2017–18 Premier League Tournament Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2017–18 Premier League Tournament was the 30th season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka 's Premier Trophy , with the matches played across three days each in the group stage.[ 1] Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the tournament, after finishing unbeaten in the Super Eight section of the competition.[ 2] [ 3]
The tournament started on 8 December 2017 and concluded on 18 February 2018,[ 4] [ 5] with fourteen teams competing, split into two groups of seven.[ 6] The top four teams in each group progressed to the Super Eight part of the tournament, with those matches played across four days.[ 6] The teams that did not qualify for the Super Eight round competed in the Plate Championships.[ 6]
Galle Cricket Club finished with the fewest points in the previous tournament and were replaced by Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club for this edition of the competition, following their promotion from Tier B .[ 6] Sinhalese Sports Club were the defending champions.[ 7]
In December 2017, the match between Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and Burgher Recreation Club finished as a tie .[ 8] In January 2018, the Plate League match between Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club and Sri Lanka Army Sports Club also finished as a tie.[ 9] Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the tournament, after remaining unbeaten throughout the competition.[ 10] Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club finished bottom of the Plate Group and were relegated to Tier B .[ 11]
Following the conclusion of the Premier League Tournament, the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament took place, featuring four teams based on the Centers of Excellence in Sri Lanka.[ 6] In February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named Kaushal Silva as the tournament's Best Batsman, Chanaka Komasaru as the Best Bowler and Sachithra Serasinghe as the Player of the Tournament.[ 12]
Teams
The following teams competed:[ 6]
Points table
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
Group stage
Group A
Round 1
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 2
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 3
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Charitha Kumarasinghe (Moors Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 6
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Thanuka Dabare (Saracens Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 7
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Group B
Round 1
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dasun Senevirathna (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) and Malinga Amarasinghe (Nondescripts Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Thilanga Udeshana (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ravindu Kodituwakku (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Tharindu Dharsana and Malka Madusanka (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Ramesh Nimantha (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 5
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nadras Prasad (Badureliya Sports Club) and Raminda Wijesooriya (Burgher Recreation Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 6
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Yohan Mendis (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 7
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Irosh Fernando (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Plate League
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Umesh Kasun (Moors Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka Army won the toss and elected to field.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chanuk Dilshan (Moors Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Super Eight
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colts 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.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chanaka Devinda (Saracens Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sheshan Fernando (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ashen Bandara (Saracens Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
See also
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