Perera and Rajapaksa hog the limelight

Nimantha Perera from Unilever Sri Lanka and Harsha Rajapaksa from Singer Sri Lanka hogged the limelight, being the first centurions in the ongoing 2nd Fair and Lovely Men” Trophy – MCA ‘B division’ 50 Over League Tournament .

Nimantha Perera’s dogged 111 runs in 163 balls inclusive of six sixes & eight fours went a begging, as Unilever lost to John Keells “B” by a massive margin of 108 runs.

Harsha Rajapaksa hit a swashbuckling 112 runs in 65 balls inclusive of eight sixes and six fours, propelled Singer SL to a nail biting one wicket, last ball win over Unilever.

Match Results

At MCA – Singer Sri Lanka beat Unilever by one wicket (Match reduced to 38 overs a side, due to wet ground condition)

Unilever – 210/9 (38) (Gihan de Soyza 63, Sachin Fernando 46, Gayan Rupasinghe 22, Vimukthi Kulathunga 3/17, Devind Pathmanathan 2/37)

Singer Sri Lanka – 211/9 (38) (Harsha Rajapaksha 112, Raveen Yasa 37, Jacob Sachin 25, Rasika Prasad 2/33)

At BRC – HNB “A” beat John Keells “B” by two runs on the D&L method (match reduced to 30 overs a side due to wet ground conditions)

John Keells (B) – 197 (30) (Tharindu Rathnayaka 32, Malindu Maduranga 30, Sachitha Jayathilaka 57, Vimukthi Perera 3/50, Kosala Kulasekara 2/28)

HNB – 139/3 in 23 overs when bad light halted play, (Deshan Dias 49, Madawa Warnapura 59 not out, Aktab Cader 2/26) At Katunayake – Expolanka Group beat CDB by seven wickets

CDB – 83 (28.2) (Danushka Dharmasiri 28, Madura Lakmal 3/35, Neranjan Wanniarachchi 2/13, Sachith Lakshan 2/13)

Expolanka – 85/3 (14) (Vishawa Chathuranga 49 not out, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 2/16)

At Moratuwa – John Keells “B” beat Unilever by 108 runs

John Keells “B” – 301/7 (50) (Ashen Silva 80, Roscoe Thathil 64, Malindu Maduranga 42, Yohan Mendis 41, Malinga Amarasinghe 30 not out, Vihan de Zoysa 3/52)

Unilever Sri Lanka – 193 (40) (Nimantha Perera 111, Madusha Rajarathne 29, Akhthab Cadar 5/33)