MCA “E” division 25-Over League Tournament 2024 kicks off

The second longest running MCA partnership, the 21st David Pieris Group of Companies powered, MCA “E” division 25-Over League Tournament 2024 contesting for the glittering “David Pieris Group of Companies” Challenge Trophy got off to a start on 3 December, 2023.

The details of the tournament were revealed at the official sponsorship handing over ceremony  on Wednesday 6 December 2023 at the MCA Legends Wing.

The participating 18 teams, were pooled into three groups, as follows:

Group “A”- Emar Pharma Ltd., John Keells Group “B”, Slim Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Amana Takaful PLC, Brandix Essentials “A”, and Expolanka Freight.

Group “B” – HSBC, Abans Group, PABC Bank, George Steuart Health, LOLC “B” and Teejay Lanka PLC.

Group “C” – Commercial Credit and; Finance, Ceylinco Insurance PLC, MAS Silueta, Sanasa Life Insurance PLC, Akbar Brothers Ltd, and Janashakthi Insurance PLC.

Sanasa Life Insurance will be making their debut at MCA Cricket.

In the previous year’s tournament final Hayleys Group “B” beat Stafford Motor Co. by 3 runs.

The group stage of the tournament, consisting of 45 matches which got under way on 3 December 2023 will go until 14 January 2024.

The league stage will be followed by the “Knock-Out” stage, consisting 7 matches; the Quarter Finals on 20 January, the Semi Finals on 27 January and the Final on 3 February- 2024 MCA Grounds.

The selected venues are: MCA, St. Joseph’s College, Darley Road, D.S. Senanayake College Grounds, Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya , NSCA Ratmalana, De Mazenod College, Kandana, Royal College, Colombo, and; Prince of Wales, Moratuwa.

The Player Control Team (PCT): The tournament is covered by MCA appointed Match Referees and the DLS method will be used for all matches to arrive at a result for interrupted matches. The officiating umpires will be assigned from the Association of Professional Cricket Umpires, Sri Lanka (APCU) and; the officiating scorers will be assigned by Sri Lanka Cricket Scorers.

All matches up to the Final will be played with the Pakistan GOC League red ball, bearing the MCA Logo, supplied to the participating teams by MCA at cost.

The 4 David Pieris Group of Companies special awards on offer are: Best Batsman, Best Bowler, Man of the Series and Man of the Final.

David Pieris Group of Companies was represented by David Pieris Motor Co. Ltd Director and Chief Operating Officer, Naalaka Madugalle, Director, Group Corporate Communications, Romany Parakrama, Assetline Finance Chief Marketing Officer, Ajantha Premasiri.

The MCA was represented by the incumbent President Mahesh De Alwis, Chairman Sponsorship Committee Hasitha Dassanayake and Secretary Tournament and Sponsorship Committee K.D.S. Kanishka.