Good knock by Chinthaka Wijeratne

After a layoff of two consecutive week- end’s due to extreme weather conditions, the Seventh Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, 'Honda' Trophy – MCA 'G' Division 25 over League Tournament 2017 was back on rails last weekend but not without the weather being a nuisance.

Out of twenty-one matches, Five ended in no- results and nine matches were played with reduced overs. The best team total was 228 for 7 in 25 overs came from Coutaulds Clothing Vs. Coca Cola Beverages. The lowest total was by debutants VS Information- 21 in 11.2 overs Vs. HNB 'B'.

Notable batting performances came from Chinthaka Wi j e r atne f rom Avery Dennison (91 in 64 balls, nine sixes and four fours Vs. Laugfs Holdings); Krishan Maduranga from Coutaulds Clothing (82 in 56 balls, seven sixes and six fours) and Kusal Po n n a m p e r u m a f rom Commercial Credit 'C' (79 not out in 63 balls, six sixes and four fours Vs. Kelani Cables)

The bowlers who did well were: Dinesh Panditharatne from HNB ' B' ( 5- 3- 5- 7 Vs. VS Information); K.A. Sarathchandra from ACL Cables ( 3- 0- 19- 5 Vs. Pyramid Wilmer) and K. A. J. Shalinda from Alliance Finance (5-0-25-5 Vs. Glaxo SmithKline) and Chinthaka Wijeratne from Avery Dennison ( 2.5-0-8-5 Vs. Laugfs Holdings). The tournament will be continued this week- end with a card of 22 matches.