2011 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20

The 2011 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20 was the 4th and final season of the SLC Super Provincial Twenty20, the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. The tournament was scheduled as a replacement for the 2011 Sri Lanka Premier League, which was postponed to 2012. As such, the tournament had a different format from previous seasons, featuring five teams, instead of six, and was held sometime between 21 and 31 July 2011. The Sri Lanka Premier League replaced the SLC Super Provincial Twenty20.^[1]

2011 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20

Administrator(s)	Sri Lanka Cricket
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	Ruhuna (1st title)
Participants	5
Matches	13
Player of the series	Tillakaratne Dilshan
Most runs	Dinesh Chandimal 203 (168 balls)
Most wickets	Suraj Randiv 10 (20 overs, 138 runs)
Official website	Cricinfo site
← 2009–10

The season comprised 10 regular matches, two semi finals and a grand final.

Teams

Team	Province	Captain
Basnahira	Western Province	Prasanna Jayawardene
Combined Provinces	All other provinces	Jeevan Mendis
Kandurata	Central Province	Chamara Kapugedera
Ruhuna	Southern Province	Mahela Udawatte
Wayamba	North Western Province	Thilina Kandamby

Venue

All of the matches in the tournament will be played in R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Colombo
R Premadasa Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Colombo Venues in Sri Lanka

Points table

Team[2]	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Basnahira	4	3	1	0	0	6.94	+1.363
Ruhuna (C)	4	2	2	0	0	6.38	+0.888
Kandurata	4	2	2	0	0	5.20	–0.845
Wayamba (R)	4	2	2	0	0	3.78	–0.021
Combined Provinces	4	1	3	0	0	3.19	–1.372

(C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up.

Winner qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20.

Results

Group stage

	Basnahira	Combined	Kandurata	Ruhuna	Wayamba
Basnahira		Won by 1 run	Won by 10 wickets	Won by 34 runs	Lost by bowl-out
Combined Provinces	Lost by 1 run		Lost by 10 wickets	Lost by 84 runs	Won by 7 wickets
Kandurata	Lost by 10 wickets	Won by 10 wickets		Lost by 40 runs	Won by 11 runs
Ruhuna	Lost by 34 runs	Won by 84 runs	Won by 40 runs		Lost by 7 wickets
Wayamba	Won by bowl-out	Lost by 7 wickets	Lost by 11 runs	Won by 7 wickets

Note: Each match is listed twice and is read horizontally. (i.e. "row" team achieved "result" against "column" team)
Note: Click on the results to see match summary.

Tournament progression

			Group Matches						Knockout
Team			1	2	3	4	5		SF	F
	Basnahira		0		1.61	4.28	6.94		MA
	Combined Provinces			0.36	0.91	1.59	3.19
	Kandurata		0.51	3.13	4.75	5.20			L
	Ruhuna		2.54	3.15		5.75	6.38		W	Tied
	Wayamba		1	2.63	3.33		3.78		MA	Tied
Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.											Win			Loss			No result
Note: Click on the points (group matches)or W/L (Knockout) to see the summary for the match.											Team was eliminated before the league reached this stage.
											Bye (Team has no match on this day.)

Fixtures

Round 1

21 July Scorecard

Basnahira cricket team	v	Wayamba cricket team

Match abandoned without a ball bowled R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Sagara Gallage

• No toss
• Wayamba Wolves won 4-1 on a bowl-out.

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21 July Scorecard

Ruhuna cricket team 154/7 (20 overs)	v	Kandurata cricket team 114/7 (20 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 63 (53) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/30 (4 overs)		Farveez Maharoof 55* (34) Janaka Gunaratne 2/1 (2 overs)

Ruhuna Rhinos won by 40 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Tyron Wijewardene

• Kandurata Kites won the toss and elected to field.
• Sanitha de Mel (Kandurata) made his Twenty20 debut.

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Combined Provinces has a bye this round.

Round 2

23 July Scorecard

Combined Provinces 61/8 (9 overs)	v	Kandurata 63/0 (6.4 overs)
Chaturanga de Silva 27 (15) Jehan Mubarak 4/7 (2 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 37* (19)

Kandurata won by 10 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz and Maurice Zilva

• Kandurata won the toss and elected to field.

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23 July Scorecard

Ruhuna 150/7 (20 overs)	v	Wayamba 151/3 (17.2 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 88* (57) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2/13 (4 overs)		Rumesh Buddika 57 (36) TM Sampath 1/18 (3 overs)

Wayamba won by 7 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Ravindra Kottahachchi

• Ruhuna won the toss and chose to bat

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Basnahira has a bye this round.

Round 3

24 July Scorecard

Kandurata 186/5 (20 overs)	v	Wayamba 175 (20 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 85 (46) Rushan Jaleel 2/18 (3 overs)		Indika de Saram 46 (24) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/29 (4 overs)

Kandurata won by 11 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Chandrajith Danasinghe and Asoka de Silva

• Wayamba, who chose to field

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24 July Scorecard

Basnahira 138 (19.2 overs)	v	Combined Provinces 137/8 (20 overs)
Chinthaka Jayasinghe 41* (29) Jeevan Mendis 3/22 (3 overs)		Jeevan Mendis 40* (28) Dilruwan Perera 3/14 (4 overs)

Basnahira won by 1 run R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Grashan Liyanage

• Basnahira, who chose to bat
• Ramith Rambukwella (Basnahira) and Rishan Kavinga (Combined Provinces) made their Twenty20 debuts.

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Ruhuna has a bye this round.

