2018–19 Premier Limited Overs Tournament Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2018–19 Premier Limited Overs Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Sri Lanka . It was the eighteenth edition of the Premier Limited Overs Tournament . The tournament ran from 4 to 19 March 2019.[ 1] [ 2] Sinhalese Sports Club were the defending champions.[ 3]
Following the conclusion of the group stage matches, Colombo Cricket Club , Moors Sports Club , Nondescripts Cricket Club , Panadura Sports Club , Ragama Cricket Club , Saracens Sports Club , Sinhalese Sports Club and Sri Lanka Army Sports Club had all progressed to the quarterfinals.[ 4] Colombo Cricket Club, Moors Sports Club, Saracens Sports Club and Sinhalese Sports Club all won their quarterfinal matches.[ 5]
In the first semi-final, Sinhalese Sports Club beat Saracens Sports Club by 36 runs, via the Duckworth–Lewis method to advance to the final.[ 6] They were joined in the final by Colombo Cricket Club, after they beat Moors Sports Club by five wickets.[ 6] Sinhalese Sports Club retained their title by beating Colombo Cricket Club by seven wickets in the final.[ 7]
Fixtures
Group A
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Rasanjana Jayaratne and Randeera Ranasinghe (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) both made their List A debuts.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Revan Kelly , Salitha Fernando, Savindu Peiris (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) and Ayana Siriwardhana (Moors Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Damitha Silva (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his List A debut.
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Keshan Wanniarachchi (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Poorna de Silva (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) and Asel Kulathunga (Sinhalese Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Shewon Fonseka (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Yohan Chanuka , Sehan Nissanka (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) and Sanjeewan Priyadharshana (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Lahiru Attanayake (Moors Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Thilan Prashan (Sinhalese Sports Club), W Mayantha and Charuka Wijelath (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dulaj Ranatunga (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Hasindu Vidarshana (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Group B
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to rain.
Chameera Dissanayake (Burgher Recreation Club) and Sujan Mayura (Police Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Ramesh Madushanka (Police Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
C Perera (Panadura Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Paven Rathnayake and Supun Madushanka (Police Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dileepa Jayalath (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) and Kasun Caldera (Nondescripts Cricket Club) both made their List A debuts.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nipuna Deshan (Panadura Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chathura Obeyesekere (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) and Tamara Weerasuriya (Police Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.
Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Amitha Kaushalya (Panadura Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Group C
Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to field.
V Amugoda (Kalutara Town Club) made his List A debut.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nipun Ransika (Colts Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Dilum Fernando (Kalutara Town Club) made his List A debut.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Hiruna Sigera (Lankan Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Saracens Sports Club won by 6 wickets Surrey Village , Maggona Umpires: Vidura Prasad and Nilantha Semasinghe
Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Manelker De Silva (Colombo Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Gihan Rathnayake (Badureliya Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sonal Dinusha (Colombo Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Lahiru Dilshan and Deelaka Supun (Lankan Cricket Club) both made their List A debuts.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sumudu Sameera (Kalutara Town Club) made his List A debut.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Group D
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Karan Nande , Irosh Fernando (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club), Buddika Mendis, Ravishka Wijesiri , H Hennanayake, Shehan Hirudika , Buddika Prasad , Sumedha Dissanayake , Dilan Suraweera , Nimnaka Ratnayake , Vimukthi Umagiliyage and C Fernando (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Lihan Dulshan and Ashen Perera (Negombo Cricket Club) both made their List A debuts.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Kaweesh Kumara (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nimesha Mendis (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field
Ravindu Thiwanka, Anju Karunanayake (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) and Kasun de Silva (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
DT Liyanage (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Thulina Dilshan (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saman Kumara (Negombo Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
WTD Fernando and Vittorio Roberto (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) both made their List A debuts.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ravindu Dilshan (Negombo Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ravindu Gunawardene , MSS Jayasekara, Heshan Umendra , Asanka Lakshan (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club), TGB Prasad, Dharshana Amarasiri, Kavinda Manamperi, Gihan De Zoysa and KLJ Perera (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.
Quarterfinals
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sanjula Bandara (Ragama Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nipun Lakshan (Panadura Sports Club) made his List A debut.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Finals
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
References
External links
Domestic cricket in 2018–19
First-class List A Twenty20