# 2017–18 Premier League Tournament Tier B

The 2017–18 Premier League Tournament Tier B was the second division of the 30th season of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka's Premier Trophy. The tournament was contested by nine teams, starting on 15 December 2017 and concluding on 18 February 2018.
Panadura Sports Club finished top of the table in the 2016–17 Tier B tournament, but it was runners-up Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club who were promoted to Tier A due to a match-fixing scandal that resulted in a match between Panadura SC and Kalutara Physical Culture Club in January 2017 being declared null and void. They were replaced in Tier B by Galle Cricket Club after they were relegated from the 2016–17 Tier A tournament. In another change from the previous season, Negombo Cricket Club replaced Kalutara Physical Culture Club, who dropped out of the first-class system.
Negombo Cricket Club won the tournament and secured promotion to Tier A, after finishing top of the points table ahead of Lankan Cricket Club.

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | T | Pts |
| Negombo Cricket Club | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 87.74 |
| Lankan Cricket Club | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 86.91 |
| Galle Cricket Club | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 76.39 |
| Kalutara Town Club | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 76.25 |
| Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 71.71 |
| Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 65.72 |
| Panadura Sports Club | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 64.34 |
| Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 63.19 |
| Police Sports Club | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 58.56 |
Promoted to Tier A

## Matches
### Round 1

* 15–17 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Kadirana Cricket Grounds, Gampaha Umpires: RP Massalage and Vidura Prasad
* Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nishantha Fernando, Inosha Gunawardene (Lankan Cricket Club), Lasith Croospulle, Roshen Fernando, Akeel Inham, Prasansana Jayamanne, Dilasri Lokubandara, Sandaruwan Rodrigo and Sehan Weerasinghe (Negombo Cricket Club) all made their first-class debuts.
* 15–17 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Police Park Ground, Colombo Umpires: Sagara Kumara and Saman Mohan de Silva
* Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Sakuranga Fonseka, Lasith Lakshan, Anuththara Madawa, Rashmika Opatha (Panadura Sports Club), and Srimantha Wijeyeratne (Police Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.
* 15–17 December 2017 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won by 4 wickets Air Force Ground, Katunayake Umpires: Maurice Dela Zilva and Pradeep Udawatta
* Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Supun Withanaarachchi (Galle Cricket Club), Kasun Abeyrathne and Lahiru Fernando (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.
* 15–17 December 2017 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won by 8 wickets Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando and Ravindra Kottahachchi
* Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sarinda Dassanayake, Thusith de Soysa, ND Kaushalya, Kalhan Sineth, Tharinda Wijesinghe (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club), Mohammed Alfar and Nuwan Sampath (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 2

* 21–23 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando and Suranga Perera
* Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Vibhor Yadav (Police Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
* 21–23 December 2017 Scorecard
* Lankan Cricket Club won by 7 wickets Surrey Village Ground, Maggona Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella
* Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
* 21–23 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Panadura Esplanade, Panadura Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Saman Mohan de Silva
* Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sansaka Fernando (Panadura Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
* 21–23 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Nilantha Bopage and Ranganath Prasanna
* Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Suresh de Silva (Galle Cricket Club) and Srihan Anuruddhika (Negombo Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 3

* 28–30 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Air Force Ground, Katunayake Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Kitsiri Jayaweera
* Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dilum Weerarathne (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) and Chamod Piumal (Police Sports Club)
* 28–30 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match tied Kadirana Cricket Grounds, Gampaha Umpires: SB Semasinghe and Ranjith Vishwakula
* Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Udith Fernando and AKT Rukshan (Negombo Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.
* 28–30 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Army Ground, Panagoda Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Asanga Jayasooriya
* Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Charith Mendis and Shiwakumar Tyron (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club)
* 28–30 December 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Panadura Esplanade, Panadura Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Saman Mohan de Silva
* Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Ashen Kavinda, TLK Thambavita (Panadura Sports Club), Chathuranga Dikkumbura and WACP Wijayalath (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 4

