MCA “E” division 25 over League Tournament kicks off on Saturday

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The second longest running MCA partnership – the 18th David Pieris Group of Companies powered, MCA “E” division 25 over League Tournament 2020 contested for the glittering “DPGC” Challenge Trophy will get off to a start this weekend, 22 and 23 February.

The following 24 participating teams, pooled into four groups are vying for the “DPGC” Challenge Trophy.

Group “A”: Amana Bank PLC, Standard Chartered Bank, LOLC, Allianz Insurance, Virtusa & Ceylon Tobacco.

Group “B”: AIA Insurance, Eagle Logistics, 3DH International, Arpico SC, Emerchemie NB & Stafford Motor Co.

Group “C”: UB Finance, Brandix Essentials “B”, MAS Active, Ceylinco Insurance, Trelleborg Lanka & Lion Brewery.

Group “D”: Softlogic Finance, Commercial Leasing Co., Akbar Brothers, Fairfirst Insurance, HSBC “A” & Prym Intimates.

In the previous final that took place on 25 May 2019 at the MCA Grounds, Nawaloka Hospitals PLC beat Maliban Biscuits by 08 runs.

The group stage of the tournament, consisting 60 half day matches will be held from 22 February to 22 March 2020.

The selected venues are: MCA, Thurstan College, St. Joseph’s College, Army Mattegoda & D.S. Senanayake College Grounds.

The full tournament will be covered by a MCA appointed Match Referee and the D&L method will be used for all matches in order to arrive at a result for interrupted matches.

The officiating Umpires will be assigned from the Association of Professional Cricket Umpires, Sri Lanka (PCU) and the officiating Scorers will be assigned by Sri Lanka Cricket Scorers.

All matches up to the Final will be played with the Pakistan “MB Malik Royal” ball, bearing the MCA Logo, supplied to the participating teams at cost.

The four DPGC special awards on offer are: Best Batsman, Best Bowler, Man of the Series and Man of the Final.

The league stage will be followed by the “Knock-Out” stage, consisting 15 matches; the Pre Q. Finals on 28 and 29 March, the Quarter Finals on 4 April, the Semi. Finals on 7 April and the Final on 18 April at the MCA Grounds.

All this was revealed to the media at the official sponsorship handing over ceremony held on Tuesday, 18 February at the MCA Fine Dining Restaurant “The Pitch”, 6:30 p.m.

At the ceremony David Pieris Group of Companies were represented by their Executive Director/DPMC Romani Parakrama, CEO Naresh Tillekaratne and Chief Operations Officer Mahesh de Silva, both from Assetline Leasing Co. Ltd. and Divisional Manager, Vehicle Sales/DPMC Lakmal de Silva.

The MCA was represented by President Rohana Dissanayake, Senior Vice President Nalin Wickremasinghe and General Secretary Sirosha Gunatillake.

Opening weekend’s match program: 12 half day matches

Saturday, 22 February – At Mattegoda: Brandix “B” Vs. MAS Active and Commercial Leasing Vs. HSBC; At DSS – LOLC Vs. Allianz Insurance and Arpico Vs. Emerchemie NB; At Thurstan – UB Finance Vs. Trellerborg and Amana Bank Vs. Ceylon Tobacco.

Sunday, 23 February – At Darley Road: Softlogic Finance Vs. Akbar Brothers and Virtusa Vs. Ceylon Tobacco; At DSS: AIA Insurance Vs. Stafford Motors and Commercial Leasing Vs. Prym Intimates; At Thurstan – Eagle Logistics Vs. 3DH International and Ceylinco Insurance Vs. Lion Brewery.