Stafford Motor wins MCA Tier B Six-a-side tournament

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A splendid all-round performance by Chamalka Fernando, who carried away three special awards, helped Stafford Motor Company “B” to emerge as the new winner of the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) Tier “B” Six-a-side Cricket Tournament 2022 concluded at the MCA grounds recently.

Stafford Motor company “B” beat Airport & Aviation services in the final.

Citizens Development Business Finance sponsored the Tier “A” and the Tier “B” tournaments for the fourth successive year and Senior Deputy General Manager Marketing, Darshana Jayasinghe and Executive Director Sales and Business Development, Shasindra Munasinghe along with MCA Secretary Tournament Committee, K.D.S. Kanishka, MCA General Secretary Tarindra Kaluperuma and MCA President Nalin Wickramasinghe gave away the awards.

Match results at a glance from Quarter Finals onwards:

QF 1: Stafford Motors “B” 66/3 in 05 overs beat Allianz Insurance 40/5 in 5 overs
QF 2: HSBC “B” 60/3 in 05 overs beat JKH “B” 52/6 in 4.5 overs
QF 3: CDB “B” 34/5 in 05 overs beat Brandix Essentials 29/4 in 05 overs
QF 4: Airport & Aviation 42/3 in 05 overs beat Virtusa 37/4 in 05 overs
SF 1: Stafford Motos “B” 66/3 in 05 overs beat HSBC “B” 59/3 in 05 overs
SF 2: Airport & Aviation 71/4 in 05 overs beat CDB “B” 60/2 in 05 overs
Final: Airport & Aviation 41/4 in 05 overs (S Nuwan 23, Janitha Fernando 1 for 2, Chamalka Fernando 1 for 3) lost to Stafford Motors “B” 42 for 1 in 3.3 overs (Chamalka Fernando 14 not out, M. Kavindu 19)

Special Awards:

Best Bowler/Best Batsman and Man of the Tournament – Chamalka Fernando from Stafford Motor Company “B”
Most sixes in the tournament – Veranga Dissnayake from CDB “B”
Man of the Final – Janitha Fernando from Stafford Motor Company “B”