Chinthaka, Saman guide HNB to victory

Chris DHAMBARAGE

Two sparkling half centuries from Chinthaka Jayasinghe (82) and Saman Jayantha (70) helped Hatton National Bank register a convincing 78 run victory over MAS Active in their Singer MCA Centenary Premier limited overs cricket tournament match worked off at the P. Saravanamuttu Oval yesterday.

Hatton National Bank: 298 for 6 in 50 overs (C. Jayasinghe 82, S. Jayantha 70, D. Hunukumbura 45, N. Perera 36, S. Dissanayake 25)

MAS Active: 220 in 34.1 overs (T. Sampath 71, A. Perera 36, K. Vithanage 27, J. Kulatunga 21, I. de Saram 21, R. Dhammika 4 for 25, S. Jayantha 2 for 40)

Sampath in fourth win

Skipper Kaushal Silva hit a fighting knock of 70 to spearhead Sampath Bank to their fourth successive victory while overcoming Janashakthi by 93 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: 207 in 44.3 overs (K. Silva 70, C. de Soysa 37, R. Herath 39, M. Maduwantha 4 for 22, H. Silva 3 for 40, R. Dias 2 for 41)

Janashakthi: 114 in 27.5 overs (S. Serasinghe 20, M. Surappulige 2 for 35, H. Fernando 3 for 17, J. Mendis 2 for 19)

Sohan spins Seylan

Spinner Sohan Boralessa returned amazing figures of six wickets for nine runs as MAS Unichela cruised to a smashing six wicket victory over Seylan Bank in their Singer MCA Centenary Year Premier limited overs cricket tournament match worked off at the BRC ground in Havelock Park yesterday.

Seylan Bank: 121 in 26.5 overs (T. Paranavithana 51, S. Wijeratne 21, S. Boralessa 6 for 9)

MAS Unichela: 126 for 4 in 11.1 overs (T. Dilshan 48, M. Warnapura 41 n.o, F. Maharoof 28 n.o, C. Sumathipala 3 for 42)