SLC U23 Emerging Tournament revamped, fixtures announced

993

Sri Lanka Cricket has announced the groups and fixtures for this year’s SLC U23 Emerging Tournament which will commence September 7th.

The tournament will be contested by 22 clubs which are categorized into 4 groups. The best two teams in each group will qualify for the knockouts.

Read More: Sinhalese Sports Club crowned Major Emerging League champions

The group stage matches will be played as two dayers while the 7 knockout matches (4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals and finals) are scheduled as 3-day matches.

Group A Group B Group C Group D
SSC CCC Saracens Moors
Ragama NCC Panadura Army
BRC Colts Chilaw Marians Tamil Union
Galle Negombo Air Force Kurunagala
Navy Baduraliya Bloomfield Lankans
Police Port Authority

This will be a great opportunity for the up-and-coming cricketers who have just stepped into first class cricket and will be a good selection tournament for clubs to pick the best young players for the premier league tournament which will begin end of the month.

Photo Album: SSC v Colts – Premier Emerging League 2018/19 – Finals | Day 02

Last year, the tournament hosted 24 teams in 8 groups and Sinhalese Sports Club was crowned champions of the 2018 edition of this tournament (Sri Lanka Cricket Major Emerging League Tournament) as they defeated Colts Cricket Club at R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium.

Read More: SLC Major Emerging League 2018/19 reach quarter-finals

This tournament was previously discontinued for a different format ie the Emerging league, where teams were permitted to use upto 4 players over the age of 23. This has been discarded this year reverting once again to the old format with only players under 23 being allowed to take part.

Schedule

Sep 7-8 Sep 11-12 Sep 15-16 Sep 19-20 Sep 23-24
SSC V Police Ragama V SSC SSC V Navy Galle V SSC SSC V BRC
Navy V Ragama Navy V BRC Ragama V Galle BRC V Ragama Ragama V Police
BRC V Galle Police V Galle BRC V Police Police V Navy Galle V Navy
CCC V Ports Authority CCC V NCC Baduraliya V CCC Negombo V CCC CCC V Colts
NCC V Baduraliya Baduraliya V Colts NCC V Negombo Colts V NCC NCC V Ports Authority
Colts V Negambo Ports Authority V Negambo Colts V Ports Authority Ports Authority V Baduralliya Negambo V Baduraliya
Saracens V Panadura Saracens V Chilaw Marians Saracens V Air Force Bloomfield V Saracens Panadura V Chilaw Marians
Chilaw Marians V Air Force Bloomfield V Panadura Chilaw Marians V Bloomfield Air Force V Panadura Air Force V Bloomfield
Moors V Army Tamil Union V Moors Kurunagala V Moors Moors V Lankans Army V Tamil Union
Tamil Union V Kurunagala Army V Lankans Lankans V Tamil Union Kurunagala V Army Lankans V Kurunagala
  • Sep 27-28-29 Quaterfinals
  • October 4-5-6 Semifinals
  • October 11-12-13 final

>> For More Cricket News <<