Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2019–20 Premier League Tournament was the 32nd season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka 's Premier Trophy . The tournament started on 31 January 2020 and was originally scheduled to conclude on 12 April 2020.[ 1] Fourteen teams took part in the competition, split into two groups of seven.[ 2] Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club were relegated at the end of the previous tournament,[ 3] with Lankan Cricket Club replacing them in this tournament after they gained promotion from Tier B .[ 4] Colombo Cricket Club were the defending champions.[ 5]
On 16 March 2020, following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures, Sri Lanka Cricket postponed the rest of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 6] In July 2020, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the tournament would resume on 14 July 2020, to allow for the completion of the Plate League and Super Eight rounds.[ 7] [ 8] However, the resumption was further delayed by the tournament committee, pending approval of the amended tournament rules and structure.[ 9] After a further delay due to the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections ,[ 10] the tournament restarted on 10 August 2020.[ 11]
Moors Sports Club won the Plate League,[ 12] and Colombo Cricket Club retained their title, with an unassailable lead ahead of the final round of Super Eight matches.[ 13] In the final round of matches, Dinesh Chandimal scored 354 not out , batting for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club .[ 14] It was the highest first-class score in a domestic match in Sri Lanka, beating the previous record of 351 runs scored by Kithuruwan Vithanage .[ 15]
The following teams competed:
Group A
Team qualified for the Super Eight
Group B
Team qualified for the Super Eight
Super Eight
Champions
Plate League
Relegated to Tier B
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
MPM Weerasinghe (Colombo Cricket Club) and Sohan de Livera (Sinhalese Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ramesh Mendis (Moors Sports Club) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket,[ 17] and went on to convert it into his maiden triple century in first-class cricket.[ 18]
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nipun Malinga (Colts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Pathum Dilshan (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Heshan Dhanushka (Colts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kavindu Nadeeshan (Colombo Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dinuka Dilshan (Moors Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kalana Perera (Sinhalese Sports Club) and Malindu Shehan (Burgher Recreation Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Thilan Prashan (Sinhalese Sports Club) and Kavindu Kularathne (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Hashan Sandeepa (Burgher Recreation Club) made his first-class debut.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Imthiyas Slasa (Moors Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Gihan Koralage and Iresh Chamara (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Dilshan Madushanka (Colts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Kamesh Nirmal and Dhakshitha Fernando (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sumit Ghadigaonkar (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Harri Aravinthan (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Pathum Madusanka (Saracens Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Kasun Caldera (Nondescripts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
The match was stopped after the umpires declared that the pitch was unsafe, with no further play possible.[ 19]
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nadeera Balasooriya and Umesh Lakshan (Lankan Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Methsith Jayamanna (Lankan Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Dunith Jayatunga (Badureliya Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
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267 (84.5 overs)
Dunith Jayatunga 57 (129) Upul Indrasiri 5/65 (30 overs)
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Kevin Perera (Lankan Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Danushka Sandaruwan (Negombo Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kosala Ravindu (Badureliya Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Arul Prakash (Moors Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Chathuranga Silva (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ashian Daniel (Nondescripts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dilruwan Perera (Colts Cricket Club) took his 800th first-class wicket.[ 20]
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Praveen Sandamal (Saracens Sports Club) and Shihan de Silva (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket.[ 21]
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
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