title: 2015–16 Premier League Tournament
text: # 2015–16 Premier League Tournament
  
  The 2015–16 Premier League Tournament was the 28th season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka's Premier Trophy. It was held between 4 December 2015 and 6 March 2016, with fourteen teams competing. Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the competition, their first championship since the 1950–51 season.
  
  ## Teams
  
  The following teams competed:
  
  ### Group A
  
  * Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
  * Colombo Cricket Club
  * Moors Sports Club
  * Ragama Cricket Club
  * Saracens Sports Club
  * Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
  
  ### Group B
  
  * Badureliya Sports Club
  * Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
  * Colts Cricket Club
  * Galle Cricket Club
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club
  * Sinhalese Sports Club
  * Sri Lanka Army Sports Club
  
  ## Fixtures
  
  ### Group A
  
  * 4–6 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn De Zoysa Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Seekkuge Sarathkumara
  * Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Sangeeth Cooray (Saracens Sports Club) and Lasith Lakshan (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.
  * 4–6 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Pradeep Udawatta
  * Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Shehan Sandaruwan (Ragama Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 4–6 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Chaminda Hathurusingha and Rohitha Kottahachchi
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Nalin Priyadarshana (Colombo Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 11–13 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Colombo Cricket Club won by 79 runs Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona Umpires: Palitha de Alwis and Nilan De Silva
  * Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 11–13 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Pradeep Udawatta and Ranjith Vishwakula
  * Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 11–13 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match abandoned Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Seekkuge Sarathkumara
  * No toss.
  * No play was possible.
  * 18–20 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Army Ground, Mattegoda Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Eric Kannangara
  * Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Tilaksha Sumanasiri (Ragama Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 18–20 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Raveendra Wimalasiri
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Chamika Karunaratne (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 18–20 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Chaminda Hathurusingha and Prageeth Rambukwella
  * Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 26–28 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won by 9 wickets Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and elected to field.
  * Harsha Rajapaksha (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 26–28 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Moors Sports Club won by 92 runs Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Lyndon Hannibal
  * Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and elected to field.
  * 26–28 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Kapil Kottahachchi and Pradeep Udawatta
  * Colombo Cricket Club and elected to bat.
  * Sompal Kami (Saracens Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 2–4 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won by 9 wickets Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Raveendra Wimalasiri
  * Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 2–4 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Ruchira Palliyaguruge
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Sithara Gimhan (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 2–4 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Prageeth Rambukwella
  * Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 8–10 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Seekkuge Sarathkumara
  * Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 8–10 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won by 7 wickets Army Ground, Mattegoda Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz and Raveendra Wimalasiri
  * Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Ishara Prashan (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 8–10 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Lyndon Hannibal
  * Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Thanura Halambage (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 14–15 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Ragama Cricket Club won by an innings and 159 runs Surrey Village, Maggona Umpires: Saman Mohan de Silva and Nilan De Silva
  * Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 15–16 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Moors Sports Club won by 235 runs Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Asanga Jayasooriya
  * Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Dulanjana Seneviratne (Colombo Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 15–17 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  
  ### Group B
  