* 5–7 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Navy Ground, Welisara Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Kapila Kottahachchi
* Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Ravindu Gunawardene, Chaamikara Hewage and Heshan Umendra (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.
* 5–7 January 2018 Scorecard
* Galle Cricket Club won by 10 wickets Police Park Ground, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju and Lyndon Hannibal
* Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Krishan Abesooriya (Galle Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
* 5–7 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Panadura Esplanade, Panadura Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Pradeep Udawatta
* Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
* 5–7 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: Ranganath Prasanna and Prageeth Rambukwella
* Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Shanaka Sampath (Kalutara Town Club), Sajith de Silva and Prabhash Keppitipola (Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 5

* 12–14 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Navy Ground, Welisara Umpires: Palitha de Alwis and Saman Mohan de Silva
* Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Savin Gunasekara, Dilshan Lekamge and Suraj Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.
* 12–13 January 2018 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won by an innings and 97 runs Panadura Esplanade, Panadura Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Eric Kannangara
* Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Kaumal Nanayakkara (Panadura Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
* 12–14 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: Dilshan de Silva and Nilantha Semasinghe
* Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss elected to field.
* 12–14 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Sisira Kumara Perera and Krishantha Rodrigo
* Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Indeera Gallage (Galle Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.

### Round 6

* 19–21 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Air Force Ground, Katunayake Umpires: Eric Kannangara and Ranganath Prasanna
* Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Chathura Samantha (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
* 19–21 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Kadirana Cricket Grounds, Gampaha Umpires: Thilak Fernando and RP Massalage
* Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Nishantha Kumara (Police Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
* 19–21 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Surrey Village Ground, Maggona Umpires: Nilantha Bopage and Palitha de Alwis
* Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* 19–21 January 2018 Scorecard
* Panadura Sports Club won by an innings and 25 runs Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando and Kapila Kottahachchi
* Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Chathura Lakshan (Galle Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.

### Round 7

* 25–27 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Army Ground, Mattegoda Umpires: Dilshan de Silva and Thilak Fernando
* Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Thanura Gunasekera (Lankan Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
* 26–28 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Navy Ground, Welisara Umpires: RP Massalage and Nilantha Semasinghe
* Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26–28 January 2018 Scorecard
* Negombo Cricket Club won by 4 wickets Kadirana Cricket Grounds, Gampaha Umpires: Kitsiri Jayaweera and Upul Wewage
* Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26–28 January 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando and Sisira Kumara Perera
* Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 8

* 1–3 February 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Navy Ground, Welisara Umpires: Susantha Dissanayake and Ranjith Vishwakula
* Lankan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Buddika Madushan, Thushara Madushanka and Chenutha Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club) all made their first-class debuts.
* 1–3 February 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Panadura Esplanade, Panadura Umpires: Maurice Dela Zilva and RP Massalage
* Panadura Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Sachin Dalpethado (Negombo Cricket Club) made his first-class debut.
* 1–3 February 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Surrey Village Ground, Maggona Umpires: Nilantha Bopage and Saman Mohan de Silva
* Kalutara Town Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1–3 February 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Dilshan de Silva and Saman Mohan de Silva
* Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 9

* 16–18 February 2018 Scorecard
* Kalutara Town Club won by 4 wickets Air Force Ground, Katunayake Umpires: Nilan De Silva and Krishantha Rodrigo
* Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rashindra Silva (Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club) made his first-class debut.
* 16–18 February 2018 Scorecard
* Lankan Cricket Club won by 188 runs Army Ground, Mattegoda Umpires: Maurice Dela Zilva and Gamini Dissanayake
* Police Sports Club won the toss and elected to field.
* 16–18 February 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: Eric Kannangara and Ravindra Kottahachchi
* Negombo Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* 16–18 February 2018 Scorecard
* Match drawn Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Kitsiri Jayaweera and Kapila Kottahachchi
* Galle Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Hareen Buddila and Ravindu Sembukuttige (Galle Cricket Club) both made their first-class debuts.