MCA Cricket: 28th Singer Premier League and T20 postponed

The 28th Singer-MCA Premier League and the T20 Cricket Tournament 2021 was once again postponed, due to the SLC Invitation T20 League, which ended this week at the Pallekele Stadium.

The League Stage (50 overs) got off to a start on April 20 with the participation of four teams, namely – Hayleys Group, John Keells Group, HNB and Citizens Development Business Finance (CDB).

The tournament went on smoothly up to April 27, completing eight matches, but stopped on its tracks due to the third wave of the ongoing pandemic.

Subsequently, the MCA Tournament Committee decided to re-start the tournament where it stopped, August 10 but their efforts went in vain, due to clashing with the SLC T20.

Unbeaten, Hayleys Group head the table with four wins out of four, followed by HNB with two wins and two defeats; HNB and CDB have one win and three defeats.

Following are the results of the eight matches completed: 

Hayleys beat HNB by 5 wickets at MCA

CDB beat John Keells by 2 wickets at SSC

Hayleys beat CDB by 96 runs at SSC

John Keells beat HNB by 9 runs at P. Sara Oval

HNB beat CDB by 10 runs at NCC 

Hayleys beat John Keells by 2 wickets at P. Sara Oval

Hayleys beat HNB by 2 wickets at P. Sara Oval 

John Keells beat CDB by 54 runs at NCC

Highlights so far:

Best Team Total:

John Keells – 314 for 8 in 50 overs vs CDB

Best Batting: 

Kusal Mendis (John Keells – 110 in 106 balls, inclusive of 3 sixes and 8 fours vs CDB

Muditha Lakshan (CDB – 104 in 115 balls inclusive of 5 fours vs John Keells)

Best Bowling:

Lahiru Madusanka (CDB – 9.4 overs, 2 maidens, 31 runs, 5 wickets vs HNB)

Tharindu Ratnayake (CDB – 10 overs, 50 runs, 5 wickets vs Hayleys)