WCA league tourney starts tomorrow

The annual National League tournament of the Women's Cricket Association (WCA) will be more important this year as the selectors - A. R. M. Aroos (Chairman), Gulam Razick, Muttiah Devarajah and Daya Munasinghe will pick a pool of 24 players from which 16 players will be named for the National squad to tour India and of the year to play in the Asia Cup tournament.

The Women's Cricket Association 'A' division will start tomorrow (Monday) with Rajaratna CC meeting Kandy Ladies Club on the Kandy Campus grounds, while on the same day Slimline Sports Club will take on Palink Sports Club on the Moors Sports Club grounds.

The other 'A' division matches are: Colts Ladies vs Kandy Ladies at Kandy Campus grounds on Sept, 12, Young Women vs Slimline S. C. on Moors S. C. grounds on Sept. 12, Rajarata C. C. vs Palink S. C. at Thurstan College grounds on Sept. 13, Slimline S. C. vs Kandy Ladies at Kandy Campus grounds on Sept 14, Young Women vs Kandy Ladies on Sept. 18 at Kandy Campus grounds, Rajarata C. C. vs Slimline S. C. on Sept. 18 at Moors grounds, Rajarata C. C. vs Colts Ladies C. C. on Sept. 19 at Moors grounds. Young Women vs Colts Ladies C. C. on Sept. 21 at Thurstan grounds, Colts C. C. vs Slimline S. C. on Sept. 22 at Thurstan grounds, Palink S. C. vs Kandy Ladies on Sept. 23 at Kandy Campus grounds, Young Women vs Palink S. C. on Sept. 25 at Moors grounds, Colts C. C. vs Palink S. C. on Sept. 26 at Moors grounds.

The 'B' segment of the Nationals will be worked off before the end of September.

In the Asia Cup tournament, besides Sri Lanka, the other countries that will play are: Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.