CDB fairer and lovelier than Unilever by 1 wicket

Sponsor, Unilever Sri Lanka ( Unilever) missed a golden opportunity to register their first win in the tournament, as they went down fighting to debutants, Citizens Development Business Finance (CDB) by 1 wicket with 3 deliveries to spare, in the ongoing 2nd 'Fair & Lovely Men' Trophy – MCA ' B' Division 50- Over League Tournament 2019, continued last week.

John Keells Holdings ( JKH) ' B' registered their 2nd win, beating Commercial Credit 'B' by 4 wickets. Kanrich Finance ( Kanrich) ' B' scored their 3rd win on the trot, beating HNB by 5 wickets.

The best batting came from Sandakan Pathirana ( ComCredit) ' B' 69 vs JKH ' B', and the best bowling by Chandula Weeraratne (Kanrich 'B') 5/33 vs HNB. At MCA:

CDB beat Unilever by 1 wkt Unilever 159 (48.3 overs) (Sachindu Colambage 43, Sachin Fernando 25; Savin Gunasekara 3/24, Chandima Bandara 2/30, Imran Khan 2/32)

CDB 160/9 (49.3 overs) (Dinushka Malan 34, Chathuranga Dikkumubura 30, Savin Gunasekara 29, Shaluka Silva 28 n.o.; Gihan de Soyza 3/17 Gayan Rupasinghe 3/19)

At Panagoda:

JKH 'B' beat ComCredit 'B' by 4 wkts. ComCredit 'B' 194 (46.4 overs) (Sandaken Pathirana 69, Sanitha de Mel 36, Sammika Perera 20; Tharindu Rathnayake 3/50, Sasindu Perera 2/22, Shashrika Pussegolla 2/37) JKH 'B' 197/6 (41 overs) (Malinga Amarasinghe 63 n.o., Roscoe Thattil 51, Shashrika Pussegolla 26; Sandaken Pathirana 4/29)

At BRC:

Kanrich 'B' beat HNB by 5 wkts

HNB 150 (48.2 overs) (Madawa Warnapura 43, Ashen Fernando 28, Deshan Dias 23; Chandula Weerarathne 5/33, Tharushan Iddamalgoda 2/24)

Kanrich 'B' 151/5 (37.3 overs) (Raveen Sayer 63 n.o., Pramod Maduwantha 29 n.o.; Naveen Gunawardane 2/24, Madawa Warnapura 2/23

The tournament will continue this weekend, with a card of 5 matches.