Adeesha 3/32)

At Mattegoda: DHT Cement beat Airport & Aviation by 10 wickets

A&A - 146 (33.1) (W.N. Perera 39, A. Jayawardena 3/42, Kavindu Bandara 5/27)

DHT Cement – 147/0 (23.2) (S. Godamanne 59 not out, Malith Peiris 71 not out)

At De Soysa Park, Moratuwa: NTB “A” beat Commercial Leasing by 05 wickets

CLC - 219/9 (50.0) ( K. Kanchana 51, C. Perera 34, P. Chandrasekera 33 not out, J. de Silva 3/27, S. Perera 3/27, N. Madushan 2/30)

NTB”A” - 222/5 (47.1) (T. Ariyawansa 55, A. Liyanage 40 not out)

At St. Benedict’s, Kotahena: Commercial Credit “B” beat Colombo Dockyard by 44 runs (Match reduced to 47 overs a side, due to wet ground conditions)

Com. Credit “B” – 182 (41.0) (N. Uthamadasa 41, A. Dias 55, R. Eriyagolla 3/37, P. Kumara 3/20)

CDL – 138 (33.2) (Chanaka Kasun 64, S. Bandara 4/34, A. Dias 3/23, M. Fernando 2/18)

The tournament will be continued on 5 February with the single match remaining in the league stage.

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