2018–19 Premier League Tournament Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2018–19 Premier League Tournament was the 31st season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka 's Premier Trophy . The tournament started on 30 November 2018 and concluded on 10 February 2019. Fourteen teams took part in Tier A of the competition, split into two groups of seven.[ 1] Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club finished in last place in the previous tournament, and were relegated to Tier B for this season.[ 2] Negombo Cricket Club replaced them for this years' competition after they won the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament Tier B title.[ 1] Chilaw Marians Cricket Club were the defending champions.[ 3] [ 4]
In January 2019, during the round six match between Colombo Cricket Club and Saracens Sports Club , Colombo's Malinda Pushpakumara took all ten wickets in the second innings of the match.[ 5] Pushpakumara became the second Sri Lankan bowler to take all ten wickets in an innings.[ 6] It was also the first ten-wicket haul in an innings in first-class cricket since 2009, and the best figures since 1995.[ 7]
Following the conclusion of the group stage, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club , Colombo Cricket Club , Colts Cricket Club , Nondescripts Cricket Club , Saracens Sports Club , Sinhalese Sports Club , Sri Lanka Army Sports Club and Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club had all progressed to the Super Eight section of the tournament.[ 8] Meanwhile, Badureliya Sports Club , Burgher Recreation Club , Moors Sports Club , Negombo Cricket Club , Ragama Cricket Club and Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club were all moved to the Plate League phase, with the bottom team being relegated for the next season.[ 8]
In the penultimate round of the Super Eight fixtures, Nondescripts captain Angelo Perera scored a double-century in each innings.[ 9] This had only been done once before in first-class cricket, by Arthur Fagg for Kent against Essex in the 1938 County Championship in England.[ 10]
Colombo Cricket Club won the tournament, after finishing top of the Super Eight table, ahead of Saracens Sports Club .[ 11] In the Plate League, Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club lost their final match, against Burgher Recreation Club , therefore being relegated to Tier B .[ 12]
Teams
The following teams competed:
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
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Kamindu Mendis (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Hasitha Boyagoda (Nondescripts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Buddika Madushanka (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sadish Pathiranage (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 3
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Kalhara Senarathne (Ragama Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sagar Udeshi (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 4
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
PJ Rakesh (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 5
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Jeevan Mendis (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) took the best bowling figures in 2018 in a first-class cricket match.[ 14]
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Irshad Umar (Moors Sports Club) made his first class debut.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Thulina Dilshan and Agith Rajapaksha (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 6
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Lahiru Attanayake (Moors Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 7
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Avindu Theekshana and Asitha Gihan (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Samitha Ranga (Nondescripts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
Round 1
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sonal Dinusha (Colombo Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Jehan Daniel (Colts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Pasindu Sooriyabandara (Sinhalese Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 3
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nipun Dananjaya (Sinhalese Sports Club) and Rohan Sanjaya (Colts Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.
Negombo won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 4
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Round 6
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 7
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Plate League
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Santhush Gunathilake (Ragama Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Alwis Nanayakkara (Moors Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nimantha Gunasiri (Burgher Recreation Club) made his first-class debut.
Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Super Eight
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Selvarajh Mathushan (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Manuran de Silva (Nondescripts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Yuran Nimasha (Colombo Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
Angelo Perera (Nondescripts Cricket Club) became only the second batsman to score a double century in each innings of a first-class match.[ 15]
Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Pathum Nissanka (Nondescripts Cricket Club) scored his 1,000th run in the tournament.[ 16]
Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dilshan Sanjeewa (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Dananjana de Silva (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nipun Ransika (Colts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
See also
References
External links
Domestic cricket in 2018–19
First-class List A Twenty20
Information related to 2018–19 Premier League Tournament