Rain Ruins MCA Masters Final, Teams Declared Joint Champions
MCA 03rd Maliban Masters ( Over 40 ) Sixes Championship 2022 – 15 Teams – 19 Matches – 02 Venues
Semi Finals :
Mercantile Cricket Association Ground : 04 ball overs
Sri Lanka Telecom beat Sampath Bank in the Super Overs bowled by respective Wicket Keepers
Sri Lanka Telecom electing to bat, 49 / 3 – (05 Overs) Suranga Wijayarathne 28no, Extras 12, Charitha Buddhika Fernando 1 / 05, Shantha Kalavitigoda 1 / 11
Sampath Bank in reply, 49 / 2 – (05 Overs) Suwanji Madanayake 24no, Skipper Hasantha Fernando 21 – opening stand of 40 runs – Chandika Sirimanna 1 / 09 Match Tied – Scores Level – Then Super Over
Sampath Bank 12 / 0 – (01 Over) Skipper Hasantha Fernando 11no,
Sri Lanka Telecom 13 / 0 – (0 .1 Overs) Extras 12 ( 02 Wides ) bowled by Buddhika Ekanayake
Royal College Ground :
Hatton National Bank A beat Amana Takaful by 05 wickets ( 06 ball overs ) Amana Takaful electing to bat, 51 / 1 – (05 Overs) Zakir Kanaka 20no, Rumi Mohideen 17, Shuhail Mahthoom 12no, Razik Ikram 1 / 07
Hatton National Bank in reply, 55 / 0 – (03 Overs) Damitha Hunukumbura 20no, Nimesh Perera Snr. 11no, Extras 24
Final :
Mercantile Cricket Association Ground : 04 balls per over
No Result – Declared Joint Champions
Hatton National Bank A electing to bat, 45 / 1 – (05 Overs) Damitha Hunukumbura 34no, Suranga Wijayarathne 1 / 08
Sri Lanka Telecom in reply, 07 / 2 – (02 Overs) Namal Dissanayake 04no, Sajeewa De Silva 2 / 03.
Best Batter : Damitha Hunukumbura – Hatton National Bank A
Most Sixes : Damitha Hunukumbura – Hatton National Bank A
Best Bowler : I ndika Konara – Commercial Bank
Most Senior Participant – Buddika Ranasinghe – Airport & Aviation
Joint Champions : Hatton National Bank A
Captain – Nimesh Perera Snr.
Sajeewa De Silva
Damitha Hunukumbura
Anush Perera
Mahesh Wijenayake ( WK )
Razik Ikram
Suranga Pinto
Former Champions & Runners Up last year
Sri Lanka Telecom
Captain – Chandika Sirimanna
Suranga Wijayarathne
Jagath Siriwardene
Namal Dissanayake (WK)
Sudam Jayawardene
Sandun Wijayarathne
H P Chaminda
W A Samantha
Coach – Harsha Weerasinghe
Manager – Dinush Wijewickrama
The semi final & final played at MCa ground was restricted to only 04 balls per over. The final commenced in virtual darkness & was suspended due to poor light. It would have been wise to have played the final with adequate time allocated for a full match.