Sri Lanka Cricket will commence its first class season with the three-day Premier League Cricket tournament, 2017/2018 starting December 1.
The tournament of 24 clubs will be played in two tiers—A and B.
Tier A will consist of the top 14 clubs who will initially play in two groups of seven teams before the top four in each group play against each other in the Super Eight tournament.
The remaining six teams will play for the Plate Championships.
The Super Eight matches will be played across four days and set to begin on January 19, 2018.
Kicking off the first class tournament, defending champions SSC will meet bottom ranked Moors in their opening fixture, followed by Saracens vs CCC, Port Authority vs Chilaw Marians, NCC vs Baduraliya, BRC vs Army in Tier A matches starting from December 1.
The Tier B matches will also begin simultaneously.
Last year Tier B tournament was rocked by an alleged match-fixing incident unusual match patterns were reported in the match between Kalutara PCC and Panadura SC.
Meanwhile at the end of the Premier League Tournament, country’s top 60 cricketers will play the four-team Super Provincial Tournament, which will sit above the first-class tournament.
The four teams—Colombo (Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara), Galle (Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Monaragala, Ratnapura and Badulla), Kandy (Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Kegalle) and Dambulla (Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya, Mannar, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Matale)—are based on the four Centers of Excellence being formed around four international venues in each province.
Premier League Tournament 2017/2018
Group 'A': Sinhalese Sports Club, Ragama Cricket Club, Colombo Cricket Club, Colts Cricket Club, Saracens Sports Club, Bloomfield C & AC, Moors Sports Club.
Group 'B': Chilaw Marians CC, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Army Sports Club, Tamil Union C & AC, Burgher Recreation Club, Badureliya Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Port Authority SC.
Dec 1, 2, 3: Sinhalese Sports Club vs Moors Sports Club, Ragama Cricket Club vs Bloomfield C & AC, Saracens Sports Club vs Colombo Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Port Authority SC vs Chilaw Marians CC, Nondescripts Cricket Club vs Badureliya Cricket Club, Burgher Recreation Club vs Army Sports Club
Dec 8, 9, 10: Ragama Cricket Club vs Sinhalese Sports Club, Colts Cricket Club vs Bloomfield C & AC, Moors Sports Club vs Saracens Sports Club, Chilaw Marians CC vs Nondescripts Cricket Club, Badureliya Cricket Club vs Tamil Union C & AC, Burgher Recreation Club vs Sri Lanka Port Authority SC
Dec 15, 16, 17: Sinhalese Sports Club vs Saracens Sports Club, Colts Cricket Club vs Ragama Cricket Club, Colombo Cricket Club vs Moors Sports Club, Chilaw Marians CC vs Burgher Recreation Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club vs Tamil Union C & AC, Army Sports Club vs Sri Lanka Port Authority SC
Dec 22, 23, 24: Bloomfield C & AC vs Sinhalese Sports Club, Ragama Cricket Club vs Saracens Sports Club, Colombo Cricket Club vs Colts Cricket Club, Chilaw Marians CC vs Badureliya Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club vs Burgher Recreation Club, Army Sports Club vs Tamil Union C & AC
Dec 28, 29 30: Sinhalese Sports Club vs Colombo Cricket Club, Saracens Sports Club vs Colts Cricket Club, Bloomfield C & AC vs Moors Sports Club, Chilaw Marians CC vs Army Sports Club, Tamil Union C & AC vs Burgher Recreation Club, Badureliya Cricket Club vs Sri Lanka Port Authority SC
Jan 5, 6, 7: Colombo Cricket Club vs Ragama Cricket Club, Moors Sports Club vs Colts Cricket Club, Saracens Sports Club vs Bloomfield C & AC, Army Sports Club vs Nondescripts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Port Authority SC vs Tamil Union C & AC, Burgher Recreation Club vs Badureliya Cricket Club
Jan 12, 13, 14: Colts Cricket Club vs Singhalese Sports Club, Moors Sports Club vs Ragama Cricket Club, Bloomfield C & AC vs Colombo Cricket Club, Tamil Union C & AC vs Chilaw Marians CC, Sri Lanka Port Authority SC vs Nondescripts Cricket Club, Badureliya Cricket Club vs Army Sports Club
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