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Sri Lanka 'A' tour discard Pradeep Hewage made an unbeaten 48 while Nilantha Dabare bagged four wickets as Seylan Bank registered a convincing nine-wicket win over Singer Sri Lanka in their Mercantile 'A' division league tournament cricket match played at NCC grounds, Maitland Place yesterday.

Batting first, Singer made 111 all out in 39 overs with Hashan Tillakaratne making a top score of 64. The bankers then reached their target for the loss of only Lanka de Silva's wicket in the 27th over.

Singer Sri Lanka: 111 in 39 overs. (Hashan Tillakaratne 64, N. Dabare 4 for 25).

Seylan Bank: 112 for one in 26.4 overs (Lanka de Silva 41, Pradeep Hewage 48 n.o).

Eight wicket win.

Nilantha Bopage cracked an unbeaten 55 while former Sri Lanka paceman Sajeeva de Silva had a penetrative spell of 3 for 27 to pilot Hatton National Bank to a smart eight-wicket win over Commercial Bank in their Mercantile 'A' division cricket match played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Commercial Bank: 120 in 40 overs. (M. Jayasena 33, Sajeeva de Silva 3 for 27).

Hatton National Bank 122 for 2 in 18 overs. (Nilantha Bopage 55 n.o., Saman Jayantha 37).