Mercantile Cricket Association Committee beat Media Cricket Club by 05 wickets, Series tied 2 – 2

MCA MCC 04th Friendly Cricket Encounter – MCA Ground, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Media Cricket Club put into bat, 107 all out – ( 20 Overs ) Dinesh Upendra 39, Aathif Siddhique 24, Manoj Rideemaaliyadda 13, Buddhika Gamlath 12 – Manoj Rideemaaliyadda / Aathif Siddhique 22 runs for the 03rd wicket, Aathif Siddhique / Dinesh Upendra 31 runs for the 04th wicket – the next 03 wickets fell for the addition of 12 runs – Dinesh Upendra / Buddhika Gamlath 18 runs for the 07th wicket – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 21 runs – first 05 overs : 24 / 2, 10 overs : 51 / 3, 15 overs : 83 / 6, last 05 overs : 24 / 4 – Pramodh Fernando 4 / 21, Anush Perera 2 / 14.

Mercantile Cricket Association Committee in reply, 108 / 5 – ( 17.3 Overs ) Mahesh De Alwis 20, Hasitha Lanka 17, Feroze Ahamed 15no, Chamara Perera 14, Extras 16 – Feroze Ahamed / Chamara Perera / Hasitha Lanka 34 runs for the 03rd wicket, Mahesh De Alwis / Pramodh Fernando 21 runs for the 05th wicket – first 05 overs : 34 / 2, 10 overs : 63 / 3, 15 overs : 93 / 4, last 2.3 overs : 15 / 1 – Priyal Weerasinghe 3 / 21, Sameera Peiris 02 catches.

Best Bowler : Pramodh Fernando – MCA Committee
Best Batter : Dinesh Upendra – Media CC
Player of the Match : Mahesh De Alwis – MCA Committee

Media CC
Ranjan Paranavithana – Freelance ( Captain )
Dharshana Maldeniya – Rupavahini ( Vice Captain / Wicket Keeper )
Dinesh Upendra – Rupavahini
Kasun Pussewela – Freelance ( Wicket Keeper )
Priyal Weerasinghe – Freelance
Sameera Peiris – Ceylon Sports
Ruwan Senaratne – Kreedaa Viththi
Manoj Rideemaaliyadda – Cricinfo
Aathif Siddhique – ThePapare.com
Buddhika Gamlath – Sri Lanka Sports
Suminda Jayasekara – TV Derana
Buddhika Dunusinghe – Rupavahini
Thushan Indika – Rupavahini
Azam Ameen – Newswire
Hishan Welmilla – SriLankaSports.com
Dhanushka Aravinda – Sports Pavilion
Haritha Perera – sportswithharitha.com
Upendra Herath – TV Supreme ( Manager )
Thushara Cooray – Facilitator

MCA Committee
Mahesh De Alwis ( Captain )
Sirosha Gunathilaka ( Vice Captain )
Pramodh Fernando
Lakshan Perera ( Wicket Keeper )
Samantha De Mel
Vidara Abeywardene
Feroze Ahamed
Anush Perera
Chamara Perera
Prasad Amarasinghe ( Wicket Keeper )
Hasitha Lanka
P M Nilantha

Umpires : Nanda Pathirana & Athula Wickramathilaka
Scorer : Sanjaya Jayasinghe

Trophies donated by Lasantha Amarasinghe ( Chance Sports )
Match facilitated by Mercantile Cricket Association

Report assisted by srilankascorers.com
Photos by Master Aritha Maldeniya