Dates confirmed for Major Club four-day tournament
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Sri Lanka Cricket has announced that the Major Club four-day cricket tournament it organises will be held from this coming November until February next year.
The tournament is set to be played as a four-day competition for the first time, under two groups.
Colts CC, who were champions when the tournament was played as a three-day competition last year, will take part in Group A this time, while runners-up ACE Capital CC will feature in Group B.
Group A
Colts CC, NCC, Police SC, BRC, Kurunegala YCC, Baduraliya CC, Nugegoda S & WC
Group B
ACE Capital CC, Moors SC, CCC, Bloomfield C & AC, Panadura SC, Tamil Union C & AC, SSC
The first round of the tournament is scheduled to run until January 20 next year. Accordingly, once that round is completed, the teams finishing in the top 4 of each group will go into the Super 8 tournament, while the remaining teams will enter the Plate tournament, with the competition continuing from there.
Accordingly, the Super 8 matches are proposed to be played from January 30 to March 14 next year, and the Plate tournament matches until February 28.
First round schedule of the tournament
- Date · Host · Opponent · Venue
- 2026 November 19 to 22 · Nugegoda S & WC · NCC · Sooriyawewa, MRICS
- Police SC · Baduraliya CC · Galle ICS
- Kurunegala YCC · BRC · Colombo RPICS
- Moors SC · SSC · Colombo NCC
- CCC · Tamil Union C & AC · Pallekele ICS
- Bloomfield C & AC · Panadura SC · Rangiri Dambulla ICS
- 2026 December, 3 to 6 · Colts CC · Nugegoda S & WC · Colombo CCC
- Kurunegala YCC · NCC · Colombo P.Sara Oval
- BRC · Police SC · Colombo Colts
- SSC · ACE Capital CC · Kurunegala Welagedara
- Moors SC · Panadura SC · Maggona Surrey
- Bloomfield C & AC · CCC · Sooriyawewa MRICS
- 2026 December, 17 to 20 · Baduraliya CC · Colts CC · Pallekele ICS
- Nugegoda S & WC · Kurunegala YCC · Colombo NCC
- NCC · Police SC · Colombo RPICS
- ACE Capital CC · Tamil Union C & AC · Colombo SSC
- SSC · Panadura SC · Sooriyawewa MRICS
- CCC · Moors SC · Galle ICS
- 2026 December, 27 to 30 · Colts CC · Kurunegala YCC · Colombo SSC
- BRC · Baduraliya CC · Colombo CCC
- Police SC · Nugegoda S & WC · Kurunegala Welagedara
- Panadura SC · ACE Capital CC · Colombo Colts
- Tamil Union C & AC · Bloomfield C & AC · Maggona Surrey
- CCC · SSC · Colombo P. Sara Oval
- 2027, January, 3 to 6 · BRC · Colts CC · Sooriyawewa MRICS
- Kurunegala YCC · Police SC · Pallekele ICS
- NCC · Baduraliya CC · Galle ICS
- ACE Capital CC · Bloomfield C & AC · Colombo RPICS
- Panadura SC · CCC · Colombo NCC
- Tamil Union C & AC · Moors SC · Rangiri Dambulla ICS
- 2027, January, 10 to 13 · Police SC · Colts CC · Colombo P.Sara Oval
- NCC · BRC · Kurunegala Welagedara
- Baduraliya CC · Nugegoda S & WC · Colombo Colts
- ACE Capital CC · CCC · Maggona Surrey
- Bloomfield C & AC · Moors SC · Colombo SSC
- Tamil Union C & AC · SSC · Colombo CCC
- 2027, January, 17 to 20 · Colts CC · NCC · Colombo RPICS
- Nugegoda S & WC · BRC · Colombo NCC
- Baduraliya CC · Kurunegala YCC · Rangiri Dambulla ICS
- Moors SC · ACE Capital CC · Sooriyawewa MRICS
- SSC · Bloomfield C & AC · Pallekele ICS
- Panadura SC · Tamil Union C & AC · Galle ICS
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