MCA Cricket: Mercantile 6s this weekend at Colombo

The Mercantile Cricket 'Sixes' 2016,conducted by the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) is set to be held this weekend (23 and 24). 

18 teams will take part in the Tier 'A' segment (turf matches) and 45 teams will take part in the Tier 'B' segment (matting matches). 

On Saturday (23), both segments will be conducted on a round robin; the 18 Tier 'A'teams, pooled into six groups and the 45 Tier 'B' teams, pooled into 15 groups. 

The 18 Tier 'A' matches will take place at the MCA and Thurstan College grounds from 8.30 am onwards. 

The 45 Tier 'B' matches will take place at the St. Benedict’s College, Wesley College, St. Sebastian’s College and Army Mattegoda Grounds from 8.00 am onwards. 

At the completion of the 1st day's play, the six top teams will advance to the Tier 'A' final round and the 16 top teams will advance to the Tier 'B' final round. 

On Sunday (24), the Tier 'A' matches will take place only at MCA and the Tier B matches will take place at Thurstan College and Wesley College Grounds from 9.00 am onwards; both Finals will be played at the MCA grounds . 

The Special Awards offered for both segments are for the best batsman, bowler, highest Sixes, Man of the Final and Man of the Tournament. 

The 18 teams playing in the Tier 'A' segment are: The Sri Lanka Schools U-19 team, by invitation, who will defend the title, which they won last year. 

HNB (2015 runners-up), Sampath Bank 'A' and 'B', MAS Active, DIMO, Mobitel, Nations Trust Bank 'A', PABC Bank, HSBC, Peoples Leasing and Finance, Colombo Dockyard, JL Morison, MAS Silueta 'A' , Singer Sri Lanka and LB Finance. 

MAS Silueta 'B' will defend the tier 'B' title; Stafford Motors were the 2015 runners-up.

A total of 63 teams, consisting 85 matches are involved at six venues.