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The 31st Singer–MCA Super Premier League 2024, featuring eight teams, which commenced on 4 October, came to an abrupt halt due to adverse weather conditions and is currently on hold.
The MCA Super Premier League is conducted in three stages: the “League”, the “Knock-out”, and the “T+20”. The first segment—the League stage, comprising 28 matches—began with great momentum on 4 October as HNB triumphed over the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Under-19 team by 76 runs at the Air Force grounds, Katunayake. However, continuous rainfall soon disrupted the tournament.
In another match held at the same venue on 8 October, Mode Engineering defeated BBK Partnership by 20 runs via the DLS method in a game reduced to 31 overs per side due to soggy ground conditions.
HNB’s Madawa Warnapura stole the spotlight, becoming the first centurion of the tournament with a remarkable 104 runs off 115 balls, including four sixes and seven fours, in the match against the SLC Under-19 team. Warnapura forged a vital 160-run partnership off 157 balls for the fourth wicket with Chamindu Wijesinghe, who contributed 77 runs from 89 balls, with two sixes and five fours. Their efforts helped HNB post a total of 256 for 7 in 50 overs. In response, the SLC U-19 team was bowled out for 180 in 43.3 overs, with Dellon Peiris delivering an outstanding bowling performance, taking 4 wickets for 35 runs from 10 overs.
Chief Scores:
HNB beat SLC U-19 team by 76 runs
HNB – 256 for 07 in 50 overs (Deshan Dias 31, M. Warnapura 104, C. Wijesinghe 77, R.K. Newton 2/52, D. Sigera 2/49)
SLC U-19 team – 180 all out in 43.3 overs (Dunith Sigera 23, Palindu Perera 27, Thanuja Rajapaksa 51, S. Sharujan 33, M. Warnapura 2/28, D. Peiris 4/35)
Mode Engineering beat BBK Partnership by 20 runs on the DLS Method (Match reduced to 31 overs a side, due to soggy ground conditions)
BBK Partnership – 132 all out in 29.1 overs (Y. Lanka 22, Kamil Mishra 40, D. Sudeera2/25, Arul Pragasam 2/11, Dilshan de Zoysa 2/17, S. Mendis 2/17)
Mode Engineering – 130 for 4 in 27 overs (Pawantha Weerasinghe 23, Ravindu Rashantha 64, A. Tharindu 24 not out, Y. Rodrigo 2/32)
Weather permitting, the rescheduled League matches are set to resume on 21 October.
