Dhananjaya de Silva of LB Finance scored the first ‘ton’ in the on-going tournament. Dhananjaya struck 118 runs off 121 deliveries against Commercial Credit Finance at P. Sara Oval.
HNB beat John Keels Holdings by 19 runs at MCA and Sampath Bank defeated Hayleys PLC by 5 wickets at De Soysa Stadium Moratuwa .
Commercial Credit Finance beat LB Finance by 5 wickets at P. Sara Oval and Dimo overcame Kanrich Finance by 37 runs at Surrey grounds.
Madhawa Warnapura (HNB), Jehan Mubarak (Commercial Credit Finance), Kaushal Silva (Sampath Bank), Pulina Tharanga (Dimo), Minhaj Jaleel (HNB), Malith Cooray (HNB), Yohan Mendis (Kanrich Finance) and Roshan Laksiri (Kanrich Finance) made half centuries.
At P Sara Oval.
Commercial Credit won by 5 wickets.
LB Finance: 267/9 in 50 overs (Dhananjaya de Silva 118, Sahan Arachchige 45,
Lahiru Gamage 4/52, Sachith Pathirana 2/35, Malinda Pushpakumara 2/57)
Commercial Credit: 268/5 in 45.3 overs (Jehan Mubarak 84 n.o., Upul Tharanga 48, Lahiru Madhusanka 46 n.o., Dilshan Munaweera 21, Isuru Udana 2/35, Dhananjaya De Silva 2/37)
At MCA grounds
HNB won by 19 runs.
HNB: 226/5 in 50 overs (Madhawa Warnapura 92 n.o., Minhaj Jaleel 56, Malith Cooray 50 n.o.)
John Keells: 207 in 48 overs (Roshen Silva 35, Sandun Weerakkody 33, Dimuth Karunarathna 31, Bhanuka Rajapaksha 30, Sajeewa Weerakoon 3/40, Malith Cooray 2/33)
At Surrey grounds, Maggona
Dimo won by 37 runs.
Dimo: 251/8 in 46 overs (Pulina Tharanga 59, Jason Perera 49, Hashan Dumindu 28, Sammu Ashan 20, Akila Dhananjaya 3/62, Roshan Anuruddha 2/55)
Kanrich Finance: 214 in 46 overs (Yohan Mendis 50, Roshan Laksiri 50, Pethum Nisshanka 24, Sammu Ashan 3/31, Ramesh Mendis 2/36)
At De Soysa Stadium Moratuwa.
Sampath Bank beat Hayleys by 5 wickets.
Hayleys PLC: 202/9 in 50 overs (Madhuranga Soyza 36, Harsha Withana 30, Andy Solomons 28, Sajith Dissanayake 27, Jeevan Mendis 3/33, Prabhath Jayasuriya 3/43, Tharindu Kaushal 2/38)
Sampath Bank: 205/5 in 39.2 overs (Kaushal Silva 82 n.o., Sameen Kandanarahchi 29,
Primosh Perera 28, Avishka Fernando 28, Lasith Embuldeniya 2/30) - (YK)