Singer Sri Lanka ‘s opening batsman, Lasith Lakshan had the honour of being the first centurion in the ongoing 03rd Fair & Lovely Men – MCA “B” division 50 Over League Tournament 2020, continued on Wednesday, 09th October.
Lasith Lakshan carried his bat with a classic run-a-ball 100*, which included 02 sixes and 06 fours; he was associated in a 107 run opening stand with J. Sachin (31) in 130 balls, thus carrying Singer SL to a comfortable 08 wicket win over CDB with over 16 overs to spare.
The unbroken 04th wicket stand of 90 runs in 47 balls between Sangeeth Cooray (81* in 75 balls with 02 sixes & 10 fours) & Nimanda Subasinghe (54* in 26 balls with 03 sixes & 08 fours) gave MAS Silueta a clinical 07 wicket win over Pyramid Wilmer.
MCA “B” Division League Tournament 2020 to commence on 5th October
Pyramid Wilmer who won the toss and batted was restricted to 196 runs in 50 Overs by the Silueta bowlers, Isuru Samarasooriya (4 for 23 in 10 overs) & Buddhika Fernando (3 for 48 in 10 Overs).
Asia Asset Finance just could not cope up with HNB’s varied bowling attack of Vimukthi Perera (2 for 38), Sajeewa Weerakoon ( 2 for 19) L. Rasanjana (3 for 49) and Madhawa Warnapura (2 for 17), as they crumbled to 134 in 38.2 overs. HNB shed little sweat in reaching their target, scoring 135 for 2 in 25 overs, thus winning by 08 wickets.
The tournament will be continued this weekend, 12th & 13th October with a card of 03 matches.
Match Results
At MCA – HNB beat Asia Asset Finance by 08 wkts.
AAF – 134 (38.2) ( Nimesh Fernando 16, Nimesh Perera 53, Vimukthi Perera 2/38, Sajeewa Weerakoon 2/19, L. Rasanjana 3/49, M. Warnapura 2/17)
HNB – 135/2 (25) (S. Kankanange 46, Deshan Dias 49, M. Warnapura 28*, D. Jayalath 2/25)
At Colts – Singer Sri Lanka beat CDB by 08 wickets.
CDB – 182 (46.5) (S. Jayawardena 54, H. Vithana 43, S. Nanayakkara 22, M. Ravichandran 26, Rajith Priyan 4/40, H. Hewage 2/32)
Singer SL – 183/2 (33.3) (Lasith Lakshan 100*, J. Sachin 31, H. Rajapaksa 29)
At Dombagoda –MAS Silueta beat Pyramid Wilmer by 07 wickets.
Pyramid Wilmer – 196 (50) (S. Lakmal 50, V. Randika 44, N. Malinga 31, Mishane Silva 29, I. Samarasooriya 4/23, B. Fernando 3/48)
MAS Silueta – 198/3 (27.3) (Sangeeth Cooray 81*, Nimanda Subasinghe 54*, P. Waduge 27, I. Samarasooriya 20, U. Nishan 2/21)
