2015–16 Premier League Tournament
# 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.
