Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament

Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament

Countries	Sri Lanka
Administrator	Sri Lanka Cricket
Format	First-class
First tournament	1990
Last tournament	2009–10
Tournament format	Round-robin and knockout
Number of teams	5 (2009–10)
Current champion	Basnahira North
Most successful	Basnahira North, Western Province City (3 titles each)
Website	Sri Lanka Cricket

Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament) was a domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri Lanka, held by Sri Lanka Cricket. It was a part of their Inter-Provincial Cricket program. From 2008 the Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament became the mainstream domestic first class competition in Sri Lanka, with the Premier Trophy being the other, which is played between the clubs in Sri Lanka. The tournament had begun in 1990 as Singer President's Trophy and was played continually for five years, until it was rebooted in 2003. Both Basnahira North and Western Province City, which is now merged into Basnahira North and South, have won the most tournaments, three each.^[1]

Teams

Inter-Provincial Twenty20 teams.

Current teams

	Team name	Home ground	First season
	Basnahira North Western Province North	R. Premadasa Stadium	1992 as Western Province in 1990
	Basnahira South Western Province South	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1992 as Western Province in 1990
	Kandurata Central Province	Asgiriya Stadium	1990
	Ruhuna Southern Province	Galle International Stadium	1990
	Wayamba North Western Province	Welagedara Stadium	1990

Former Teams

	Team name	Home ground	First season
	Western Province Western Province		1990
	Western Province City Western Province Cities		1990–91
	Western Province Suburbs Western Province Suburbs		1990–91
	North Central Province North Central Province		2003–04
	Uva Uva		2003–04

Winners

Year	Final Venue	Man of the Series	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
1990 Details	No Final Match	None awarded	Western Province 29.1 points (3 matches)	Western Province first on points table	Central Province 10.9 points (3 matches)
1990–91 Details	No Final Match	None awarded	Western Province City 60.3 points (4 matches)	Western Province City first on points table	Western Province Suburbs 34.8 points (4 matches)
1992 Details	No Final Match	None awarded	Western Province North 48 points (5 matches)	Western Province North first on points table	Western Province South 39 points (5 matches)
1993–94 Details	Uyanwatte Stadium	None awarded	Western Province City 276 all out (90.5 overs) 344 all out (102 overs)	Western Province City won by 341 runs Scorecard	Western Province North 153 all out (57 overs) 126 all out (41.4 overs)
1994–95 Details	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	None awarded	Western Province City 498 for 6, declared (132 overs)	Western Province City won by an innings and 53 runs Scorecard	Western Province South 170 all out (70.4 overs) 266 all out (36.5 overs)
2003–04 Details	R Premadasa Stadium	None awarded	Central Province 235 all out (64.1 overs) 258 all out (59.3 overs)	Central Province won by 176 runs Scorecard	North Central Province 120 all out (38.1 overs) 197 all out (54.2 overs)
2004–05 Details	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Central Province 202 all out (58.2 overs) 134 all out (43.4 overs)	North Central Province won by 60 runs Scorecard	North Central Province 175 all out (55.4 overs) 221 all out (59.4 overs)
2008–09 Details	R Premadasa Stadium	None awarded	Basnahira North 389 all out (104.2 overs) 16 for 0 (2 overs)	Basnahira North won by 10 wickets Scorecard	Wayamba 223 all out (57 overs) 181 all out (57.2 overs)
2009–10 Details	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	None awarded	Basnahira North	Match abandoned, Tournament shared Scorecard	Basnahira South

Competition placings

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
1990
1990–91
1992
1993–94
1994–95
2003–04
2004–05
2008–09
2009–10

See also

• Premier Trophy

References

1. http://sl.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/SL/DOMESTIC/archive_provincial.html

External links

• Cricinfo-provincial archive