MAS LINEA AQUA, FAIR FIRST INSURANCE, MOBITEL AND SLT ADVANCE TO SEMI FINALS
MAS Linea Aqua, Fairfirst Insurance, Mobitel and Sri Lanka Telecom advanced to the Semi Finals of the 8th Stafford Motor Co. Ltd., Honda Trophy – MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament.
1st Quarter Final: Amana Takaful
Vs. MAS Linea Aqua – Amana Takaful Insurance, who scored an upset win over fancied Asiri Hospitals in the pre-quarter finals was most unlucky to miss their spot in the semi finals by a whisker.
Amana fought well and truly with another strong team – MAS Linea Aqua, this time and tied the game at 168 runs all. The match extended into a tie-breaker – the ‘bowl-out’ contest and MAS Linea went into the semi finals beating Amana Takaful 6/4.
2nd Quarter Final: Fairfirst Insurance Vs. Bimputh Finance – Two useful knocks by Thilina Massmulla (45) and Dulip Silva (31) helped Fairfirst Insurance to a convincing 19-run win.
3rd Quarter Final: Mobitel Vs. Nor Lanka – Nor Lanka, who did well to beat group leader Srilankan Airlines in the prequarter finals, this time melted away in the hands of Mobitel. Mobitel bowlers, Thilina Mahesh (4/4), Ranga Rajapaksa (2/10) and Krishna Weeraratne (2/13) went through the Nor Lanka batting like a hot knife on butter, as they were shot out for a paltry 51 runs in 18.4 overs. Mobitel shed little sweat on reaching their target in 15 overs.
4th Quarter Final: Deutsche Bank AG Vs. Sri Lanka Telecom – Good batting by Lahiru Thambawita (57) and good bowling by Inshaka Siriwardena (3/25) steered SLT to a thrilling 13-run win.
MCA (morning): MAS Linea Aqua beat Amana Takaful Insurance on the ‘bowl-out’ contest. The match ended in a tie.
MCA Linea Aqua 168 in 24.3 overs (Mangala Pradeep 59, Shalaka Rangajeewa 45, Dilan Vinod 36; Osman Zaman 4/30, Mansoor Elahic 3/16, Amila Sampath 2/40)
Amana Takaful 168/9 in 25 overs (Shuhail Manthoom 38 not out, Rumi Mohideen 36; Thilan Chathuranga 3/25, Mangala Pradeep 2/33)
MCA (afternoon): Fairfirst Insurance beat Bimputh Finance by 19 runs.
Fairfirst 165/9 in 25 overs (Thilina Massmulla 45, Duleep Silva 31, Sanjaya Attanayake 25, Asel Sigera 21; Ranga Silva 4/23, C. Chinthaka 2/33, M. Suranga 2/42)
Bimputh 146/7 in 25 overs (C. Chinthaka 39, K. Chamika 37, R. Ratnagoda 23; Asel Sigera 2/36)
Thurstan (morning): Mobitel beat Nor Lanka by 6 wickets
Nor Lanka 51 in 18.4 overs (K. Jayasinghe 15; Thilina Mahesh 4/4, Ranga Rajapaksa 2/10, K. Weeraratne 2/13)
Mobitel 54/4 in 15 overs (K. Weeratne 16; K. Jayasinghe 2/2)
Thurstan (afternoon): Sri Lanka Telecom beat Deutsche Bank AG by 13 runs
SLT162/6 in 25 overs (Lahiru Thambawita 57, S. Divanga 31, L. Ranatunga 27not out, I. Siriwardena 20; Janith de Silva 3/30, Niranjan Dabare 2/25)
Deutsche Bank 149/8 in 25 overs (D. Bastianpillai 28, Rally Tissera
26 not out, Yohan Fernando 26; I. Siriwardena 3/28, Lasith Kumara 2/18, N. Ramachandra 2/18)