With the stalled domestic cricket season all set to begin tomorrow following the pandemic forced break, Head coach Mickey Arthur expects his charges to use the opportunity to fine tune ahead of Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka in October. Bangladesh is likely to arrive here in Sri Lanka to complete their postponed series of three [...]

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Coach Arthur to observe Premier tourney performances ahead of Bangladesh series

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With the stalled domestic cricket season all set to begin tomorrow following the pandemic forced break, Head coach Mickey Arthur expects his charges to use the opportunity to fine tune ahead of Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka in October.

Bangladesh is likely to arrive here in Sri Lanka to complete their postponed series of three Tests in October if Sri Lanka Cricket gets the greenlight from government and the health authorities to resume international cricket.

“Sri Lanka’s domestic first class competition starts again on Monday…really looking forward to our current and fringe players performing and putting their hands up for selection for the Bangladesh series which hopefully will take place here in Sri Lanka in October/November,” Arthur wrote in his official twitter handle.

Though not in full swing, national cricketers have been in training periodically since July in order to keep themselves match fit.

The Premier domestic cricket tournament of Sri Lanka which was earlier scheduled to be worked off from July 14 will start tomorrow.

The two tournaments namely the Super Eight and the Plate Championship will be played concurrently over three days instead of the normal four-day encounter and will be worked off in four venues around the metropolis.

The four rounds of the Super Eight segment contested by the top four teams of the two groups which was scheduled to be completed to decide the champions came to a standstill in March due to the corona virus pandemic.

Meanwhile, the Plate Championship segment contested by the bottom three teams of the two groups where three more round of matches are scheduled to be played will be completed by August 24.

However, the matches will be played to complete the two segments, but there will be no promotion or demotion and the same teams will contest the tournament next season.

The match schedule of the two segments: 
Super Eight:

  •   August 10-12: CCC vs Ragama CC at MCG Katunayake, Colts CC vs Saracens SC at P. Sara Stadium, Army SC vs NCC at SSC and BRC vs Chilaw Marians CC at CCC.
  •   August 15-17: Saracens SC vs CCC at SSC, Ragama CC vs Colts CC at CCC, Chilaw Marians CC vs Army SC at P. Sara Stadium and NCC vs BRC at MCG Katunayake.
  •   August 20-22: CCC vs NCC at P. Sara Stadium, Colts CC vs Chilaw Marians CC at SSC, Army SC vs Ragama CC at CCC and BRC vs Saracens SC at MCG Katunayake.
  •   August 25-27: Chilaw Marians CC vs CCC at SSC, NCC vs Colts CC at CCC, Saracens SC vs Army SC at MCG Katunayake and Ragama CC vs BRC at P. Sara Stadium.

Plate Championship:

  •   August 10-12: Negombo CC vs Lankan CC at Moratuwa, SSC vs Tamil Union at NCC and Moors SC vs Badureliya CC at Colts.
  •   July 24-26: Badureliya CC vs Negombo CC at Moratuwa, Lankan CC vs SSC at Colts and Tamil Union vs Moors SC at Maggona.
  •   August 16-18: Badureliya CC vs Negombo CC at NCC, Lankan CC vs SSC at Colts and Tamil Union vs Moors SC at Moratuwa.
  •   August 22-24: Negombo CC vs Tamil Union at Colts, SSC vs Badureliya CC at Moratuwa and Moors SC vs Lankan CC at NCC.

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