Mercantile ‘E’ Division Cricket

Akbar Bros, Dialog in good wins

Akbar Brothers and Dialog Telekom provided the thrills last weekend in the ongoing David Pieris Motor Co. sponsored ‘Cherry QQ’ trophy MCA Division ‘E’ 40-overs league cricket tournament.

Akbar Brothers helped by a fighting innings of 90 runs by K.D.S. Dissanayake beat Bodyline by two wickets with two overs to spare, while Dialog Telekom pulled off an unexpected five wickets win over Coats Thread Lanka with three balls to spare.

Results:

• At MCA: Trellerborg Lanka beat ABC Group by 115 runs.
  Trellerborg 270 (40) (C.T. Perera 60, Dinesh Kumara 22, Suminda Dinesh 65, W. Padmasiri 31, U.S. Gamage 3/30, C.V. Arulanandan 3/50).
  ABC Group 155 (27.1) (S.C. de Silva 27, C. Victor 35, D. Fernando 25, M. Jayasinghe 20 n.o., Suminda Dinesh 4/25, N. Pushpakumara 2/15).
  
• At Mahara: S.S. Shipping beat Ceylinco SC ‘D’ by 4 wickets.
  Ceylinco ‘D’ 192 (34) (P. Mahendran 36, R. Irshad 20, R. Cooray 30, K. Perera 21, S. Silva 4/30, T. Kavinda 3/25).
  SS Shipping 196-6 (36.2) (T. Kavinda 37, S. Silva 32, V. Chandrasiri 47, M. Rasanjana 45, S. Perera 3/20).
  
• At Thurstan: Abans Group beat Colombo Dockyard by 46 runs.
  Abans Group 173 (39) (S. Wijesiri 73, U. Wijesuriya 32, H. Sanjeewa 3/20, S.N. Wijegunawardena 4/35, C.M. Perera 2/40).
  CDL 128 (34) (R. Eriyagolla 40, S. Perera 25, S. Kasun 35, D. Sanjeeva 2/25, N. Gunawardena 2/25, R. Sridhar 2/9, P. de Soysa 2/35, I. Vindana 2/6).
  
• At Mahara: Akbar Brothers beat Bodyline by 2 wickets.
  Bodyline 222-9 (40) (R.C. Perera 81, D.S. Pushpakumara 57, U. Induranga 25, R. Urendran 3/45, U.V. Perera 2/14).
  Akbar Brothers 225-8 (38) (K.D.S. Dissanayake 90, R. Urendran 32, C. Kumara 26, A.S.P Ranasinghe 25 n.o., R.C. Perera 3/30, G. Sepalage 4/40).
  
• At Campbell Park: Linea Aqua beat Eagle Insurance by 8 wickets.
  Eagle Insurance 120 (34.2) (R. Balasuriya 50, N. Rodrigo 20 n.o., K. Samantha 2/20, N. Gunawardana 2/10, P. Mangala 3/10).
  Linea Aqua 124-2 (16.3) (K. Samantha 21, N. Gunaratne 37, N. Gunaratne 27 not out, T. Dasun 21 n.o.).
  
• At Thurstan: Dialog Telekom beat Coats Thread Lanka by 5 wickets
  Coats Thread 201-8 (40) (J. Indran 82, P. Shanaka 25, S. Pradeep 28, U. Ruberu 2/40, N. Munafar 5/24).
  Dialog Telekom 205-5 (39.3) (D. de Silva 65, M. Unaiz 21, M. Wattegedera 20, B. Ekanayake 47, A. Tussant 26 n.o.).
  
• At MCA: Mabroc Teas beat Trelllerborg Lanka by 52 runs.
  Mabroc Teas 234 (40) (D. Chathuranga 31, S. Wijemanna 51, S. Perera 40, D. Dharshanapriya 20, S. Dinesh 2/45, N.U. Kumara 3/25).
  Trellerborg Lanka 182 (33.4) (S.S. Kumara 22, Suminda Dinesh 20, L.R. Pushpakumara 27, W.A. Padmasiri 25, G. Fernando 3/30, S. Wijemanna 3/30, D. Chathuranga 2/19.
  
• At Campbell Park: McCallum Cargo beat Star Garments by 35 runs.
  McCallum Cargo 232 (38.5) (S. Nalaka 35, L. Suwandaratne 41, A. de Mel 38, B. Kumara 30 n.o., T. Anthony 2/40, S. Suranga 2/25, M. Rodrigo 3/45).
  Star Garments 197 (38.3) (S. Fernando 30, A. de Silva 26, R. Dhammika 30, S. Fonseka 22, A. Palihakkara 35, Selvin Perera 4/50)