22ND SINGER-MCA PREMIER LEAGUE, KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT 2015 FINAL John Keells come out looking for revenge
John Keells Group will be looking for sweet revenge when they confront MAS Active Trading in the 22nd Singer- MCA Premier League, Knock- out Tournament 2014 Final today at the MCA Grounds, commencing 10.00 am.
This will be the very first Final in the Singer- MCA Series to be played at the MCA Grounds since its inception in 1993.
The previous 21 finals had taken place at R. Premadasa Stadium ( the Inaugural Match in 1993), P. Sara Oval ( seven times), SSC ( five times), NCC (three times), Colombo Colts ( four times) and the Moratuwa Stadium (once). John Keells, the 2014 Knock- out runners- up who finished fourth in the current league table, lost to MAS Active Trading by seven wickets in their league outing at the MCA Grounds; the match was rain affected and was curtailed to a 20+20.
John Keells entered the final creating a huge upset by eliminating the 2014 dual winner and the current league winner, MAS Intimates Unichela by 26 runs. The match was curtailed to a 30 overs a side match due to wet ground conditions at the MCA.
Keells sent into bat, recov-
John Keells entered the final creating a huge upset by eliminating the 2014 dual winner and the current league winner, MAS Intimates Unichela by 26 runs. The match was curtailed to a 30 overs a side match due to wet ground conditions at the MCA.
dent to win back the title, as they have beaten Keells hands down in the league round and more over their players such as, Sachithra Serasinghe ( 335 runs and 13 wickets) Udara Jayasundera ( 356 runs with a century), Sachith Pathirana ( 14 wickets) and Dananjaya de Silva and Sachithra Senanayake ( making a comeback) are in topping condition.
The Match Referee / Adjudicator is Nalliah Devarajan.
Singer Sri Lanka PLC, Sales director, Kumar Samarasinghe will be the Guest- of- Honour at the opening ceremony; and Commercial and Marketing Director, Mahesh Wijewardene will be the Chief Guest at the post tournament awards presentation.