Nomads Sports Club is a former first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka .
7-442: Nomads are one of the oldest Sri Lankan cricket teams. They won the P Sara Trophy in 1964-65 and 1967–68 in the days before the competition had first-class status. They competed in the first-class competition in 1988-89 and 1994–95. Of their 12 matches they won one, lost five and drew six. They played their home matches at Viharamahadevi Park , Colombo . They continue to compete at sub-first-class levels. This article about
14-567: A Sri Lankan sports club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a cricket team in Sri Lanka is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Premier Trophy The Major League Tournament (formerly known as the Premier Trophy ) is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri Lanka . It was established in 1938 and has existed under
21-476: A championship final in which Kandy District defeated Jaffna District, 7–10 April 2022. Ahead of the 2022–23 season, the competition was relaunched with a rebranding as the Major League Tournament. The 26 first-class clubs are split into Groups A and B, each team playing the others in its group once each, and the two group winners meeting in a championship final. The Major League Tournament in 2023–24
28-589: A number of different names. Matches before the 1988–89 season are not considered first-class. Relaunched as the Lakspray Trophy in 1988–89, it was renamed as the P. Saravanamuttu Trophy in 1990–91 and as the Premier Championship in 1998–99. There was a change of format in 2015–16 when it became the Premier League Tournament which was split into Tiers A and B the following year. The league
35-738: The toss and batted first. At the end of the first day, they had reached 356/5 after their captain Sadeera Samarawickrama had scored 188. They were all out on day two for 558. Colombo had scored 149/2 at close of play that day and went on to 411/5 at close of play on the third day. At this point, the match should have ended but it was extended by another day so that the question of first innings lead could be settled. Colombo were eventually all out for 669 on day four, their innings including three centuries by Kamindu Mendis (105), captain Ashan Priyanjan (100) and Chamindu Wijesinghe (139). There
42-531: Was cancelled in 2020–21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then a new temporary tournament was introduced in 2021–22 called the National Super Provincial 4-Day Tournament . This was contested by five provincial teams: Colombo District, Dambulla District, Galle District, Jaffna District and Kandy District. They played each other once each and then the top four went into a knockout semi-final round followed by
49-567: Was split into Group A and Group B leagues. The following teams were involved: The group winners were Colombo Cricket Club and Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club who contested the MLT Final at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , starting on 17 November 2022. The match was drawn after four days play (extended from the scheduled three) and Colombo were declared the winners as they had the larger first innings total. Tamil Union won
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