Premier Trophy

Premier Trophy
Countries	Sri Lanka
Administrator	Sri Lanka Cricket
Format	First-class cricket
First edition	1988-89
Tournament format	Round-robin then knockout
Number of teams	14
Current champion	Colombo Cricket Club (7th title)
Most successful	Singhalese Sports Club (32 titles)
	2019–20 Premier League Tournament

The Premier Trophy is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1938 and has existed under a number of different names. Matches before the 1988-89 season are not considered first-class.^[1]

Founded as Lakspray Trophy in 1988-89. It was renamed as P.Saravanamuttu Trophy in 1990-91 and as Premier League in 1998-99^[2]

Current teams[]

The First-class competition in Sri Lanka is currently split into Tier A and Tier B tournaments. The following 14 teams competed in the Tier A tournament in 2019–20:

Group A

Group B

The following 12 teams competed in the Tier B tournament in 2019–20:

List of winners[]

Daily News Trophy: 1938 Kalutara Town Club; 1938–39 Singhalese Sports Club; 1939–40 Singhalese Sports Club; 1940–41 Saracens Sports Club; 1941–42 No competition; 1942–43 No competition; 1943–44 Singhalese Sports Club; 1944–45 Singhalese Sports Club; 1945–46 Tamil Union C & A Club; 1946–47 Singhalese Sports Club; 1947–48 Singhalese Sports Club; 1948–49 Singhalese Sports Club; 1949–50 Singhalese Sports Club

P Saravanamuttu Trophy: 1950–51 Tamil Union C & A Club; 1951–52 Singhalese Sports Club; 1952–53 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1953–54 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1954–55 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1955–56 Burgher Recreation Club; 1956–57 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1957–58 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1958–59 Singhalese Sports Club; 1959–60 Singhalese Sports Club; 1960–61 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1961–62 Singhalese Sports Club; 1962–63 University; 1963–64 Bloomfield C & AC; 1964–65 Nomads Sports Club; 1965–66 No competition; 1966–67 Singhalese Sports Club; 1967–68 Nomads Sports Club; 1968–69 Singhalese Sports Club; 1969–70 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1970–71 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1971–72 Singhalese Sports Club; 1972–73 Singhalese Sports Club; 1973–74 Singhalese Sports Club; 1974–75 Singhalese Sports Club; 1975–76 Nondescripts Cricket Club

Robert Senanayake Trophy: 1976–77 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1977–78 Singhalese Sports Club; 1978–79 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1979–80 Colombo Cricket Club; 1980–81 Bloomfield C & AC; 1981–82 Bloomfield C & AC

Lakspray Trophy: 1982–83 Bloomfield C & AC; 1983–84 Singhalese Sports Club; 1984–85 Colombo Cricket Club; 1985–86 Singhalese Sports Club & Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1986–87 Singhalese Sports Club; 1987–88 Colombo Cricket Club; 1988–89 Nondescripts Cricket Club & Singhalese Sports Club (inaugural first-class season); 1989–90 Singhalese Sports Club; 1990–91 Singhalese Sports Club

P Saravanamuttu Trophy: 1991–92 Colts Cricket Club; 1992–93 Singhalese Sports Club; 1993–94 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 1994–95 Singhalese Sports Club and Bloomfield C & AC; 1995–96 Colombo Cricket Club; 1996–97 Bloomfield C & AC; 1997–98 Singhalese Sports Club

Premier Trophy: 1998–99 Bloomfield C & AC; 1999–00 Colts Cricket Club; 2000–01 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 2001–02 Colts Cricket Club; 2002–03 Moors Sports Club; 2003–04 Bloomfield C & AC; 2004–05 Colts Cricket Club; 2005–06 Singhalese Sports Club; 2006–07 Colombo Cricket Club; 2007–08 Singhalese Sports Club; 2008–09 Colts Cricket Club; 2009–10 Chilaw Marians Cricket Club; 2010–11 Bloomfield C & AC; 2011–12 Colts Cricket Club; 2012–13 Singhalese Sports Club; 2013–14 Nondescripts Cricket Club; 2014–15 Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club; 2015–16 Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club; 2016–17 Singhalese Sports Club; 2017–18 Chilaw Marians Cricket Club; 2018-19 Colombo Cricket Club; 2019-20 Colombo Cricket Club

Wins by Clubs[]

† Extinct Clubs * Shared title

Club	Wins	Winning years
Singhalese Sports Club	32	1938–39, 1939–40, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95*, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2016–17
Nondescripts Cricket Club	16	1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1988–89*, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2013-14
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club	9	1963–64, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1994–95*, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2010–11
Colombo Cricket Club	7	1979–80, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2018-19, 2019-20
Colts Cricket Club	6	1991–92, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2011-12
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club	3	1945–46, 1950–51, 2015-16
†Nomads Sports Club	2	1964–65, 1967–68
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club	2	2009–10, 2017-18
Kalutara Town Club	1	1938
Saracens Sports Club	1	1940–41
Burgher Recreation Club	1	1955–56
†University	1	1962–63
Moors Sports Club	1	2002–03
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club	1	2014–15

External sources[]

References[]

^ Cricket Archive: First-Class matches in Sri Lanka in 1988/89. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
^ Kazi, Abid Ali (December 24, 2015). "History of First Class Cricket |".

[1] Cricket Archive: First-Class matches in Sri Lanka in 1988/89. Retrieved 11 October 2009.

[auto-2] Kazi, Abid Ali (December 24, 2015). "History of First Class Cricket |".

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