2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament
The 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Sri Lanka. It ran from 14 to 31 December 2019, with twenty-five teams taking part.[1][2] It was the first edition of the Invitation Limited Over Tournament, replacing the Premier Limited Overs Tournament, after Sri Lanka Cricket failed to approve the latter due to delays in their domestic cricket structure.[3] Sinhalese Sports Club won the last edition of the Premier Limited Overs Tournament.[4]
Dates | 14 – 31 December 2019 |
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Administrator(s) | Sri Lanka Cricket |
Cricket format | List A cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
Host(s) | Sri Lanka |
Champions | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club (1st title) |
Participants | 25 |
Matches | 73 |
Most runs | Angelo Perera (384) |
Most wickets | Kamindu Mendis (19) |
On 19 December 2019, Sandun Weerakkody scored the fastest List A century by a Sri Lankan batsman, scoring 101 not out from 39 balls for Sinhalese Sports Club against Burgher Recreation Club.[5] The following day, only one of the twelve scheduled matches reached a result, with the other eleven fixtures all abandoned due to rain.[6]
Ahead of the final day of fixtures, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka Army Sports Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Panadura Sports Club, Saracens Sports Club, Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club and Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club had all qualified for the quarterfinals.[7] Following the conclusion of the final day of group matches, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club had also reached the quarterfinals of the tournament.[8] Sinhalese Sports Club, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club and Sri Lanka Army Sports Club all won their quarterfinal matches to progress in the competition.[9]
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and Nondescripts Cricket Club won their respective semi-final matches to advance to the final of the tournament.[10] Chilaw Marians Cricket Club beat Nondescripts in the final by 91 runs to win the tournament.[11]
Group stage
Group A
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Burgher Recreation Club 155 (43.4 overs) |
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Negombo Cricket Club 156/4 (28.4 overs) |
- Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Nimantha Gunasiri (Burgher Recreation Club), Haren Buddila and Laksitha Rasanjana (Negombo Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sinhalese Sports Club 272/8 (50 overs) |
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Lankan Cricket Club 211 (44.3 overs) |
- Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Nuwanidu Fernando (Sinhalese Sports Club), Sawan Prabash and Dunith Wellalage (Lankan Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Badureliya Sports Club 184 (48.5 overs) |
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Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 188/5 (40.1 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Mahesh Kumara, Heshan Hettiarchchi, Lahiru Wijetunga, Shihan de Silva (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) and Vaibhav Mali (Badureliya Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sinhalese Sports Club 246 (49.1 overs) |
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Badureliya Sports Club 240/9 (50 overs) |
- Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Burgher Recreation Club 148 (42.3 overs) |
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Lankan Cricket Club 152/2 (38.3 overs) |
- Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Negambo Cricket Club 182/8 (50 overs) |
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Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 185/4 (45.2 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Lakshitha Manasinghe, Sheshan Fernando (Negambo Cricket Club) and Sanjeew Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Badureliya Sports Club 196 (47.2 overs) |
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Lankan Cricket Club 72/3 (22 overs) |
- Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sinhalese Sports Club 296/9 (50 overs) |
v |
Negambo Cricket Club 95/4 (21 overs) |
- Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 253/8 (50 overs) |
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Burgher Recreation Club 82/8 (30.4 overs) |
- Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Malindu Shehan (Burgher Recreation Club) made his List A debut.
