MCA junior cricket tournament from August 20

Yasaratne GAMAGE

The MCA Cricket Academy Annual Junior Cricket Tournament for cricket academies and coaching schools will be held from August 20 to September 2 in Colombo.

The first round matches will be played on a round robin system at several venues in Colombo while quarter finals, semi finals and finals will be played at MCA grounds on August 31, September 1 and 2.

The tournament, conducted for the 7th successive year, is held for under-13 and 15 age categories with 24 teams vying for honours in four groups.

This was revealed at a press briefing held on Monday at MCA lawn where the participating teams were handed over draws and relevant information of the tournament.

The 30 over match tournament starts at 9 am for the morning session while the afternoon matches will start at 1.45 pm.

Five foreign teams, Dessert Cubs from Sharjah (under 15), JSW Cricket Academy and Brigesh Patel Cricket Academy , Bandalore (under 13 and 15) will battle it out with other teams from Sri Lanka.

The tournament which innaugurated in 2006 for under 13 with the participation of 13 teams and under 15 category was added in 2009.

MCA Cricket Academy - Blues, who won the under 15 championship by beating Roy Dias School of Cricket last year, will try their best to retain title this year too. The under-13 category was won by SSC when they beat Lankan Cricket Academy.

[Teams]

Under-13
Group A:

SSC School of Cricket, BRC School of Cricket, Ragama Cricket Academy, MCA Cricket Academy- Red, PSC Sports Academy, JSW Cricket Academy.

Group B:

MCA Cricket Academy- Blue, Panadura Cricket Coaching School, KCA Kings Kotte, RSA Cricket Academy, Gampaha Cricket Academy, JAST Cricket School.

Group C:

CCC School of Cricket, Sanath Jayasuriya Cricket Foundation, Kangaroo Cricket Academy, Brendon Cricket School, MCA Cricket Academy-Green, BPCA Bangalore.

Group D:

Lankan Cricket Academy, CCC School of Cricket, MCA Cricket Academy- White, Roy Dias School of Cricket, Gampaha Youth, Piyal Salgodo Cricket Academy.

Under-15
Group A:

MCA Cricket Academy - Blue, Lankan Cricket Academy, Gampaha Cricket Academy, Moratuwa Cricket School, SSK , Dessert Cubs Sharjah.

Group B:

CCC School of Cricket, Marian Cooray Cricket Academy, Ragama Cricket Academy, PSC Sports Academy, SSC School of Cricket, JSW Bangalore.

Group C:

Asoka De Silva School of Cricket, BRC School of Cricket, JAST, Leeds School of Cricket, Kodikara Cricket Foundation, BPCA Banglore.

Group D:

Roy Dias School of Cricket, Sanath Jayasuriya Cricket Foundation, Brendon Cricket School, Panadura Cricket Coaching School, NR Cricket Academy, LR Cricket Academy