Nawaloka Hospitals crash to nine-wicket defeat WEEKEND MATCH RESULTS:
2018 ‘E’ Division winners, Nawaloka Hospitals crashed to a humiliating nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Maliban Biscuit Manufactories in the ongoing 1st ‘Cbl-munchee’ Trophy – MCA ‘D’ Division 40–over League Tournament 2020 last weekend.
Nawaloka, batting first, was bamboozled by Venura Gayashan (4 for 13) and Kavinda Bandara (4 for 4) and fell like ninepins for a miserly 55 runs in 20.4 overs; Maliban went home to lunch, chasing down the target in 16.2 overs for the loss of just one wicket.
Fancied Central Finance (2019 ‘D’ runnersup), who surprisingly lost their opening game to Melwire Rolling, regained some of their lost prestige when they romped to an 8-wicket win over Delmage Group.
An inspired spell of bowling by Melwire Rolling’s Duminda Maduranga (5 for 38) went down the drain as Hemas piped them by 22 runs; largely thanks to a fighting half-century by Iroshan Herath (53)
Elsewhere, first-timers Mode Engineering registered their first win in Mercantile Cricket, beating MAS Bodyline by 24 runs; the win was fashioned by bowlers M. Theekshana (4 for 15) and M. Keerthibandara (3 for 17).
At Darley Road: David Pieris Motor Co. beat NDB by 5 wickets
NDB – 116 in 35.3 overs (C. Raveen 31, A. Chandula 27 not out, Madushan Fernando 3/21, Lakshan de Silva 3/22, H. Amarasinghe 2/12, A. Elabodage 2/23)
DPMC – 121/5 in 25.3 overs (Manjula Galhinna 35 not out, E. Buddhika 30 not out, P. Niroshan 20)
At Panagoda: Hemas Group beat Melwire Rolling by 22 runs
Hemas – 202 in 39.4 overs (Iroshan Herath 53, A. Ranasinghe 32, I. Vithanage 30, M. Fonseka
26, Duminda Maduranga 5/38, M. Muralidaran 2/19, A. Iranga 2/40)
Melwire Rolling - 180 in 36.1 overs (S. Kumar 49, I. Jayasuriya 39, I. Eranga 27, A. Weerasinghe 3/26, P. Mahipala 2/28, N. Croose 2/39)
At Veyangoda: Central Finance beat Delmage Group by 6 wickets Delmage - 82 in 19.1 overs (T. Widanapathirana 26, I. Vidana 25, Nimesh Fernando 4/10, C. Jayanetti 3/23, A. Karunaratne 2/10)
CF – 84/2 in 11 overs (R.A. Daminda 54)
At Mattegoda: Mode Engineering beat MAS Bodyline by 24 runs
Mode Eng. – 158 in 39 overs (M. Theekshana 38, C. Sivapalan 31, K. Ratnakumar 3/29, T. Jayaratne 2/20)
Bodyline – 134 in 38.1 overs (E. Subasinghe 32, I. Chandrasiri 27 not out,m.theekshana 4/15, M. Keerthibandara 3/17)
At Mattegoda: Maliban Biscuits beat Nawaloka Hospitals by 9 wickets
Nawaloka – 55 in 20.4 overs (Venura Gayashan 4/13, Kavinda Bandara 4/4)
Maliban – 59/1 in 16.2 overs (Gihan Anuruddha 28 not out).