MCA academy cricket series

The 10th MCA Inter Academy U-13 and U-15 cricket tournaments sponsored for the first time by Fonterra Brands Lanka (Pvt) and played for the brand new Anchor Trophy came to a facile end at the MCA Ground in Colombo last Sunday.

In the U-13 final CCC Maroons walked through to a nine wickets win over Ragama Cricket Academy while in the U-15 final MCA Whites easily beat Asoka de Silva Cricket Academy on a faster run-rate.

Ragama,who won the toss and batted, got off to a disastrous start losing three wickets for 21 and never recovered having no answer to the CCC medium pace battery of Prabashwara Herath (3 for 15) Punthila Kumara (2 for 19) and Senera Ratnayake (2 for 8) as they folded for a paltry 71 runs in 28.3 overs. The Maroons cruised to 72/1 in 13.4 overs with Pavan Ratnayake carrying his bat scoring 43 not out in 49 balls, inclusive of a six and five fours.

Match Results

U-13 Final :

CCC “A” beat Ragama Cricket Academy

Ragama: 71 (28.3) (M. Senarath 17, Punthila Kumara 2/19, Prabashwara Herath 3/15, Senera Ratnayake 2/8)

CCC “A” - 72/1 (13.4) (Pavan Ratnayake 43 not out, Vinuka Nanayakkara 19)

U-15 Final:

MCA Whites beat Asoka de Silva Cricket Academy on faster run-rate.

MCA Whites 148/9 (30) (Kavinda Prabath 54, Pasindu Adithya 41, Praveen Silva 4/20, H. Saveen 3/29)

Asoka de Silva 58/9 in 23 overs when rain halted play (M. Theekshana 18, Vihanga Nanayakkara 2/6, Chamindu Piyumal 4/13, Dilshan Kavinda 2/17)

Special Awards U-13

Best Bowler - Vinuk Hemachandra (CCC “B”)
Best Batsman – Pavan Ratnayake (CCC ”A”)
Player of the Tournament - Prabashwara Herath (CCC“A”) (236 runs and 7 for 77)
Player of the Final - Pavan Ratnayake (CCC ”A”)

Best Captain - Mahendra Jayatilleke (MCA “Green”) (506 points out of 600, Ave. 84.33)

Most Disciplined Team: Lankan Cricket Academy (380 points out of 400, 95%)

Special Awards U-15:

Best Bowler – Miranga Madushanka (Asian Cricket Academy)
Best Batsman – Isuru Tharaka (Lankan Cricket Academy)

Player of the Tournament: Kavisha Lakshan (Asian Cricket Academy) (220 runs and 11 for 165)

Player of the Final – Chamidu Piyumal (MCA“White”)

Best Captain - Thisaruka Akmeemana (Mighty Cricket Academy) (372 points out of 400 – 95%)

Most Disciplined Team - MCA “White” (673 points out of 700- 96.14%)

The MCA Cricket Development Committee felicitated the first three students to join the MCA Academy on June 1, 2002 – Onesh Labrooy, Ryan Wijesuriya and Shalindra Perera, Head Coach/Consultant Sarath Perera (01st June 2002 to 31st December 2013) and K.A. Somapala-Caretaker MCA Indoor Nets facility (01st June 2002 to-date)

-(YK)