Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Nimantha Perera (Unilever), Harsha Rajapaksa (Singer) 1st centurions

- By Lakshman Ranasinghe

After 2 weeks the Mercantile 'B' Division got on to the rails with 4 matches completed without rain interrupti­on.

Nimantha Perera of Unilever Sri Lanka (Unilever) and Harsha Rajapaksa of Singer Sri Lanka ( Singer) were the weekend stars as the first centurions in the ongoing 2nd ' Fair & Lovely Men' Trophy – MCA ' B' Division 50- Over League Tournament 2019, continued last week. Nimantha Perera’s dogged 111 runs in 163 balls, with 6 sixes and 8 fours, went abegging, as Unilever lost to John Keells Holdings ( JKH) ' B' by a huge margin of 108 runs.

Harsha Rajapaksa hit a swashbuckl­ing 112 runs in 65 balls, with 8 sixes and 6 fours, propelled Singer to a nail-biting 1 wicket, last ball win over Unilever.

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