National Super League 4-Day Tournament

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National Super League 4-Day Tournament
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Countries Sri Lanka
Administrator Sri Lanka Cricket
Format First-class cricket
First edition2022
Latest edition 2024
Next edition2026
Tournament format Double round-robin and final
Number of teams5
Current champion Dambulla
Most runs Ahan Wickramasinghe (1004)
Most wickets Shashika Dulshan (39)
Cricket current event.svg 2025

The National Super League 4-Day Tournament is a domestic first-class cricket competition, which is held annually in Sri Lanka. Five cricket teams representing five districts of the country take part in the tournament. [1] The league is organized by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) beginning in the 2022 season. [2] In January 2022, the SLC launched the tournament. [3] The squads for the competition are announced based on the performances in the Major League Tournament, with 26 clubs clustered under five teams. [4] The tournament serves as the criteria to select players for Sri Lanka's Test squad. [5] The tournament runs alongside the National Super League Limited Over Tournament.

Contents

Teams

TeamClubsTitle (s)Runner-up
Kandy 10
Colombo00
Jaffna01
Galle01
Dambulla10

Tournament seasons and results

SeasonWinnerRunner-upLeading run-scorerLeading wicket-takerRef
2022 Kandy Jaffna Kamindu Mendis (886) Prabath Jayasuriya (23) [6]
2023DambullaGalle Minod Bhanuka (456) Shashika Dulshan (22)
2024 Galle Kandy Oshada Fernando (885) Nishan Peiris (35) [7]
2025 GalleDambulla Ravindu Rasantha (563) Akila Dananjaya (37) [8]

References

  1. ↑ "NSL four-dayer from February 24". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "SLC to launch National Super League : L/O squads announced". NewsWire. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka Cricket to Launch the National Super League". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "'NSL is the feeder for national representation'". The Morning. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "New criteria for national selection – performances in National Super League". Daily FT. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Kandy crowned champions of NSL 4-Day Tournament". thepapare. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Team Galle crowned NSL 4-Day Champions". thepapare. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "National Super League 4-Day Tournament 2025". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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