Krishans steer Commercial Leasing

A fighting innings by Krishan Kanchana (60 runs in 55 balls, inclusive of 4 fours, 2 sixes) and Krishan Tillakaratne (37 not out) steered Commercial Leasing Co. to an exciting three wickets win with two deliveries to spare over Singer Sri Lanka ‘B’ in the ongoing MCA President’s Cup Division ‘F’ 30 overs league tournament continued, last weekend.
It was fluctuating fortunes for Singer SC ‘B’ who beat HSBC ‘B’ by 38 runs with Buddhika Perera top scoring with a swashbuckling 89 runs in 50 balls with 7 sixes and 6 fours for them on Saturday and going down fighting to Commercial Leasing on Sunday at the same ground.
Despite a good double by Travine Speering (4 for 20 and 20 runs), Acme Printing grabbed a seven-run win over Brumby’s International.

Results (all matches at MCA grounds):

n Singer ‘B’ beat HSBC ‘B’ by 38 runs
Singer ‘B’ 205 (28.2) (U. Ganearachchi 28, Buddhika Perera 89, C. Ratnasiri 20, A. de Costa 2/25, R. Canagasaby 3/25, N. Alahakoon 2/20, S. Balasuriya 2/50).
HSBC ‘B’ 167-9 (30) (D. Heenkanda 28, A. de Costa 51, R. Wellington 28, S. Balasuriya 22, SH Bary 2/25, S. Ariyapala 3/30).
n Acme Printing beat Brumny’s International by 7 runs
Acme Printing 82 (27.1) (L. Perera 15, K. Thivanka 12, T. Speering 4/20, I. Lalloo 2/15).
Brumby’s 75 (21.5) (T. Speering 21, C. Dharshana 3/20, S. Gunatillake 3/20, I. Kumara 2/20, D. Perera 2/10).
n Softlogic beat ESER Marketing by 5 wickets
ESER Marketing 73 (20) (KBG Ekanayake 20, EN Harindra 26, C. Nirosha 2/13, R. Rasool 4/10).
Softlogic 77-5 (17.1) (C. Kodithuwakku 21, D. Hettiarachchi 2/24).
n Commercial Leasing Co. beat Singer ‘B’ by 3 wickets
Singer ‘B’ 186 (26.3) (P. Kumara 20, C. Ratnasiri 30, M. Fonseka 68, I. Priyantha 2/25, R. Jayasinghe 3/25, N. Mihira 3/14).
Commercial Leasing 187-7 (29.4) (C. Perera 20, K. Kanchana 60, K. Tillakaratne 37 n.o., I. Priyantha 25, Mahesh Wijewardena 3/35).
The tournament will be continued after the Wesak weekend on May 16/17 with a heavy card of 14 matches. [LW]