Rain has the last laugh at MCA 'F' Div.
Rain once again played havoc with MCA Cricket, when 14 teams went home empty handed and the remaining played in bits and pieces in the ongoing MCA ‘F’ division 25 Over League Tournament 2016, continued last weekend.
The players who hogged the limelight despite the rain were: Buddhi Ekanayake (55) and Dulanja Lakmal (53) from HSBC ‘C’ (engaged in a 105 runs opening stand in 83 balls Vs. Tin Pack); Opening batsman inclusive of sixes and a dozen of fours Vs. CMACGM Containers); Opening batsman Tharanga Indika from Nippon Paint (81 not out in 34 balls, inclusive of seven sixes and five fours Vs. United Tractors); Kushan Akalanka from Union Bank (79 in 54 balls, with of four sixes and eight fours Vs Coats Thread) and Premesh Perera from Allianz Insurance (4.4-0-195 Vs. Bharti Airtel).
The tournament will be continued this week-end with a card of 22 matches. - LR SAGT beat Allianz Insurance by 8 wickets
SAGT given a revised target of scoring 69 in 14 overs due to a rain stoppage At MCA: HNB ‘B’ beat Bharti Airtel by 8 wickets (match reduced to 21 overs a side) Brandix ‘B’ beat MBSL Insurance on a faster run rate; MBSL given a revised tar- get of scoring Sri Lanka Telecom beat Access Group by 9 wickets
Copal Amba beat MAC Holdings by 9 wickets
(18.2 when rain halted play); Copal Amba - given a revised target of 54 runs in 10 overs -
Arpico SC beat Hirdaramani’s by 6 wickets
Janashakthi Vs. Tin Pack and MJF Exports Vs. Nippon Paint were abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain
Heshan Flex Packaging Vs. Hayleys ‘B’ abandoned without a ball being bowled, due to rain
Fairway Holdings Vs. Lion Brewery ended in a N/R (in 4.2 overs when rain halted play)
EB Creasey Vs. MAS Active ‘C’ abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain
DSI Vs. Interpharm ended in a N/R; match reduced to 10 overs a side)
when rain halted play HSBC ‘C’ beat Tin Pack by 98 runs RR Donnerley beat Akbar Bros. by 31 runs
Asia Capital Vs. Trade Finance and Investments was abandoned without a ball being bowled At Veyangoda: Nippon Paint beat United Tractor & Equipment by 119 runs MAS Active ‘C’ beat Copal Amba by 21 runs Hirdaramani beat Heshan Flex Packaging by 3 wickets by 4 wickets Janashakthi beat Oral Corporation by 20 runs Union Bank beat Coats Thread Lanka by 122 runs MJF Exports beat CMA-CGM Containers by 8 wickets
Allianz Insurance beat Bharti Airtel by 8 wickets
Allianz Insurance, given a revised target of 54 runs in 21 overs due to a rain stoppage –
DSI beat Hayleys ‘B’ by 6 wickets CIC beat Technomedics
DSI - given a revised target of 151 runs in 18 overs, due to rain stoppage - 152/