MCA ‘D’ Division from Nov 19
View(s):The third main tournament in the MCA 2017 season – The ‘D’ division 40 Over League Tournament 2017 will get underway during the week-end of November 19 and 20, 2016. The Final is scheduled for January 13, 2017.
The following 16 teams pooled into 4 groups will play a series of 39 matches in 2 stages, including the Final; The League stage will contain 24 matches and the elimination stage will comprise 15 matches.
Group ‘A’-Brumby’s International, NDB Bank, AMW Group and Heshan Flexe
Group ‘B’-David Pieris Motor Co., Kanrich Finance ‘B’, Hemas Group and Softlogic Holdings
Group ‘C’–Delmage Group, Ceylinco Insurance, Hilton Colombo Residencies and Citizens Development Business
Group ‘D’–Expolanka Group, Nations Trust Bank ‘B’, Bodyline (Pvt) Ltd., and Central Finance & Investments.
The 39 matches are spread around 7 selected venues, namely – MCA, NSCA/Ratmalana, Army /Mattegoda, Veyangoda Central, Thurstan College and St. John ‘s /Panadura.
All matches will be supervised by a MCA appointed Match Referee. The Panel consisting of – Nalin Perera, Sena Nandiweera, Athula Wickramatillake, U.S.C. Perera, Waruna Waragoda, Gamini Dissanayake, Mangala Jayasena, Thusitha Karunaratne, Sudath Munaweera and Manoj Perera.
The tournament ball will be The Grays of Cambridge, directly imported by MCA from Pakistan. Special Awards: Best Batsman, Best Bowler, Man of the Series and Man of the Final.
Last year Commercial Credit & Finance ‘B’ beat Central Finance by 138 runs in the Final on March 28 at the MCA Grounds. – Lakshman Ranasinghe