MCA Premier tournament:

Unichela trounce Janashakthi

by Chris Dhambarage

CRICKET: Former Sri Lanka opener Malinda Warnapura hit an unbeaten 92 and shared an unfinished fourth wicket stand of 149 runs with Chamara Silva as MAS Unichela trounced Janashakthi by seven wickets in their Singer MCA Centenary Year Premier Limited Overs cricket tournament match worked off at the BRC ground in Havelock Park yesterday.

Janashakthi: 243 in 47.3 overs (D. Munaweera 44, Y. de Silva 43, S. Serasinghe 55, R. Dias 35, G. Wijekoon 3 for 44, F. Maharoof 2 for 46).

MAS Unichela: 247 for 3 in 34.1 overs (T. Dilshan 41, M. Warnapura 92 n.o, C. Silva 74 n.o).

John Keells beat MAS Active by seven wickets

Spinners Kanishka Elvitigala and Upul Indrasiri captured four wickets each as John Keells defeated MAS Active by three wickets in their Singer MCA Centenary Year Premier Limited Overs cricket tournament match worked off at Reid Avenue yesterday.

MAS Active: 114 in 28 overs (T. N. Sampath 43, K. Elvitigala 4 for 29, U. Indrasiri 4 for 24, M. Siriwardena 2 for 14).

John Keells: 117 for 7 in 31.4 overs (R. Buddhika 28, S. Ranasuriya 28, S. Senanayake 3 for 15, T.N. Sampath 2 for 30).

Sampath beat Seylan

All rounder Malinga Surappulige captured five wickets for 48 to help defending champions Sampath Bank beat Seylan Bank by 25 runs in their Singer MCA Centenary Year Premier Limited Overs cricket tournament match worked off at the Colts ground in Havelock Park yesterday.

Sampath Bank: 249 for 9 in 50 overs (H. Fernando 38, S. Kandanarachchi 56, C. Sylvester 38, C. Soysa 43, T. Kottahewa 3 for 58, G. Sirisoma 2 for 34).

Seylan Bank: 224 in 46.4 overs (N. Shiroman 31, C. Wijesinghe 66 n.o, D. Indika 47, M. Surappulige 5 for 48, H. Fernando 2 for 22).