MCA Veterans are better Cavaliers

Mercantile Cricket Association Veterans XI beat Lanka Cavaliers by five runs in a closely contested cricket match played at the MCA groundyesterday. The MCA Veterans batting first scored 183 runs in their stipulated 20 overs. Sanjaya Wijesinghe (56) and Mahesh Wijewardena (47) were among the runs for the MCA Veterans.

Lanka Cavaliers in their turn were dismissed for 178 in their 20 overs. Asanka Perera (45) and Sajeeva de Silva (48) were the chief scorers for the Lanka Cavaliers while the rest fell to spinner Punyakantha Abeygunasekera who took 5 for 26.

Brief scores.

MCA Veterans 183 for 6 in 20 overs (P.Abeygunasekera 19, Mahesh de Alwis 12, Namal Senaratne 16, Sanjaya Wijesinghe 56, Mahesh Wijewardena 47, R.Iddamalgoda 15 n.o, Riyaz Farook 2 for 24, Mahesh Wijenayake 2 for 36)

Lanka Cavaliers 178 in 20 overs (Varuna Waragoda 12, Asanka Perera 45, Basil Jayawardena 23, Sajeeva de Silva 48, Riyaz Farook 18, Punyakantha Abeygunasekera 5 for 26, Mahesh de Alwis 2 for 20) RA