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2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament

Dates	14 – 31 December 2019
Administrator(s)	Sri Lanka Cricket
Cricket format	List A cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin then knockout
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	Chilaw Marians Cricket Club (1st title)
Participants	25
Matches	73
Most runs	Angelo Perera (384)
Most wickets	Kamindu Mendis (19)
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The 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Sri Lanka. It ran from 14 to 31 December 2019, with twenty-five teams taking part. It was the first edition of the Invitation Limited Over Tournament, replacing the Premier Limited Overs Tournament, after Sri Lanka Cricket failed to approve the latter due to delays in their domestic cricket structure. Sinhalese Sports Club won the last edition of the Premier Limited Overs Tournament.

On 19 December 2019, Sandun Weerakkody scored the fastest List A century by a Sri Lankan batsman, scoring 101 not out from 39 balls for Sinhalese Sports Club against Burgher Recreation Club. The following day, only one of the twelve scheduled matches reached a result, with the other eleven fixtures all abandoned due to rain.

Ahead of the final day of fixtures, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka Army Sports Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Panadura Sports Club, Saracens Sports Club, Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club and Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club had all qualified for the quarterfinals. Following the conclusion of the final day of group matches, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club had also reached the quarterfinals of the tournament. Sinhalese Sports Club, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club and Sri Lanka Army Sports Club all won their quarterfinal matches to progress in the competition.

Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and Nondescripts Cricket Club won their respective semi-final matches to advance to the final of the tournament. Chilaw Marians Cricket Club beat Nondescripts in the final by 91 runs to win the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

• Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Nimantha Gunasiri (Burgher Recreation Club), Haren Buddila and Laksitha Rasanjana (Negombo Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Nuwanidu Fernando (Sinhalese Sports Club), Sawan Prabash and Dunith Wellalage (Lankan Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Mahesh Kumara, Heshan Hettiarchchi, Lahiru Wijetunga, Shihan de Silva (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) and Vaibhav Mali (Badureliya Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Lakshitha Manasinghe, Sheshan Fernando (Negambo Cricket Club) and Sanjeew Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Burgher Recreation Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Malindu Shehan (Burgher Recreation Club) made his List A debut.

• Badureliya Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Sahan Peiris (Lankan Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

Group B

• Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• MPM Weerasinghe, BGS Mendis (Colombo Cricket Club) and Mithila Aravinda (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Hasindu Shamika, Lasan de Silva, Ramesh Kumara, Damsika Sigera and Nisar Ahmad (Police Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Thimira Malshan (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.

• Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Kaveesh Kumara, Kavindu Ediriweera, Vinura Dulsara and Kavika Dilshan (Galle Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
• Neranjan Kumuditha (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.

• Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
• Chamika Gunasekara (Nondescripts Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Jacob Sachin and Roanaka Ahangama (Galle Cricket Club) both made their List A debuts.

• Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Methusha Thilina (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• Kandy Customs Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
• Supun Kavinda (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Colombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sandun Mendis (Colombo Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Imesh Madushanka (Kandy Customs Cricket Club), Sachendra Gamaadikari and Janaka Rathnayake (Police Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Deshan Fernando and Sandaru Chanditha (Kandy Customs Cricket Club) both made their List A debuts.

• Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.

• Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Imesh Udayanga, Malith de Silva, Mohammed Faheem (Police Sports Club), Amoda Widanapathirana and Pasindu Ushettige (Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.

Group C

• Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Akthab Cader (Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club) and Aravinda Bandara (Saracens Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.

• Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Heshan Dhanushka, Nipun Malinga (Colts Cricket Club), Johanne de Silva and Samitha Ranga (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dilshan Abeysinghe, Sithum Disanayaka (Panadura Sports Club), Jeewan Viraj and Avindu Theekshana (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Santhush Gunathilake (Colts Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Saracens Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Isitha Wijesundera (Saracens Sports Club) made his List A debut.

• Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.

• Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Dilshan Kollure (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Rohan Sanjaya (Colts Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
• Vimud Sapnaka (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) made his List A debut.

• Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Janindu Inuwara and Ashan Dilhara (Panadura Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.

• Colts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Thaveesha Kahaduwaarachchi (Saracens Sports Club) made his List A debut.

• Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Dananjana de Silva, Sandeep Nisansala (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club), WP Madushan and Dilshan Lekamge (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.

• No toss.
• No play was possible was due to rain.

• No toss.
• No play was possible was due to rain.

• No toss.
• No play was possible was due to rain.

Group D

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• Ragama Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Anushka Perera, Praveen Cooray and Mohamed Rashan (Kalutara Town Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Sadish Pathiranage (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club), Shabik Ifthary and Gayan de Silva (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Moors Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
• R Punchihewa (Kalutara Town Club) and Praveen Jayawickrama (Moors Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.

• Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Sameera Gunaratne, Poorna Wannithilake, Rahul Gunasekera (Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club) and Kamesh Nirmal (Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Hashin Dilman, Inshaka Siriwardena (Kalutara Town Club), Movin Subasingha and Kalindu Senaviratna (Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club) all made their List A debuts.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

• Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Chamara Fernando, Nusky Ahmed (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club), Krishantha Sandaruwan and Kevin Peiris (Kalutara Town Club) all made their List A debuts.

• Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the toss and elected to field.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due rain.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due rain.

• No toss.
• No play was possible due rain.

Quarterfinals

• Sinhalese Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.

• Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.

• Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Sumit Ghadigaonkar (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club) made his List A debut.

• Sri Lanka Army Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Ashintha Malshan (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) and Gihan Koralage (Sri Lanka Army Sports Club) both made their List A debuts.

Finals

• Chilaw Marians Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.

• Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.

• Nondescripts Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field

References

1. "SLC Invitation L/O tournament commences December 14". Daily News. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
2. "Dhananjaya, Charith centuries kick-start SLC Invitation L/O Tournament in style". The Papare. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
3. "Limited-over tourney to replace SLC's Premier Club Championship of season 2019/20". The Batsman. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
4. "Dominant SSC lift Major Limited Over title". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
5. "Sandun Weerakkody hammers fastest Sri Lankan L/A ton". The Papare. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
6. "Rajeewa, Yohan lead Sri Lanka Ports Authority to third victory". The Papare. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
7. "Sachindu Colombage's 5-wicket haul keeps NCC unbeaten". The Papare. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
8. "Kamindu Mendis guides Chillaw Marians into the Quarter finals". The Papare. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
9. "Dinesh Chandimal guides Soldiers in tricky run chase". The Papare. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
10. "Chandimal's half-ton goes in vain; NCC & Chilaw into Final". The Papare. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
11. "Dominant Chilaw Marians crowned champions". The Papare. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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