The 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament was a
List A cricket
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numb ...
competition that took place in
Sri Lanka. It replaced the scheduled
Premier Limited Overs Tournament, after a legal challenge from
Negombo Cricket Club
Negombo Cricket Club is a cricket team in Sri Lanka. In March 2017, they made a legal challenge against Sri Lanka Cricket after they were removed from Tier B of the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament. This prevented the 2016–17 Premier Limited ...
, after they were removed from Tier B of the
2016–17 Premier League Tournament
The 2016–17 Premier League Tournament was the 29th season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka's Premier Trophy. Fourteen teams competed, split into two groups of seven. Burgher Recreation Club replaced Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club, ...
.
The challenge stopped the Premier Limited Overs Tournament from taking place, but
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) organised this tournament to replace it.
The tournament started on 15 March 2017, with 24 teams split into eight groups of three, with the matches given List A status.
The final was played between Kegalle District and Colombo District at the
P Sara Oval
Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (Tamil: பாக்கியசோதி சரவணமுத்து மைதானம், si, පාකියසොති සර්වනමූත්තු ක්රීඩාංගනය) Colombo Oval o ...
,
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...
,
with Colombo District winning by 72 runs.
Group stage
The following fixtures took place in the group stage of the tournament. For some fixtures, the complete scorecards are unknown, but local sources state that the matches did take place.
Central Group
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Eastern Group
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Northern Group
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North Central Group
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North Western Group
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Southern Group
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Uva Group
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Western Group
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Quarter finals
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Semi finals
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Final
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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