Off spinner Dhananja Edirisinghe stole the limelight in the MCA ‘F’ division cricket tournament with mesmerizing figures of 7 wickets for 7 runs that guided Softlogic Life to snuff out Ceylon Tobacco by four wickets in an encounter of the fifth Fairfirst Insurance Trophy 25-over League on March 25 and 26.
Batting honours went to the opening batsman of Unilever, Gayan Rupasinghe, who hit a hurricane 96 runs off 53 deliveries that included 11 sixes and a boundary in their fixture against Ansell Textile. Unilever won the match by 25 runs.
Results in brief:
Commercial Bank ‘B’: 194/6 (25) beat Cargills Bank: 152 (22.4)
George Steuart Health: 162/4 (18) beat NTB: 111/8 (18) (match reduced to 18 overs a side)
Slim Pharma: 110/8 (25) lost to Standard Chartered Bank: 113/2 (17.3)
MAS Silueta: 216/7 (25) beat Certis Lanka: 70 (17.2)
Unilever: 172/7 (25) beat SAGT: 149/9 (25)
Synergen Health: 106/7 (25) beat Union Bank: 87 (21.4)
Atire: 108 (21.2) lost to Astron Lanka: 109/5
Unilever: 229/9 (25) beat Ansel Textiles: 204/7 (25)
Union Bank: 109 (24.4) lost to Dialog Axiata: 112/1 (18.1)
Hirdaramani: 116 (24.4) lost to Expolanka Group: 117/1 (18.1)
Dialog Axiata: 141 (23.4) lost to Technomedics: 145/4 (22.1) Commercial Credit: 117 (24) lost to DPGC ‘B’: 121/5
Ceylon Tobacco: 154 (22.5) lost to Softlogic Life: 158/6
Ancell Lanka: 183/7 (25) beat Emerchemie NB: 169/9 (25)
MAS Active: 168/8 (25) beat 3DH International: 151/8 (25)
HNB ‘B’: 177/7 (25) beat Hirdaramani: 136 (24.5) (TBR)