Three matches of the MCA Fair & Lovely MEN ‘B’ division tournament were worked off today(25) with John Keells Holdings ‘B’, MAS Silueta and Unilever Sri Lanka recording comfortable wins.
DHT Cement vs John Keells Holdings ‘B’
DHT Cement were humbled at the hands of JKH ‘B’ in their match worked off at the MCA grounds in Colombo. Nuwan Thushara(2/07) and Akthab Cader(3/18) bowled hostile spells once again to reduce DHT to 11/5 before left arm orthodox spinner Sasindu Perera cleaned up the tail and finished with top figures of 4/14 as DHT were bundled out for 74 runs inside 25 overs.
JKH lost a wicket early on in the run chase but Manoj Sarathchandra stroked a classy unbeaten 40* as they reached the target in the 10th over to complete the match before lunch.
DHT Cement (Pvt) Ltd 74 (24.4) Dasun Senavirathna 24, Akthab Cader 3/18, Nuwan Thushara 2/07, Sasindu Perera 4/14
John Keells Holdings 76/1 (9.1) Manoj Sarathchandra 40*
Mobitel vs MAS Silueta
Mobitel’s struggles continued as they lost their third match out of four league games to the much fancied MAS Silueta at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake.
None of the Mobitel batsmen got going after they were sent into bat as they were restricted to 156 with right arm seamer Charana Nanayakkara doing the bulk of the damage picking up three wickets.
Irosh Samarasuriya stroked a classy half century in the run chase while Denuwan Rajakaruna who struck a century a few days back, guided the latter part of the run chase with a composed unbeaten 31* as MAS Silueta recorded a five wicket win to continue their unbeaten run.
Mobitel 156 (41.5) Lakshan Jayasinghe 32*, Koshan Dhanushka 32, Supeshala Jayathilake 24, Lahiru Samarakoon 22, Charana Nanayakkara 3/21, Nimanda Madushanka 2/17, Angelo Emanuel 2/28, Buddhika Sanjeewa 2/31
MAS Silueta 159/5 (36) Irosh Samarasuriya 51, Denuwan Rajakaruna 31*, Nimanda Madushanka 28, Sangeeth Cooray 24, Koshan Jayawickrama 2/32, Rangana Rajapakshe 2/27
Unilever Sri Lanka vs Singer Sri Lanka
Unilever Sri Lanka recorded their first win of the tournament to keep their semi-final hopes alive as they beat Singer Sri Lanka by 75 runs on the Duckworth and Lewis method at the Surrey Village grounds in Maggona.
Unilever put up 178/7 in their 43 overs in a rain affected game with Madusha Rajarathna top scoring with 35. Harishnath Rajendran also made a valuable 32* lower down the order to proved much needed impetus to the innings.
Rajendran’s game only got better as he starred with ball capturing three wickets as Singer Sri Lanka were restricted to 103/9 to hand a much deserved win for Unilever SL.
Unilever Sri Lanka 178/7 (43) Harishnath Rajendran 32*, Madusha Rajarathna 35, Chaminda Perera 20, Yomesh Ranasinghe 20, Pasindu Dilshan 2/35, Prashan Weerawarne 2/32
Singer Sri Lanka 103/9 (30) Pasindu Dilshan 28, Harishanth Rajendran 3/34, Gihan de Zoyza 2/27, Yomesh Ranasinghe 2/19
