Marketers and Engineers all set for a battle of epic proportions

Professionals’ Cricket League 2024

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Professionals’ Cricket League 2024

The final of Professionals’ Cricket League 2024 will be played between Marketers Team and Engineers Team tomorrow (6th October) at Thurstan College Grounds, Colombo.

Eight teams namely – Engineers, Lawyers, Aviators, Marketers, Doctors, Surveyors, Architects and Town Planners competed in the first round where they got to play 7 games each.

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Engineers, Lawyers, Aviators and Marketers qualified for the playoffs after grabbing the first 4 places in the points table at the end of preliminary stage.

Points Table

Team Matches Won Lost Points Net Run Rate
Engineers (Q) 7 6 1 12 3.602
Lawyers (Q) 7 5 2 10 1.404
Aviators (Q) 7 5 2 10 1.118
Marketers (Q) 7 5 2 10 1.043
Doctors 7 4 3 8 1.179
Surveyors 7 2 5 4 -0.963
Architects 7 1 6 2 -2.274
Town Planners 7 0 7 0 -4.111

In the first Qualifier, Engineers defeated Lawyers by 14 runs to seal their place in the final. In the Eliminator clash, Marketers beat Aviators by 6 wickets to set Qualifier 2 contest against Lawyers. In the second Qualifier, Marketers registered an 8-wicket win over Lawyers to book their place in the final.

Roshan Derling will lead Marketers Team while Geeth Sankalpa will lead Engineers in the final. Sankalpa will be a big asset for Engineers in the final as he is the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 286 runs in 7 innings.

Gayan Rupasinghe who represent Marketers in the final is the second highest run-getter of the tournament as he amassed 232 runs in 7 innings.

The left-arm spinner Moditha Weerasinghe will strengthen Marketers’ bowling attack as he is the second highest wicket-taker of the tournament with 15 wickets in 8 innings.

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Engineers’ skipper Sankalpa who stole the limelight with his batting talents, showcased his bowling skills as well throughout the tournament becoming the third highest wicket-taker with 12 scalps in 8 innings.

Sri Lanka’s No. 1 Sports Channel – ThePapare has made all arrangements to live telecast the two finals – Plate Final and Cup Final from 9.15 AM onwards.

Spectators can catch all the action of the two finals on ThePapare TV – Channel Number 63 on Dialog Television or watch the livestream via ThePapare.com and the Dialog ViU app.

Plate Final

 

Town Planners vs Architects – 9.15 AM

 

Cup Final

 

Engineers vs Marketers – 1.15 PM