Fair First's Lakshan Perera second time unlucky

The weather gods were once again the spoilsport of MCA Cricket.

The ongoing 7th Stafford Motor Co. ( Pvt) Ltd., sponsored ' Honda' Trophy – Mercantile Cricket Association ( MCA) ' G' Division 25- Over League Tournament 2017, was severely hampered during the last weekend, as 9 games were washed out without a ball being bowled, and 7 games were played with reduced overs ( a minimum 8 overs per team for a result).

In one of the matches that went the full distance, Fair First Insurance [( Fair First) formerly Union Assurance General ] made hay in rare sunshine, as they trounced MAS Active ( MAS) ' D' by 143 runs .

Fair First opening batsman, Lakshan Perera was most unfortunate to miss a ton for the second time in the tourna- overs) by 44 runs

Millennium IT 125/7 (12 overs) beat RR Donnerly 75/9 (12 overs) by 50 runs

First Choice 171 (19.5 overs) beat Tea & Herbs 109 (23.2 overs) by 62 runs

At Panadura

Interpharm vs Micro Holdings and Avian Technology vs Sri Lanka Telecom - MA

The Finance Co.-115/9 (25 overs) lost to NOR Lanka 116/3 (12.5 overs) by 7 wkts

At Veyangoda

PABC 'C' Vs. First Choice - MA DPMC 'B' 114/9 (17 overs) lost to Aitken Spence Group 118/3 (14.2 overs) by 7 wkts

Avery Dennison vs Waters Edge - MA

Avion Technology 86/8 (17 overs)

The other notable performance came from Saranga Nadeeshan of CEAT Kelani [ 75 in 64 balls, with 5 sixes and 5 fours vs VS Information ( VSI)], and the 115- runs stand for the 3rd wicket in 70 lost to Pearson Lanka 87/1 (6.5 overs) by 9 wkts

AT Kotahena

Peak Colombo 93/3 (8 overs) beatJetwing Travels 86/4 (8 overs) by 7 runs

Fair First 235/6 (25 overs) beatMAS 'D' 92 (13.5 overs) by 143 runs

Wurth Lankaa 59/6 (8 overs) lost to Deutsche Bank AG 60/2 (5.1 overs) by 8 wkts balls between Jeevan Prasad ( 75) and Rukshan Gamage ( 60) from Group M Media vs Alliance Finance.

The tournament will be continued this weekend with a card of 16 matches.