  * 4–6 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Kapil Kottahachchi
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Nimesha Gunasinghe (Nondescripts Cricket Club) and Harith Maduwantha (Sinhalese Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
  * 4–6 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Army Ground, Panagoda Umpires: Saman Mohan de Silva and Ruchira Palliyaguruge
  * Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Sahan Adeesha and Pathum Madusanka (Badureliya Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
  * 4–6 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Deepal Gunawardene
  * Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 11–13 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Chaminda Hathurusingha and Raveendra Wimalasiri
  * Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Dulash Udayanga, Navindu Vithanage and Deshan Withanage (Galle Cricket Club) all made their first-class debuts.
  * 11–13 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Saman Mohan de Silva and Ruchira Palliyaguruge
  * Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Malinga de Silva (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) and Kavinda de Thissera (Sinhalese Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
  * 11–13 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Army Ground, Panagoda Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Eric Kannangara
  * Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 18–20 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Surrey Village, Maggona Umpires: Kapil Kottahachchi and Ravindra Kottahachchi
  * Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Akthab Cader and Praveen Fernando (Badureliya Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
  * 18–20 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Pradeep Udawatta and Ranjith Vishwakula
  * Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 18–20 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match abandoned Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Vidura Prasad
  * No toss.
  * No play was possible.
  * 26–28 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club won by an innings and 103 runs Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Raveendra Wimalasiri
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 26–28 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Ruchira Palliyaguruge
  * Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 26–28 December 2015 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Seekkuge Sarathkumara
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Tharindu Ratnayake, Nuwan Thushara (Sinhalese Sports Club) and Thuduwage Kumara (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.
  * 2–4 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club won by 9 wickets Army Ground, Panagoda Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Pradeep Udawatta
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Aravinda Akurugoda (Nondescripts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 2–4 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Colts Cricket Club won by an innings and 46 runs Surrey Village, Maggona Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Rohitha Kottahachchi
  * Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Sahan Arachchige (Colts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 2–4 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Kapil Kottahachchi
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 8–10 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Kapil Kottahachchi
  * Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 8–10 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won by an innings and 121 runs Surrey Village, Maggona Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Chaminda Hathurusingha
  * Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Sachin Hewawasam (Badureliya Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 8–10 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Ravindra Kottahachchi
  * Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Lahiru Sandaruwan (Galle Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 15–17 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Seekkuge Sarathkumara
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 15–17 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won by 8 wickets Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Kapil Kottahachchi and Ravindra Kottahachchi
  * Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Iran Indika (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 15–17 January 2016 Scorecard
  * Galle Cricket Club won by an innings and 101 runs Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Pradeep Udawatta
  * Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Yashan Samarasinghe (Badureliya Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
  
  ### Plate Championship
  
  * 19–21 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Army Ground, Panagoda Umpires: Jayantha de Silva and Eric Kannangara
  * Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Nishan Peiris and Akash Senaratne (Badureliya Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
  * 19–21 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Kapil Kottahachchi and Ranjith Vishwakula
  * Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 19–21 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Saman Mohan de Silva and Chaminda Hathurusingha
  * Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 26–28 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won by 7 wickets Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Chaminda Hathurusingha
  * Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 26–28 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Upul Wewage
  * Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 26–28 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Army Ground, Panagoda Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Ranganath Prasanna
  * Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Aloka Amarasiri (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) and Wanidu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.
  * 4–6 March 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Eric Kannangara and Ranjith Vishwakula
  * Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Nuwan Chamara (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 4–6 March 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Kamal Indrajith and Kapil Kottahachchi
  * Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Andawaththa Tyronne (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 4–6 March 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Army Ground, Panagoda Umpires: Chaminda Hathurusingha and Nilantha Semasinghe
  * Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  
  ### Super Eight
  
  * 11–14 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won by 314 runs Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Rohitha Kottahachchi
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 11–14 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Moors Sports Club won by 23 runs Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Ravindra Kottahachchi
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 11–14 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Colts Cricket Club won by an innings and 153 runs P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Pradeep Udawatta
  * Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 11–14 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Galle Cricket Club won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Kapil Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella
  * Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * Thissa Sanjeewa (Ragama Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 18–21 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won by 169 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 18–21 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won by 8 wickets Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Seekkuge Sarathkumara
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 18–21 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Galle Cricket Club won by 194 runs Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Ravindra Kottahachchi
  * Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 18–21 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Ragama Cricket Club won by 92 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Pradeep Udawatta
  * Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 25–28 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won by 5 wickets Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Seekkuge Sarathkumara
  * Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 25–28 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kapil Kottahachchi and Raveendra Wimalasiri
  * Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 25–28 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won by 52 runs Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Rohitha Kottahachchi
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Danush Peiris (Colombo Cricket Club) and Tiran Wijesooriya (Sinhalese Sports Club) both made their first-class debuts.
  * 25–28 February 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Pradeep Udawatta
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Sachintha Peiris (Nondescripts Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  * 3–6 March 2016 Scorecard
  * Match drawn R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Rohitha Kottahachchi
  * Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
  * 3–6 March 2016 Scorecard
  * Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won by 6 wickets Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Asanga Jayasooriya
  * Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 3–6 March 2016 Scorecard
  * Moors Sports Club won by an innings and 31 runs Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Pradeep Udawatta and Raveendra Wimalasiri
  * Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * 3–6 March 2016 Scorecard
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club won by 316 runs Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Ravindra Kottahachchi
  * Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Shaluka Silva (Colombo Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
  