2019–20 Premier League Tournament Tier B
Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2019–20 Premier League Tournament Tier B is the second division of the 32nd season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka 's Premier Trophy . The tournament started on 31 January and was originally scheduled to conclude on 11 April 2020.[ 1]
Lankan Cricket Club won the tournament in the previous season and were promoted to Tier A.[ 2] They were replaced in Tier B by Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club after their relegation from Tier A .[ 3] The league was expanded to twelve teams, with the addition of Kandy Customs Cricket Club , Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club and Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club .[ 3]
On 16 March 2020, Sri Lanka Cricket postponed the rest of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 4] In July 2020, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that Tier A would resume on 14 July 2020.[ 5] [ 6] The Tier B tournament never resumed and was cancelled in August 2020 after seven rounds of matches (of eleven planned rounds).[ 7]
Points table
Matches
Round 1
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nisar Ahmad (Police Sports Club) and Shavindu Dissanayake (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Hasitha Madushan, Sasith Manuranga, P Rajamunindra, Hasitha Perera and Kasun Silva (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) all made their first-class debuts.
Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Vinura Dulsara , Kavindu Ediriweera , Jacob Sachin , Ravishka Wijesiri (Galle Cricket Club), Kumar Boresa , Thilanka de Silva , S Fernando, Sachin Fernando, Jiniv Joshi , Saman Kumara , D Peiris and Chamal Perera (Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club) all made their first-class debuts.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Mithila Aravinda (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Hashan Chamara (Kalutara Town Club) and Mohammed Faheem (Police Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Thisara Dilshan (Galle Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nusky Ahmed , Gayan de Silva , Shabik Ifthary and Ashintha Malshan (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.
Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Karan Nande , Navodya Imesh and Sheshan Silva (Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club) all made their first-class debuts.
Match drawn Army Ground, Panagoda Umpires: Vidura Prasad and Krishantha Rodrigo
v
443/9
d (85 overs)
Akeel Inham 148 (202)R Punchihewa 3/78 (16 overs)
Kandy Customs Cricket Club won by an innings and 24 runs Panadura Esplanade, Panadura Umpires: Suranga Perera and Nilantha Semasinghe
Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to field.
Methushan Thilina (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4
Police Sports Club won by 16 runs Police Park Ground, Colombo Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando and Suranga Perera
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Malith de Silva (Police Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Chamara Fernando (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Match drawn Panadura Esplanade, Panadura Umpires: Dilshan de Silva and Vidura Prasad
Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club won by 183 runs Arons Cricket Club Ground, Horana Umpires: Susantha Dissanayake and Kitsiri Jayaweera
Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to field.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Ravindu Fernando and Tariq Saboor (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 5
Nugegoda Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 6
Match drawn Navy Ground , Welisara Umpires: Mohan de Silva and Ranjith Vishwakula
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Vimud Sapnaka (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Ashan Dilhara (Panadura Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nimantha Perera (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) and Isuru Pradeep (Kalutara Town Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Hasindu Shamika (Police Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 7
v
285 (92.4 overs)
Yohan de Silva 110 (214)Methushan Thilina 4/51 (13 overs)
Kandy Customs Cricket Club won by 5 wickets SLAOCIC Stadium , Horana Umpires: Palitha de Alwis and Dilshan de Silva
Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sanjaya Ranaweera (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Panadura Sports Club won the toss elected to bat.
Galle Cricket Club won by 3 wickets Arons Cricket Club Ground, Horana Umpires: Eric Kannangara and Krishantha Rodrigo
Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nishant Kantawala (Galle Cricket Club) and Sanka Chathuranga (Kalutara Town Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
See also
References
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