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
editGroup A
edit 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) |
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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)
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- 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
edit 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) |
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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
edit 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
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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) |
v
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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
edit 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) |
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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) |
v
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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
editSinhalese 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
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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) |
v
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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
editSinhalese 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) |
v
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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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