18 December 2019 Scorecard |
Negambo Cricket Club 285/8 (50 overs) |
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Badureliya Sports Club 196 (38.2 overs) |
Vaibhav Mali 52 (67) Dilshan Munaweera 4/24 (5.2 overs) |
- Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Burgher Recreation Club 112 (37.2 overs) |
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Sinhalese Sports Club 113/0 (9.2 overs) |
Sandun Weerakkody 101* (39) |
- Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Lankan Cricket Club 206/9 (34 overs) |
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Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 157/7 (27 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Sahan Peiris (Lankan Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Group B
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Colombo Cricket Club 65 (27.1 overs) |
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Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club 70/3 (19.1 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- MPM Weerasinghe, BGS Mendis (Colombo Cricket Club) and Mithila Aravinda (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Nondescripts Cricket Club 299/7 (50 overs) |
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Police Sports Club 202/9 (50 overs) |
- Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Hasindu Shamika, Lasan de Silva, Ramesh Kumara, Damsika Sigera and Nisar Ahmad (Police Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Colombo Cricket Club 249/9 (50 overs) |
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Kandy Customs Cricket Club 70 (26.1 overs) |
- Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Thimira Malshan (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Police Sports Club 155 (42.5 overs) |
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Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 160/3 (20.4 overs) |
- Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Nondescripts Cricket Club 293/8 (50 overs) |
v |
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club 203/6 (50 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
16 December 2019 Scorecard |
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 241 (48.1 overs) |
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Galle Cricket Club 73 (32.4 overs) |
- Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Kaveesh Kumara, Kavindu Ediriweera, Vinura Dulsara and Kavika Dilshan (Galle Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Kandy Customs Cricket Club 215/8 (50 overs) |
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Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 219/5 (43 overs) |
- Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- Neranjan Kumuditha (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Colombo Cricket Club 226/8 (50 overs) |
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Police Sports Club 176/7 (50 overs) |
- Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Galle Cricket Club 155 (48.3 overs) |
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Nondescripts Cricket Club 160/2 (23.3 overs) |
- Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chamika Gunasekara (Nondescripts Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Colombo Cricket Club 272/4 (45 overs) |
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Galle Cricket Club 63/3 (21 overs) |
- Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Jacob Sachin and Roanaka Ahangama (Galle Cricket Club) both made their List A debuts.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Nondescripts Cricket Club 279/7 (45 overs) |
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Kandy Customs Cricket Club 81 (27.2 overs) |
Buddhika Prasad 19 (31) Chamika Karunaratne 2/8 (4 overs) |
- Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Methusha Thilina (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club 192 (47.5 overs) |
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Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 150/9 (36 overs) |
- Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
20 December 2019 Scorecard |
Kandy Customs Cricket Club 136/6 (36 overs) |
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Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club 92/2 (22 overs) |
- Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- Supun Kavinda (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
22 December 2019 Scorecard |
Colombo Cricket Club 196 (48.2 overs) |
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Nondescripts Cricket Club 199/6 (46.5 overs) |
- Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sandun Mendis (Colombo Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
22 December 2019 Scorecard |
Kandy Customs Cricket Club 78 (26.2 overs) |
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Police Sports Club 79/3 (25 overs) |
- Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Imesh Madushanka (Kandy Customs Cricket Club), Sachendra Gamaadikari and Janaka Rathnayake (Police Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
22 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club 166 (48.3 overs) |
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Galle Cricket Club 167/4 (36.1 overs) |
- Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
23 December 2019 Scorecard |
Kandy Customs Cricket Club 147 (45.1 overs) |
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Galle Cricket Club 83/2 (22 overs) |
- Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Deshan Fernando and Sandaru Chanditha (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) both made their List A debuts.
23 December 2019 Scorecard |
Nondescripts Cricket Club 173 (44.5 overs) |
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Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 177/5 (40.4 overs) |
- Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
23 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club 161 (49.3 overs) |
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Police Sports Club 162/6 (44.2 overs) |
Supun Kavinda 54 (80) Asel Sigera 4/22 (10 overs) |
- Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Imesh Udayanga, Malith de Silva, Mohammed Faheem (Police Sports Club), Amoda Widanapathirana and Pasindu Ushettige (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.
