24 teams in the fray for ‘MCA Ladies Sixes’ tomorrow

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By P.D. De Silva

Twenty four ladies teams representing 22 affiliated firms of the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) have entered for the inaugural ladies softball six-a-side cricket tournament, which will take place from 8:30 a.m. onwards at the MCA grounds tomorrow (6).

The tournament was originally scheduled to be played on 23 May but was pushed back by two weeks due to inclement weather conditions.

The main objective of organising the MCA Ladies Sixes 2026 is to promote and encourage ladies’ hard-ball cricket within the mercantile sector, while identifying emerging talent and paving the pathway for players to reach national-level representation through mercantile cricket.

The participating teams are Abans Group, Aitken Spence ‘A,’ Aitken Spence ‘B,’ CDB, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, David Pieris Group of Companies, DFCC Bank, Emeric Security Solutions, English Tea Shop (Amazon Trading Ltd.), Future Life Holdings, Hatton National Bank (HNB), Hayleys Group, Hemas Hospitals Ltd. (Hemas Group), John Keells Holdings (JKH), Link Natural Products Ltd., Maliban Biscuits ‘A,’ Maliban Biscuits ‘B,’ SLT Mobitel, Gamma Pizzakrafts Lanka Ltd., Sampath Bank PLC, Senija Fertiliser Ltd., Seylan Bank PLC, Singer Finance Lanka PLC, and Fusion Apparel Ltd.

The 24 participating teams will be drawn into eight groups of three teams each. Each team will play two matches within their respective groups and the top two teams from each group qualify for the Cup Championship, while the eight third-placed teams will compete in the Plate Championship. Both the Cup Championship and the Plate Championship will take place on a knockout basis.

The winners of the MCA Ladies Sixes 2026 will receive Rs. 75,000, a trophy, and replicas, the runners-up will receive Rs. 50,000, a trophy , and replicas, and the second runners-up will receive Rs. 35,000, a trophy, and replicas.

Kemcare Consumer Products Ltd. has come in as the Gold Sponsor while Hayleys Consumer Products Ltd., is the official Feminine Care Partner, with Sampath Bank as the Official Banking Partner.