Sri Lanka Premier League

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The Premier League is a first class domestic cricket competition held in SriLanka between the various first class clubs in SriLanka.Earlier Domestic matches were limited to matches played against touring internationl teams and matches played overseas.It was in 1937 when the first Inter Club tournament known as Daily News came into being.Since then the tournament has undergone several name change.It has been known as

Daily News Trophy from 1937 to 1949

P Saravanamuthu Trophy from 1950 to 1975

Robert Senanayaka Trophy from 1976 to 1981

Lakspray Trophy from 1982 to 1990

Sara Trophy from 1991 to 1997

Premier Trophy from 1998

Currently the tournament is based on a two tier system ,both the Tiers have 10 teams each.The team placed at the top in the points table of Tier B is promoted to Tier A while the team that is placed at the bottom in Tier A is depromoted to Tier B during the next season.The Sinhalese Sports Club have been very successful having 29 titles to their name.They are the current(2007/08) winners of the Premier League.

Number of Wins Recorded By Team

Sinhalese Sports Club 29

Kalutara TC 01

Saracans Sports Club 01

Tamil Union C&A Club 02

Nondescripts Cricket Club 15

Colts Cricket Club 04

Colombo Cricket Club 05

Bloomfield C&A Club 02

Moors Sports Club 01

Burgher Recreation Club 01

Nomads Sports Club 02

University 01

Teams

Tier A

Badureliya Sports Club

Chilaw Marians Cricket Club

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club

Colts Cricket Club

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

Moors Sports Club

Colombo Sports Club

Nondescripts Cricket Club

Sinhalese Sports Club

Ragama Cricket Club

Tier B

Moratuwa Sports Club

Singha Sports Club

Panadura Sports Club

Burgher Recreation Club

Police Sports Club

Lankan Cricket Club

Saracens Sports Club

SriLanka Army

SriLanka Air force Sports Club

Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club