2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka . It was played between twenty-six domestic teams in Sri Lanka,[ 1] with the tournament running from 4 to 21 January 2020.[ 2] Moors Sports Club were the defending champions.[ 3]
On the opening day of the tournament, Shehan Jayasuriya scored a century for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and Mohomed Dilshad took a five-wicket haul for Saracens Sports Club .[ 4] On the third day, Ashen Bandara scored a century for Saracens Sports Club and Asitha Fernando took six wickets for eight runs for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club.[ 5] Day five saw Irosh Samarasooriya score an unbeaten 108 from 59 balls for Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club .[ 6] The match between Police Sports Club and Sinhalese Sports Club finished as a tie , but no Super Over was played.[ 6]
Following the conclusion of the group stage, Badureliya Sports Club , Colombo Cricket Club , Nondescripts Cricket Club , Sri Lanka Army Sports Club , Chilaw Marians Cricket Club , Sinhalese Sports Club , Ragama Cricket Club and Colts Cricket Club had all qualified for the quarterfinals.[ 7] Colombo, Ragama, Chilaw Marians and Nondescripts all won their respective matches to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament.[ 8] [ 9] Chilaw Marians won the first semi-final, against Ragama, by 33 runs, and Colombo beat Nondescripts by 10 runs in the second semi-final.[ 10]
Colombo Cricket Club won the tournament, after they beat Chilaw Marians Cricket Club by four wickets in the final, with the winning runs coming from the final ball of the match.[ 11]
Group stage
Group A
Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Praveen Jayawickrama (Moors Sports Club) and Nimantha Perera (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) both made their T20 debuts.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
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Unichela Sports Club 63 (18.5 overs)
Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Vinura Dulsara , Azlan Samsudeen (Galle Cricket Club) and Tariq Saboor (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Thisara Dilshan (Galle Cricket Club) and Janindu Inuwara (Panadura Sports Club) both made their T20 debuts.
Unichela Sports Club 63 (19.3 overs)
v
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Dulith Gayan and Lahiru Silva (Unichela Sports Club) both made their T20 debuts.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Unichela Sports Club 95/9 (20 overs)
v
Unichela Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Pasindu Dilshan (Galle Cricket Club) and Nuwan Chanaka (Unichela Sports Club) both made their T20 debuts.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
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Unichela Sports Club 104 (19.4 overs)
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kanishka Uggalpaya (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) made his T20 debut.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kaumal Nanayakkara (Panadura Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Unichela Sports Club 78/9 (20 overs)
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Unichela Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sandun Fernando (Unichela Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Abid Hasan (Galle Cricket Club) made his T20 debut.
Unichela Sports Club 102/8 (20 overs)
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Gimandu Malcom 36 (47) Nuwan Chanaka 3/9 (2 overs)
Unichela Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Hasitha Perera, Gimandu Malcom, Sasanka Nirmal (Panadura Sports Club), Anju Karunanayake and Rathsara Vithana (Unichela Sports Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chamod Wickramasuriya (Galle Cricket Club) made his T20 debut.
Group B
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chandula Waliwitha (Saracens Sports Club), Pasindu Sooriyabandara and Kalana Perera (Sinhalese Sports Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
W Mayantha, Vimud Sapnaka and Suranga Paranavitana (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sujan Mayura (Police Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chatura Jayanath (Police Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Pathum Madusanka (Saracens Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Tamara Weerasuriya, Mohammed Faheem (Police Sports Club) and Dhakshitha Fernando (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ashan Lokukatiya, Roshan Athukorala and Praneeth Dias (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Yohan Mendis (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his T20 debut.
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Promod Maduwantha (Saracens Sports Club) and Dilshan Lekamge (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) both made their T20 debuts.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Janaka Rathnayake (Police Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Group C
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Hashin Dilman (Kalutara Town Club) made his T20 debut.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Danushka Sandaruwan (Negombo Cricket Club) made his T20 debut.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Shihan de Silva (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) made his T20 debut.
Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to field.
S Priyamal (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) and Samyag Silva (Kalutara Town Club) both made their T20 debuts.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dineth Chandimal (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) made his T20 debut.
Group D
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nadeera Balasooriya, Udith Madushan (Lankan Cricket Club) and Nisal Francisco (Burgher Recreation Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Supun Kavinda, Amoda Widanapathirana and Kavindu Ridmal (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ralph Fernando, Irshad Umer and Neranjan Kumuditha (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Ushan Imantha (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) made his T20 debut.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Ron Chandraguptha , MPM Weerasinghe (Colombo Cricket Club) and Anjana De Silva (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Malindu Shehan (Burgher Recreation Club) made his T20 debut.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Partial scorecard.[ 12]
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Richie Sharma , Deneth Lanka and Mithila Aravinda (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
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Sampath Perera 40 (20) Supun Kavinda 3/24 (4 overs)
Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sandaru Chanditha , Lasindu Nimsara , Methusha Thilina (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) and Vinuja Kiriella (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Savin Gunasekara , Hashan Sandeepa (Burgher Recreation Club) and Hasitha Madushan (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) all made their T20 debuts.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dilan Suraweera (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club), S Ratnasuriya, DPBH Hirantha and D Wickramasinghe (Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club ) all made their T20 debuts.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Finals
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
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