Masters T20 league this weekend
The Senior Citizens (Over 50) of four Cricket Associations, namely Mercantile Cricket Association, (MCA), State Services Cricket Association (SSCA), Nationalized Services Cricket Association (NSCA) and Colombo Masters Cricket Association (CMCA) will go head to head in the Inaugural Sri Lanka Masters T+20 League Quadrangular 2019.
The tournament the brain child of Mahes de Zoysa, former Anandian wicket-keeper/batsman and founder of CMCA in 2017, and will get underway on preindependence day, February 3 at the NSCA Grounds, Ratmalana.
The quadrangular will be continued on February 8 and 17 at the Bloomfield C&AC grounds and the two finals, including the play off for third place, will be held on February 24 at the MCA grounds.
The schedule:
03rd February at NSCA grounds, Ratmalana
Morning : MCA Vs. Nationlized Services; Afternoon : State Services Vs. Col. Masters.
08th February at Bloomfield grounds, Reid Avenue
Morning : State Services Vs. Nationlized Services; Afternoon : Colombo Masters Vs. MCA
17th February at Bloomfield grounds, Reid Avenue
Morning : MCA Vs. State Services; Afternoon : Nationlized Services Vs. Colombo Masters 24th February at MCA grounds Morning : Play off 3rd place; Afternoon – Final.
The launch of the tournament was held on January 30 at the MCA Fine Dining restaurant where Mahes de Zoysa - President CMCA presented the Dr. R.A.H. de Zoysa Challenge Shield and the official players’ cap to the four captains – Roshan Iddamalgoda (MCA), Deepal Madurapperuma (Nationlized Services), Thilak de Silva (State Services) and Lasantha Perera (Colombo Masters)