Sri Lanka Cricket
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Sri Lanka Cricket, formerly the Board for Cricket Control in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), is the controlling body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It operates the Sri Lankan cricket team and first-class cricket within Sri Lanka.
[edit] Domestic competition
Sri Lanka Cricket oversees the progress and handling of the major domestic competitions: the First-class tournament Premier Trophy, the List A tournament Premier Limited Over Tournament and the Twenty20 competition Twenty-20 Tournament, in which all of the following First-class teams take part:
- Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club (Colombo)
- Burgher Recreation Club (Colombo)
- Chilaw Marians Cricket Club (Colombo)
- Colombo Cricket Club (Colombo)
- Colts Cricket Club (Colombo)
- Galle Cricket Club (Galle)
- Moors Sports Club (Colombo)
- Nondescripts Cricket Club (Colombo)
- Panadura Sports Club (Panadura)
- Ragama Cricket Club (Katunayake)
- Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club (Moratuwa)
- Sinhalese Sports Club (Colombo)
- Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club (Colombo)
They also organise and host the Inter-Provincial Tournament, a competition where the above first-class do not take part but rather teams represent four different provinces of Sri Lanka:
[edit] See also
Sri Lanka national cricket team
[edit] References
- CricketArchive - Inter-Provincial Tournament 2004/05
- Cricinfo - Sri Lanka Cricket - Current domestic cricket
- Cricinfo - Overview of Sri Lanka's domestic competitions
- SL Cricket - A Forum for Sri Lankan Cricket fans to be
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