Bat prevails over ball with an exception
Th re e opening b at s m e n , Lakshan Perera from Fair First Insurance ( FFI), Tharaka Marasinghe from Kelani Cables (KC) and Nirushan Ramachandran from Sri Lanka Telecom ( SLT) along with bowler, Shamil Jayalath from CEAT International, Kelaniya, ( CEAT) stole the limelight, in the ongoing 7th Stafford Motor Co.( Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, ' Honda' Trophy – MCA ' G' Division 25- Over League Tournament 2017.
FFI's Lakshan Perera, the weekend’s top scorer, hit a belligerent 88 runs in 62 balls, with 6 sixes and eight fours vs A. Baur & Co ( ABC).
KC's Tharaka Marasinghe carried his bat out, scoring 83 not out in 47 balls, with three sixes and 13 fours vs Union Assurance ( UA).
SLT's Nirushan Ramachandran scored a brisk 80 runs in 52 balls, with two sixes and 10 fours vs debutants, JAT Holdings ( JAT).
CEAT's Shamil Jayalath finished with impressive figures of 5- 0- 19- 5 to shoot out debutants, Waters Edge ( WE) for 65 runs. 5 wickets on DLS
Kotahena
Avery Dennison 99 (22.3) lost to HNB 'B' 100/7 (20) by 3 wickets Millennium IT 147 (24.5) beat The Finance Co. 92 (16.5) by 55 runs
Panadura
UA 102 (21.4) lost to KC 106/1
(12.3) by 9 wickets MD Gunasena 109 (18) lost to ComCr 'C' 111/2 (21.1) by 8 wickets
Darley Road
Laughs Holdings 149 (24.5) beat BPO Connect 120 (24.3) by 29 runs Pearson Lanka 146/5 (22) beat SriLankan 126/8 (22) by 22 runs on DLS The tournament will continue this weekend with a card of 26 half- day matches