2017–18 Premier League Tournament Tier B
Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2017–18 Premier League Tournament Tier B was the second division of the 30th season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka 's Premier Trophy . The tournament was contested by nine teams, starting on 15 December 2017 and concluding on 18 February 2018.[ 1]
Panadura Sports Club finished top of the table in the 2016–17 Tier B tournament, but it was runners-up Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club who were promoted to Tier A due to a match-fixing scandal that resulted in a match between Panadura SC and Kalutara Physical Culture Club in January 2017 being declared null and void.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] They were replaced in Tier B by Galle Cricket Club after they were relegated from the 2016–17 Tier A tournament. In another change from the previous season, Negombo Cricket Club replaced Kalutara Physical Culture Club , who dropped out of the first-class system.
Negombo Cricket Club won the tournament and secured promotion to Tier A , after finishing top of the points table ahead of Lankan Cricket Club .[ 5] [ 6]
Points table
Promoted to Tier A
Matches
Round 1
Match drawn Kadirana Cricket Grounds, Gampaha Umpires: RP Massalage and Vidura Prasad
Round 2
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Vibhor Yadav (Police Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sansaka Fernando (Panadura Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Suresh de Silva (Galle Cricket Club) and Srihan Anuruddhika (Negombo Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dilum Weerarathne (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) and Chamod Piumal (Police Sports Club)
Match tied Kadirana Cricket Grounds, Gampaha Umpires: SB Semasinghe and Ranjith Vishwakula
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Udith Fernando and AKT Rukshan (Negombo Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ashen Kavinda , TLK Thambavita (Panadura Sports Club), Chathuranga Dikkumbura and WACP Wijayalath (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 4
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Krishan Abesooriya (Galle Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
Match drawn Navy Ground , Welisara Umpires: Palitha de Alwis and Saman Mohan de Silva
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Savin Gunasekara , Dilshan Lekamge and Suraj Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won by an innings and 97 runs Panadura Esplanade, Panadura Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Eric Kannangara
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Kaumal Nanayakkara (Panadura Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss elected to field.
Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Indeera Gallage (Galle Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 6
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chathura Samantha (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nishantha Kumara (Police Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chathura Lakshan (Galle Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 7
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Thanura Gunasekera (Lankan Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Match drawn Navy Ground , Welisara Umpires: RP Massalage and Nilantha Semasinghe
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Negombo Cricket Club won by 4 wickets Kadirana Cricket Grounds, Gampaha Umpires: Kitsiri Jayaweera and Upul Wewage
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 8
Match drawn Panadura Esplanade, Panadura Umpires: Maurice Dela Zilva and RP Massalage
Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sachin Dalpethado (Negombo Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 9
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Rashindra Silva (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
See also
References
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