2012 Harmony Cup

The Foundation of Goodness and Red Dot Tours augmented its first Murali Cup in July 2011 as an international schools' fund-raising cricket tournament to involve 5 international school teams and 3 sponsored underprivileged Sri Lankan school sides personally invited by Sri Lankan cricketers and Foundation of Goodness trustees Muttiah Muralitharan and Kumar Sangakkara, as well as Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene on behalf of the Mahela Foundation.

Thanks to the success of the 2011 edition and with the compassionate support of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the Indian Ocean Disaster Relief charity (IODR) and other commercial and private fund-raising efforts, the tournament committee are proud to announce a 20 team Murali Harmony Cup T20 tournament between 7th to 12th September 2012 ahead of ICC World T20 in Sri Lanka.

This pioneering event has immense potential for both creating goodwill and helping community building, as well as providing a catalyst for much-needed cricket development in the under-resourced schools of the war-affected northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka, and benefits from the generous logistical support of the Sri Lanka Army.

Summary

The tournament invites 12 Under 19's schoolboy teams to represent regions of Sri Lanka including Central, Kandy, Western, Southern, Ambalangoda Wayamba, Kurunegala North Central and Hambantota districts, selected in recognition of outstanding performances in schools' T20 cricket.

These schools will compete with combined schools' squads from Jaffna, Mannar/Vavuniya combined, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee/Batticaloa combined and the Foundation of Goodness Seenigama Academy, which all receive regular specialist coaching clinics leading up to the event.

To reflect the ICC World T20 model and in recognition of the rapid development of the world women's game, the event includes 8 Under 23's women's clubs from the Foundation of Goodness' own Seenigama Academy, Sri Lanka Army, Anuradhapura, Colombo, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka Air Force, as well as combined squads from Northern and Eastern Provinces.

All matches are played at 5 post-conflict school venues across Sri Lanka's northern regions of Mankulam, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya and Mullaitivu; especially redeveloped prior to the tournament. All participating teams also benefit from a masterclass coaching session given by a hand-pick of the current international stars of Sri Lanka Cricket.

Format

• Total 5 groups containing 4 teams based in 5 venues across the Northern region
• 3 groups with 4 teams in each pool – Men's
• 2 groups with 4 teams in each pool – Women's
• Total 20 participating teams
• 12 teams Men's T20 (20 over per side) tournament
• 8 team Women's T20 (20 over per side) tournament
• 5 venues to play 2 T20 matches per match day
• 6 day tournament
• 35 match tournament over 5 match days (Men's & Women's)

Match Venues

Mankulam	– Mankulam Maha Vidiyalam College	Group A (Women's)
Vavuniya	– Vavuniya Central College	Group B (Women's)
Jaffna	– St. Patrick's College	Group C (Men's)
Mullaitivu	– Oddusuddan Maha Vidiyalam College	Group D (Men's)
Kilinochchi	– Kilinochchi Central College	Group E (Men's)