The 2019–20 Premier League Tournament was the 32nd season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka's Premier Trophy. The tournament started on 31 January 2020 and was originally scheduled to conclude on 12 April 2020. Fourteen teams took part in the competition, split into two groups of seven. Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club were relegated at the end of the previous tournament, with Lankan Cricket Club replacing them in this tournament after they gained promotion from Tier B. Colombo Cricket Club were the defending champions.
On 16 March 2020, following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures, Sri Lanka Cricket postponed the rest of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2020, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the tournament would resume on 14 July 2020, to allow for the completion of the Plate League and Super Eight rounds. However, the resumption was further delayed by the tournament committee, pending approval of the amended tournament rules and structure. After a further delay due to the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, the tournament restarted on 10 August 2020.
Moors Sports Club won the Plate League, and Colombo Cricket Club retained their title, with an unassailable lead ahead of the final round of Super Eight matches. In the final round of matches, Dinesh Chandimal scored 354 not out, batting for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club. It was the highest first-class score in a domestic match in Sri Lanka, beating the previous record of 351 runs scored by Kithuruwan Vithanage.
Teams The following teams competed:
Group A Burgher Recreation Club Colombo Cricket Club Colts Cricket Club Moors Sports Club Negombo Cricket Club Sinhalese Sports Club Sri Lanka Army Sports Club
Group B Badureliya Sports Club Chilaw Marians Cricket Club Lankan Cricket Club Nondescripts Cricket Club Ragama Cricket Club Saracens Sports Club Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Points table
Group A TeamColombo Cricket Club6 4 0 2 0 97.50 Colts Cricket Club6 2 2 2 0 69.75Sri Lanka Army Sports Club6 2 2 2 0 61.14 Burgher Recreation Club6 1 3 2 0 55.25Negombo Cricket Club6 1 1 4 0 49.25Sinhalese Sports Club6 1 0 5 0 47.59 Moors Sports Club6 0 3 3 0 35.44 Team qualified for the Super Eight
Group B TeamChilaw Marians Cricket Club6 3 2 1 0 65.71 Nondescripts Cricket Club6 1 0 5 0 62.12Saracens Sports Club6 1 2 3 0 60.50Ragama Cricket Club6 2 1 3 0 56.46 Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club6 1 1 4 0 44.53 Badureliya Sports Club6 1 1 4 0 38.77Lankan Cricket Club6 0 2 4 0 27.98 Team qualified for the Super Eight
Super Eight TeamColombo Cricket Club7 4 0 3 0 95.19Nondescripts Cricket Club7 2 0 5 0 83.10Chilaw Marians Cricket Club7 2 1 4 0 81.85Ragama Cricket Club7 2 2 3 0 68.91Colts Cricket Club7 1 3 3 0 58.60Sri Lanka Army Sports Club7 1 2 4 0 51.78Saracens Sports Club7 1 2 4 0 47.83Burgher Recreation Club7 0 3 4 0 45.85 Champions
Plate League TeamMoors Sports Club5 2 0 3 0 67.89 Negombo Cricket Club5 1 0 4 0 59.00Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club5 1 1 3 0 41.46 Sinhalese Sports Club5 0 0 5 0 38.42Lankan Cricket Club5 0 2 3 0 34.59Badureliya Sports Club5 0 1 4 0 27.58 Relegated to Tier B
Group stage Group A Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Group B Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Plate League
Super Eight
See also 2019–20 Premier League Tournament Tier B
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo