Centurions beat Limers Lords by 132 runs in Saturday’s semi-final playoff between the two conference winners of the 2014 Toronto and District Cricket Association Elite Division. Brampton Masters Tranzac beat Mississauga Ramblers by 121 runs in the playoff eliminator between the second-placed teams in each conference.
Limers Lords and Brampton Masters Tranzac are now scheduled to meet in Sunday’s second semi-final at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario. The winning team from this second semi-final will play Centurions in the Elite Division Final.
Both Elite Division playoff games had delayed starts. The full 50 overs per side was played in the Centurions-Limers Lords game on the south-east pitch at Maple Leaf CC. Limers Lords The Brampton Masters Tranzac-Mississauga Ramblers game began later on the north-east pitch and was reduced to 44 overs per side.
Limers Lords had a depleted team and fielded only ten players against Centurions.
Summary scores – Saturday September 20, 2014
Semi-final (South-east ground, Maple Leaf CC)
Centurions 281/4 (50 overs: Dhanuka Pathirana 97*, Trevin Bastiampillai 75, Joshua Brooks 45)
Limers Lords 149 (41.2 overs; Denis Smith 40, Saad Bin Zafar 26, Jeffory Woolcock 22, Dhanuka Pathirana 3/29)
Result: Centurions won by 132 runs
Eliminator (North-east ground, Maple Leaf CC)
Brampton Masters Tranzac CC 246/9 (44 overs; Hiral Patel 82, Darwin Christian 57, Rizwan Cheema 35*, Varun Sehdev 27)
Mississauga Ramblers 125 (31.2 overs; Saad Nazar 26, Hiral Patel 4/28, Varun Sehdev 3/7)
Result: Brampton Masters Tranzac won by 121 runs.
Sunday’s (September 21, 2014) Elite Division Semi-final at Maple Leaf CC
Limers Lords v Brampton Masters Tranzac (Scheduled start: 11am).