Group C
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Saracens Sports Club 188 (45 overs) |
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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club 192/5 (46.3 overs) |
- Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Akthab Cader (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) and Aravinda Bandara (Saracens Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Colts Cricket Club 319/6 (50 overs) |
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Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club 143 (42.4 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Heshan Dhanushka, Nipun Malinga (Colts Cricket Club), Johanne de Silva and Samitha Ranga (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club 188 (46.5 overs) |
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Panadura Sports Club 176/7 (41 overs) |
- Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dilshan Abeysinghe, Sithum Disanayaka (Panadura Sports Club), Jeewan Viraj and Avindu Theekshana (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Colts Cricket Club 272/7 (47 overs) |
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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club 209 (43.1 overs) |
- Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Santhush Gunathilake (Colts Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club 143 (44.1 overs) |
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Saracens Sports Club 144/4 (32.4 overs) |
- Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Isitha Wijesundera (Saracens Sports Club) made his List A debut.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club 198/9 (50 overs) |
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Panadura Sports Club 200/4 (42.2 overs) |
Savindu Peiris 39 (43) Dilshan Abeysinghe 3/18 (10 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club 220 (47.4 overs) |
v |
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club 128/6 (20.5 overs) |
- Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Dilshan Kollure (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Panadura Sports Club 245 (47.2 overs) |
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Colts Cricket Club 192/9 (42.4 overs) |
- Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Rohan Sanjaya (Colts Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club 103 (35.4 overs) |
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Saracens Sports Club 105/3 (14.4 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vimud Sapnaka (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) made his List A debut.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club 180/8 (22 overs) |
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Panadura Sports Club 8/1 (2 overs) |
- Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Janindu Inuwara and Ashan Dilhara (Panadura Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Saracens Sports Club 165 (40.3 overs) |
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Colts Cricket Club 87/2 (16.3 overs) |
- Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Thaveesha Kahaduwaarachchi (Saracens Sports Club) made his List A debut.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club 89/9 (19.4 overs) |
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- Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Dananjana de Silva, Sandeep Nisansala (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club), WP Madushan and Dilshan Lekamge (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
Group D
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Kalutara Town Club 87 (27.1 overs) |
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Ragama Cricket Club 90/3 (22.2 overs) |
- Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Anushka Perera, Praveen Cooray and Mohamed Rashan (Kalutara Town Club) all made their List A debuts.
14 December 2019 Scorecard |
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 171 (44.1 overs) |
v |
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club 159/6 (41.4 overs) |
SL Fernando 41 (55) Sadish Pathiranage 3/36 (10 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Sadish Pathiranage (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club), Shabik Ifthary and Gayan de Silva (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Moors Sports Club 202/9 (32 overs) |
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Kalutara Town Club 95/7 (24.3 overs) |
- Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- R Punchihewa (Kalutara Town Club) and Praveen Jayawickrama (Moors Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club 114 (37.4 overs) |
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Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 117/8 (37.4 overs) |
- Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Sameera Gunaratne, Poorna Wannithilake, Rahul Gunasekera (Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club) and Kamesh Nirmal (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) all made their List A debuts.
15 December 2019 Scorecard |
Ragama Cricket Club 134 (39.5 overs) |
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Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club 138/3 (27.5 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club 139 (43 overs) |
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Kalutara Town Club 140/5 (43.4 overs) |
- Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Hashin Dilman, Inshaka Siriwardena (Kalutara Town Club), Movin Subasingha and Kalindu Senaviratna (Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club) all made their List A debuts.
17 December 2019 Scorecard |
Ragama Cricket Club 203/9 (50 overs) |
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Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 135/3 (35 overs) |
- Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Ragama Cricket Club 277/9 (50 overs) |
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Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club 176 (45 overs) |
- Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club won the toss and elected to field.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club 239/5 (50 overs) |
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Kalutara Town Club 148/7 (46 overs) |
- Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Chamara Fernando, Nusky Ahmed (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club), Krishantha Sandaruwan and Kevin Peiris (Kalutara Town Club) all made their List A debuts.
19 December 2019 Scorecard |
Moors Sports Club 221 (46.4 overs) |
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Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 135/4 (31.2 overs) |
- Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
Quarterfinals
Sinhalese Sports Club 299/6 (50 overs) |
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Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 99 (24 overs) |
- Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nondescripts Cricket Club 244/8 (50 overs) |
v |
Saracens Sports Club 241/7 (50 overs) |
- Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 315/9 (50 overs) |
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Panadura Sports Club 185 (41.3 overs) |
- Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Sumit Ghadigaonkar (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) made his List A debut.
Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club 206/8 (50 overs) |
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Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 207/5 (44.3 overs) |
- Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
- Ashintha Malshan (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) and Gihan Koralage (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.
Finals
Sinhalese Sports Club 277/8 (50 overs) |
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Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 279/7 (46.4 overs) |
- Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nondescripts Cricket Club 194 (49.3 overs) |
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Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 172 (42.1 overs) |
- Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 295/8 (50 overs) |
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Nondescripts Cricket Club 204 (43.3 overs) |
- Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field
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