CCC - MCA 'Blues' in final

Defending champions, CCC School of Cricket 'A' will confront the hosts, MCA Cricket Academy 'Blues' in the final of the MCA Cricket Academy, Invitational, u-13, 30-overs cricket tournament on September 5 at the MCA ground commencing 8.45 a.m.

In the semi-final worked off at the MCA ground on Thursday, CCC 'A' after some anxious moments, managed to beat SSC School of Cricket by 16 runs, while MCA CA 'Blues', helped by a run-a-ball, 53 by Nimesh Bandara and a deadly spell of bowling by Sachin Kavinga (04.08.03), sailed to a comfortable 108 runs win over Moratuwa School of Cricket. CCC School of Cricket 'A' coached by Nelson Mendis, will be led by Dhaham Gunawardena and MCA 'Blues' coached by Sarath Perera, will be captained by Himesh Hewage.

Results - semi-finals:

At MCA grounds:

CCC 'A' beat SSC by 16 runs.

CCC 'A' 184 for 8 in 30 overs (N. Ratnayake 38, T. Karunaratne 35, M. Amarasinghe 31, K. Perera 35, K. Bandara 2 for 29, R. de Silva 3 for 29).

SSC 168 in 29.3 overs (Kevin Bandara 75, C. Cooray 25, M. Amarasinghe 2 for 24, A. Kulatunga 2 for 23, K. Perera 2 for 20, S. Siriwardena 2 for 30).

MCA CA 'Blue' beat Moratuwa CS by 108 runs.

MCA CA 'Blues' 182 for 5 in 30 overs (S. Fernando 32, S. Wijeratne 27, N. Bandara 53, D. Nanayakkara 2 for 20).

Moratuwa Cricket School 74 all out in 19.2 overs (S. Rasanga 16, A. Fernando 2 for 15, S. Kavinga 3 for 8, C. Rajapaksa 2 for 2).