The MCA Cricket Development Committee together with the MCA Tournament Committee will conduct the 13th edition of the Inter Academy U-13 and U-15 30-over tournaments 2019 from December 7 to 21.
The tournaments are held in culmination of the MCA Cricket Academy’s 17th anniversary celebrations.
DFCC Bank has come forward to sponsor the tournament for the first time that will be contested for the ‘DFCC Junior’ Trophy.
A total of 20 academies will be playing in the U-13 tournament and an equal number of teams will play in the U-15 tournament out of which four teams, Brendon Kuruppu CA, Chandana Ratnayake CA, Rehan Sports CA and Swingers CA are new comers.
The academies participating in the U-13 segment are MCA (3 teams), SSC, NCC, CCC, SPS Rambukkana, Hemantha Ranasinghe CA, Sudath Nanayakkara CA, Ragama CA, Panadura School of Cricket, Brendon Kuruppu CA, Kingfisher CA, Serendib International CA, Mahara CA, Colombo Premier CA, Ready to Surpass Achievement CA, Rehan Sports CA, Sasitha Amarasinghe CA and Ashoka de Silva CA.
The academies participating in the U-15 segment are MCA (2 boys teams and one girls team), SSC, NCC, CCC, SPS Rambukkana, Hemantha Ranasinghe CA, Sasitha Amarasinghe CA, Ragama CA, Sudath Nanayakkara CA, Panadura School of Cricket, Kingfisher CA, Serendib International CA, Colombo Premier CA, Ashoka de Silva CA, Champ CA, Chandana Ratnayake CA, Brendon Kuruppu CA and Swingers CA.
The awards offered for both tournaments will be for best batsman, bowler, captain, most disciplined team, players of the final and the players of the tournament.