2015–16 AIA Premier T20 Tournament
Sri Lankan Twenty20 cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2015–16 AIA Premier T20 Tournament was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka . It was played between domestic teams in Sri Lanka, with the tournament starting on 22 December 2015 and concluding on 24 January 2016.[ 1]
Following the conclusion of the group stage, Nondescripts Cricket Club , Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club , Sri Lanka Army Sports Club and Sinhalese Sports Club progressed to the semi-finals.[ 2] Sri Lanka Army won the tournament, after they beat Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club by five wickets in the final.[ 3]
Fixtures
Group stage
Group A
Colombo Cricket Club, elected to bat first
Colombo Cricket Club, elected to field first
Badureliya Sports Club, elected to bat first
Sachin Hewawasam (Bandureliya Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Colombo Cricket Club, elected to field first
Tamil Union, elected to field first
Pramod Madushan (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club); and Sahan Adeesha (Badureliya Sports Club) made their T20 debuts
Sri Lanka Army, elected to bat first
Badureliya Sports Club, elected to bat first
Usman Ishak (Colombo Cricket Club) made his T20 debut
Sri Lanka Army, elected to field first
Sri Lanka Army, elected to field first
Yohan Chanuka (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) made his T20 debut
Badureliya Sports Club, elected to field first
Mohamed Ali (Colt Cricket Club) made his T20 debut
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club, elected to bat first
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, elected to field first
Colombo Cricket Club, elected to field first
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, elected to field first
Sri Lanka Army, elected to field first
Group B
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, elected to bat first
Sinhalese Sports Club set a revised target of 76 runs from 10.4 overs.
Sachin Jayawardena (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) made his T20 debut.
Sinhalese Sports Club, elected to bat first
Dilshan Ranasinghe (Saracens Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Saracens Sports Club, elected to field first
Akeel Inham (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) made his T20 debut.
Moors Sports Club, elected to bat first
Ragama Cricket Club, elected to bat first
Thissa Sanjeewa (Ragama Cricket Club) made his T20 debut.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, elected to field first
Saracens Sports Club, elected to bat first
Moors Sports Club, elected to field first
Galle Cricket Club, elected to bat first
Nondescripts Cricket Club, elected to bat first
Galle Cricket Club, elected to field first
Binuka Waduge (Galle Cricket Club) made his T20 debut.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, elected to bat first
Tharusha Rathnayake (Moors Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Ragama Cricket Club, elected to bat first
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, elected to field first
Sri Lanka Army, elected to field first
Final
Sri Lanka Army, elected to field first.
References
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