Expolanka Group very successfully completed the first phase of the tournament in the ongoing Ceylon Cold Stores Plc sponsored, ‘Elephant- House Lemonade’ Trophy - MCA ‘D’ division 40 Over League Tournament 2018.
Expolanka recorded their sixth win on the trot to stay unbeaten in Group ‘B’ as they beat NTB ‘B by seven wickets in their last league match.
Aravinda Rajapaksa from MAST Industries (73 runs and 5-36 vs. Hilton Colombo Residencies), Vikum Costa from Central Finance (5-30, 50 runs vs. DPMC) and Ashan Thilanka from Hilton Colombo Residencies (5/41, 67 runs vs. Mast Industries) stole the limelight with their all round performances
Results - Softlogic Finance vs.
Ceylinco Insurance no result:
Softlogic Finance 255 in 40 overs (Ravindu Silva 98, Praneeth Madushanka 25, Pradeep Perera
22, Nethusha Wijethilaka 21, Darren Ebert 2/35, Yasindu Yulantha 2/31)
Ceylinco Insurance: 62/0 in 10 overs when rain halted play (Akila Madusanka 41 not out)
Delmage Group Vs.
HNB Grameen (no result)
Delmege Group 119 in 29.1 overs (Dinil Nalinda 21, Pradeep Rajasekaran 21, Banuka Prabash 3/05, Tharinda Wijesinghe 3/38, Danushka Sandaruwan 2/22)
HNB Grameen 67/3 in 10 overs when rain halted play (Pradeep Rajasekaran 2/6
Central Finance beat DPMC
Central Finance 235-9 in 40 overs (Tharaka Gunathilake 78, Vikum Costa 50, Kushan Silva 40, Udara Bandara 3-21, Nalinda Channa 2/29)
DPMC 224 in 38.5 overs ( Prasad Niroshan 52, Lakshan de Silva 48 not out, Madushan
Fernando 47, Dilshan Peiris 27, Vikum Costa 5/30, Chanaka Jayanetthi 2/47)
DPMC beat MAS Bodyline
DPMC 203-8 in 29 overs ( Madushan Fernando 55, Akila Elagodage 35, Nalinda Channa 24, Dilshan Peiris 23, Kavindu Eranga 2/41, Chanaka Maduranga 3/43)
Bodyline 118/7 in 29 overs (S Vithanage 26, Kasun Madusanka 21, Nalinda Channa 3/17, Lakmal de Silva 2/30)
Expolanka Group beat NTB ‘B’
Nations Trust Bank ‘B’ 127/8 in 22 overs (Temal Wegodapola 48, Mahesh Gunaratne 25, Madawa Fernando 2-02, Hashan Hewanayake 2-15, Savin Thilitocq 2-38)
Expolanka Holdings 128-3 in 17.2 overs (Hashan Hewanayake 54, Darshana Hettiarachchi 39)
Ceylinco Insurance beat
Hemas Group
Ceylinco Insurance 213 in 39.5 overs (Pasindu Dilshan 52, Mohammed Majeed 38, Darren Ebert 37, Akila Madushan 21, Salinda Samaranayaka 3-37, Chandana Batuwita 2/33)
Hemas Holdings Plc: 196 (Amalka Weerasinghe 50, Amal Ranasinghe 28, Sampath Thebuwana 20, Asela Fernando 2-21, Darren Ebert 4-20, Yasindu Yulanka 2-30)
NDB Bank beat Airport and
Aviation
Airport and Aviation 208 in 39.1 overs (Nuwan Yapa 48, Thilina Indushan 29, M.D.R. Pieris 51 not out, W.M.M. Indika 24, Ravindu Maduranga 3/25, Praneeth Wedisinghe 3-24, Eranda Seneviratne 2-34 )
NDB - 214-6 in 39.1 overs (Nimash Fonseka 60, Danushka Sandaruwan 59 not out, Ravindu Maduranga 28, Thilina Indushan 3-30)
MAST Industries beat Hilton Colombo Residencies
Mast Industries 232 in 39.3 overs (Aravinda Rajapakse 73, Rasika Wickramaratna 43, Kasun
Fernando 30, Nuwan Anthony 29, Ashan Thilanka 5-41, Dileepa Perera 2-22) Hilton Colombo Residencies 149 in 29 overs (Ashan Thilanka 67, Isira Silva 38, Aravinda Rajapakse 5-36 )