The 2017–18 Premier League Tournament Tier B was the second division of the 30th season of
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
's
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 a number of different names. Matches before the 1988–89 seas ...
. The tournament was contested by nine teams, starting on 15 December 2017 and concluding on 18 February 2018.
Panadura Sports Club
Panadura Sports Club is a first-class cricket team based in Panadura, Sri Lanka. Their home ground is the Panadura Public Ground
History
Panadura Sports Club has been in existence since 1924. The team has played first-class cricket since 1988– ...
finished top of the table in the 2016–17 Tier B tournament, but it was runners-up
Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club
Ace Capital Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. It was originally founded in 1989 as the Seeduwa/Raddoluwa Cricket Club. In 2011, it became the Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club. The SLPA withdrew sponsorship in October ...
who were promoted to Tier A due to a match-fixing scandal that resulted in a match between Panadura SC and
Kalutara Physical Culture Club in January 2017 being declared null and void. They were replaced in Tier B by
Galle Cricket Club
Galle Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team based in Galle, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at Galle International Stadium, which was reconstructed after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. In the 2016–17 season, they took part in the ...
after they were relegated from the
2016–17 Tier A tournament. In another change from the previous season,
Negombo Cricket Club
Negombo Cricket Club is a cricket team in Sri Lanka. In March 2017, they made a legal challenge against Sri Lanka Cricket after they were removed from Tier B of the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament. This prevented the 2016–17 Premier Limite ...
replaced
Kalutara Physical Culture Club, who dropped out of the first-class system.
Negombo Cricket Club won the tournament and secured promotion to
Tier A, after finishing top of the points table ahead of
Lankan Cricket Club
Lankan Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka.
History
Lankan Cricket Club played in the Premier Trophy from 2005–06 to 2012–13. It was one of six clubs that lost their places when the competition was reduced from 20 teams t ...
.
Points table
Promoted to
Tier A
Matches
Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6
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Round 7
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Round 8
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Round 9
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See also
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2017–18 Premier League Tournament Tier A
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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