

Citi Bank, Informatics continue winning spree
Citi Bank NA and Informatics continued their winning spree, both teams scoring back-to-back victories in the on-going Trendex Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, MCA division "F" 30-overs League tournament, which continued last weekend.
With wins over Mackwoods by 7 wickets and Singer Sri Lanka "B" also by 7-wickets, Citi Bank NA now have 5 straight wins under their belt.
By beating Union Assurance by 7 wickets and Data Entry by 92-runs, Informatics now have 4 successive wins in their favour.
The weekend’s best batting came from Informatics opening batsman Anura Athukorala, who scored a blistering 94 in 62 balls, including 5 sixes and 12 fours against Data Entry, while the bowling star was R.I.B.A. Bandara, of Smart Shirts, who bagged 4 for 7 in 4.1 overs against Mobitel.
Weekend match results:
Saturday, 10 May (6 matches)
MCA/Morning: Access Group "B" beat Data Entry International by 07-wickets
Data Entry 150 for 7 in 30 overs (S. Nilasan 32, C. Karunaratne 31 not out, P. Silva 25, Felix Wijesinghe 3/20)
Acess "B" 151 for 3 in 21.4 overs (Vipula Pathirana 79 not out, S. Slemmerman 28 not out, S. Wimalasena 2/25)
MCA/Afternoon: Smart Shirts beat Mobitel by 6 wickets
Mobitel 65 in 16.1 overs (S. Wijepala 15, R. Tillakaratne 2/20, A. Bandara 4/7, S. Lasantha 3/9)
Smart Shirts 69 for 4 in 13.1 overs (D. H. Pathirana 21 not out, K. Gomes 2/20)
POW/Morning: Informatics beat Union Assurance by 7 wickets (match reduced to 20-overs a side, due to wet ground conditions)
UAL 114 for 9 in 20 overs (including 10 penalty runs awarded, due to 1 under bowled over) (H. Fernando 21, J. Hewawasam 2/15, I. Ushantha 2/18, U. Hettiarachchi 2/9)
Informatics 115 for 03 in 15.3 overs (K. Dharmasena 47 not out, N. Mendis 31 not out)
POW/Afternoon: SriLankan Airlines "B" beat L.B. Finance by 1 wicket
LB Finance 104 in 20.4 overs (D. Tharaka 35, G. Soyza 36, N. de Soysa 2/14, S. Vanisilus 2/20, D. Ratnasekera 2/20)
SriLankan "B" 108 for 09 in 27.3 overs (S. Jayasinghe 22 not out, G. Soyza 2/15, S. Madusanka 3/15, M. Premesh 4/20)
Thurstan/Morning: Citi Bank NA beat Mackwoods by 7 wickets
Mackwoods 154 for 9 in 30 overs (S. Chandrabos 26, M. Mallikarachchi 59, A. Attapattu 22, D. Nanayakkara 3/30, N. Balagoda 3/30)
Citi Bank NA 155 for 3 in 25.2 overs (N. Pradeep 29, T. de S. Wijeratne 77 not out)
Thurstan/Afternoon: Softlogic beat Ceylon Tobacco by 3 wickets
CTC 83 in 21 overs (S. Hettiarachchi 20, K.G. Mahesh 20 not out, M. Adikari 30, N. Suraweera 3/15, R. Rasool 2/4)
Softlogic 86 for 7 in 13.3 overs (M. Fiyaz 45, R. Janith 27, M. Pethiyagoda 3/20, M. Adikari 3/10)
Sunday, 11 May (6 matches)
MCA/Morning: Std. Chartered Bank beat Browns Group by 11-runs
SCB – 147 in 28.3 overs (J. Savarimuttupulle 20, B. Weerasekera 45, P. Peramudalige 30, J. Perera 2/20, I. de Silva 2/35, H. Mallawathanthri 2/35, K. Weerasinghe 3/19)
Browns 136 in 28.3 overs (C. Gunatillake 45, N. Aloka 21, H. Mallawathanthri 21, C. Silva 27, P. Peramudalige 2/19, J. Savarimuttupulle 2/20, N. Fernando 4/20)
MCA/Afternoon: Ceylon Tobacco beat Astron Lanka by 76 runs
CTC – 188 for 9 in 30 overs – (S. Hettiarachchi 49, A. Rajawasam 46, R. de Silva 20, C. Perera 2/30)
Astron – 112 in 22.3 overs (S. Prasanga 21, Amila Gayan 21, S. Fernando 22, S. Hettiarachchi 2/10, N. Jayasuriya 2/30, J. Ginige 3/6)
POW/Morning: Mercantile Investments beat DPMC "B" by 57 runs
Merc. Investments 111 in 25.4 overs (D. Anurada 20, A. Elabadage 2/15, N. Channa 3/20)
DPMC "B" 54 in 20.1 overs (S. Jayasundara 20, J. Kahaduwa 2/15, S. Eranga 3/6, S. de Silva 2/3)
POW/Afternoon: Citi Bank NA beat Singer "B" by 7-wickets
Singer "B" 134 in 24.2 overs (S. Sirimanne 36, S. Ariyapala 25, N. Pradeep 2/30, N. Galagoda 3/25, D. Nanayakkara 2/25, C. Gunawardena 2/9)
Citi Bank NA 138 or 3 in 23.3 overs (N. Pradeep 40 not out, D. Nanayakkara 57, T. de S. Wijeratne 31 not out, A. Vithana 2/25)
Thurstan/Morning: Informatics beat Data Entry International by 92 runs
Informatics 227 for 7 in 30 overs (Anura Athukorala 94, N. Mendis 20, J. Perera 26, H. Kulathunge 22 not out, S. Wimalasena 2/50, S. Niroshan 3/35, R. Aswar 2/30)
Data Entry 135 in 36 overs (C. Karunaratne 75, P. Silva 21, R. Kellapatha 3/15, U. Hettiarachchi 3/30)
Thurstan/Afternoon: Kelani Cables beat Galadari Hotel by 9 wickets
Galadari Hotel 128 in 24 overs (J. Jayawardena 47, L. Kasthuriratne 2/4, D.S. Pathirana 2/30, J. Pathiraja 3/10)
Kelani Cables 129 for 1 in 15.1 overs (M. P. Sanjeewa 55, T. B. Yatawara 51 not out)