Sampath Bank win

Chris Dhambarage

Dilruwan Perera and Jeewan Mendis captured four wickets each to give the defending champions Sampath Bank a convincing 71 run victory over Fingara in their MCA Premier League cricket tournament match played at Maitland Place yesterday.

Sampath Bank: 222 (H. Fernando 73, T. Kandamby 26, J. Mendis 28, N. Perera 31, A. Ganegama 5 for 55, U. Chandana 2 for 35)

Fingara: 151 in 39.5 overs (M. Gajanayake 56, I. de Saram 27, D. Perera 4 for 27, J. Mendis 4 for 32).

East West victorians

Opener Sajith Fernando and all rounder Thisara Perera scored half centuries to guide East West Marketing to a thrilling three wicket victory over John Keells in their MCA Premier League cricket tournament match worked off at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

John Keells: 253 (D. Karunaratne 40, D. Dushantha 90, M. Siriwardena 40, S. Dias 55, A. Prasad 3 for 34, K. Lokuarachchi 3 for 40)

East West: 254 for 7 in 44 overs (S. Serasinghe 30, T. Sampath 40, S. Fernando 60, T. Perera 72, R. de Silva 2 for 48, S. Eranga 3 for 58).

HNB beat Seylan

Spinners Sajeewa Weerakoon and Ranil Dhammika captured three wickets each to help Hatton National Bank beat Seylan Bank by 94 runs in their MCA Premier League tournament match worked off at Maitland Crescent yesterday. Hatton National Bank: 217 (D. Hunukumbura 53, S. Weerakoon 46, N. Perera 41, D. Perera 4 for 35, G. Sirisoma 3 for 27, C. Sumathipala 2 for 31).

Seylan Bank: 123 (C. Wijesinghe 47, D. Indika 41, K. Kulasekera 2 for 18, S. Weerakoon 3 for 15, R. Dhammika 3 for 2).

Janashakthi by 7 wkts.

Sachith Pathirana produced a fine all round performance to help Janashakthi beat Ceylinco by seven wickets at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

Ceylinco: 234 (D. Marlon 25, D. Ruston 35, P. de Mel 36, A. Fernando 44, S. Pathirana 3 for 35, M. Pushpakumara 2 for 45)

Janashakthi: 235 for 3 (N. Perera 65, S. Pathirana 78 n.o, L. de Silva 53 n.o).