6th Stafford-Honda MCA Div.'G' 25-Overs League stage over
A solid opening stand of 151 runs in 97-ball between Milan Maduwantha (66 in 51 balls- 2 sixes and 8 fours) and Iresh Udara (62 in 51 balls- 8 fours), helped newcomers, Prym Intimates to a convincing 35-runs win over Union Assurance PLC, in the ongoing 6th Stafford-Honda, MCA Division ‘G’ 25-Over League Tournament 2016,continued last weekend.
Other notable performances came from WNS Global's Basith Marikkar- 81 in 53 balls with 4 sixes and 10 fours and Dilan Jayasundera- 40, who put on an opening stand of 125 runs in 79 balls vs. Micro Holdings; Nayana Kumara of Avery Dennison, who carried his bat throughout scoring 97 not out in 77 balls, with 12 fours vs. Mobitel ‘B’; Ranga Rajapaksa of Mobitel ‘B’- 81 in 50 balls, with 8 sixes and 4 fours vs. Avery Dennison; a 110-runs stand for the 3rd wicket between G. Maduranga60 and S. Priyadarshana- 64 not out for Courtaulds Clothing vs. GlaxoSmithKline; Chandima Sampath of A Baur & Co.- 76 vs. Laughfs Holdings; a 105-runs stand for the 3rd wicket between Madura Jayasena- 66 and S. Udul- 65 for Asiri Hospital vs. Jetwing Travels.
The match between Mobitel ‘B’ and Avery Dennison went to the wire as Mobitel ‘B’ nudged Avery by 1 run. Avery chasing 169 for victory in 20 overs, needed 13 runs in the last over. Nadeeka Sampath who bowled the last over, held his nerve to give 5 singles in 5 balls, leaving 8 runs in the last ball, UTC 160/9 (25); DB 164/8 (21.3) Peak Colombo 98/6 (10); Holcim 100/2 (9) Maliban 193/5 (25); TA 126/7 (25) PI 93 (18.3); ACL 94/3 (14.2) CCB 192/6 (25); Elastomeric 92 (21.5) HNBA 97/8 (15); ACL 98/2 (14.3) Metropolitan 94/7 (25); Palliyaguruge 95/2 (10) HNBA- 157 (24.1 overs) WNS Global beat Micro Holdings by 89 runs WNSG 220/8 (25); Micro 131/7 (25) Mobitel ‘B’ 204/9 (25); Mihin 163/9 (25) which was hit for a six, but was not good enough for Avery Dennison.
With this card of matches, the League stage of the tournament concluded after 105 matches. The Mobitel ‘B’168/5 (20); Avery 167/2 (20) MIT 99 (25); Pearsons 101/6 (18.2) GSK 139/9 (25); Courtaulds 140/3 (14.1) KC 79 (19); DB 80/4 (10) Asiri 192/6 (25); JT 128 (22.2) KC 310/6 (25) including 120 penalty runs for GSK’s late arrival; GSK 155 (20) Holcim 176/7 (25); Group M 106 (19.4) Ship Xpress 183/7 (25); UTC 184/4 (18.2) tournament will now advance to the elimination stage, with the top 16 teams from the 7 groups, in the pre-quarter-finals to be worked off this weekend.