Round 4

26 July Scorecard

Kandurata 120 (19.4 overs)	v	Basnahira 120/0 (14.1 overs)
Chanaka Wijesinghe 42 (49) Ishara Amerasinghe 4/18 (3.4 overs)		Dilshan Munaweera 57* (51) Jehan Mubarak 0/5 (1 overs)

Basnahira won by 10 wickets (with 35 balls remaining) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Raveendra Wimalasiri

• Basnahira, who chose to field
• Kasun Madushanka and Rajeeva Weerasinghe (Kandurata) made their Twenty20 debuts.

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26 July Scorecard

Ruhuna 174/9 (20 overs)	v	Combined Provinces 90 (13 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 44 (26) Jeevan Mendis 3/16 (4 overs)		Rishan Kavinga 19 (13) Suraj Randiv 3/8 (2 overs)

Ruhuna won by 84 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Sena Nandiweera and Raveendra Wimalasiri

• Ruhuna, who chose to bat

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Wayamba has a bye this round.

Round 5

27 July Scorecard

Basnahira 166/3 (20 overs)	v	Ruhuna 132 (18.3 overs)
Jeevantha Kulatunga 69* (47) Omesh Wijesiriwardene 1/6 (1 overs)		Mahela Udawatte 28 (16) Tillakaratne Dilshan 3/16 (4 overs)

Basnahira won by 34 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Deepal Gunawardene

• Ruhuna, who chose to field
• Shehan Kamileen and Yashodha Lanka (Ruhuna) made their Twenty20 debuts.

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27 July Scorecard

Wayamba 155/5 (20 overs)	v	Combined Provinces 156/3 (18.3 overs)
Chamara Silva 41 (31) Sachith Pathirana 2/25 (4 overs)		Ashan Priyanjan 52 (33) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 1/23 (2 overs)

Combined Provinces won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Ranmore Martinesz

• Wayamba, who chose to bat
• Sohan Boralessa (Wayamba) made his Twenty20 debut.
• SI de Saram retired hurt after making 6 at 68/3 (8.2 ov)

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Kandurata has a bye this round.

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Basnahira	No result
	4	Wayamba	Bye
						4	Wayamba	198/8 (20 ov)
						2	Ruhuna (Super Over)	198/7 (20 ov)
	2	Ruhuna	155/8 (20 ov)
	3	Kandurata	148 (19.5 ov)

Semi Final 1

30 July Scorecard

Basnahira	v	Wayamba

Match abandoned without a ball bowled R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Ruchira Palliyaguruge

• No toss
• Wayamba advanced

Semi Final 2

30 July Scorecard

Ruhuna 155/8 (20 overs)	v	Kandurata 148 (19.5 overs)
Janaka Gunaratne 29* (23) Dinesh Chandimal 25 (26) Jehan Mubarak 2/18 (3 overs) Saliya Saman 2/24 (4 overs)		Tharanga Paranavitana 46 (33) Jehan Mubarak 28 (29) Chanaka Welegedara 3/26 (4 overs) Tillakaratne Sampath 2/26 (4 overs)

Ruhuna won by 7 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Sagara Gallage and Tyron Wijewardene

• Kandurata, who chose to field
• Ruhuna advanced

Final

31 July Scorecard

Ruhuna 198/7 (20 overs)	v	Wayamba 198/8 (20 overs)
Janaka Gunaratne 83 (42) Thisara Perera 3/33 (4 overs)		Thilina Kandamby 60 (34) Suraj Randiv 3/40 (4 overs)

Match tied; Ruhuna won the Super Over R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Ranmore Martinesz

• Ruhuna won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Awards

• Man of the Tournament – Tillakaratne Dilshan: 76 runs (45 balls), highest score of 56* (34 balls) (Basnahira)
• Batsman of the Tournament – Dinesh Chandimal: 203 runs (168 balls), highest score of 88* (57 balls) (Ruhuna)
• Bowler of the Tournament – Dilruwan Perera: 6 wickets (11 overs), best innings bowling of 3/14 (4 overs) (Basnahira)

Most Runs The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table. Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s Dinesh Chandimal Ruhuna cricket team 203 5 50.75 120.83 88* 0 2 19 4 Thilan Samaraweera Wayamba cricket team 148 3 49.33 152.57 57 0 2 17 5 Mahela Udawatte Ruhuna cricket team 143 6 23.83 138.83 65 0 1 17 3 Janaka Gunaratne Ruhuna cricket team 137 6 34.25 134.31 83 0 1 8 7 Kumar Sangakkara Kandurata cricket team 129 4 43.00 157.31 85 0 1 14 5 Last Updated 11 July 2012.[3] Most Wickets The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season. Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI Suraj Randiv Ruhuna cricket team 10 6 13.80 12.0 6.90 3/8 Jehan Mubarak Kandurata cricket team 7 5 9.71 9.4 6.18 4/7 Farveez Maharoof Kandurata cricket team 7 5 19.42 14.5 8.00 2/10 Tillakaratne Dilshan Basnahira cricket team 6 2 6.50 8.0 4.87 3/16 Dilruwan Perera Basnahira cricket team 6 3 10.00 11.0 5.45 3/14 Last Updated 11 July 2012.[4] Highest Team Totals The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season. Team Total Opponent Ground Ruhuna cricket team 198/7 Wayamba cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Wayamba cricket team 198/8 Ruhuna cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Kandurata cricket team 186/5 Wayamba cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Wayamba cricket team 175 Kandurata cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Ruhuna cricket team 174/9 Combined Provinces cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Basnahira cricket team 166/3 Ruhuna cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Last Updated 11 July 2012.[5]

Highest Scores This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings. Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground Dinesh Chandimal Ruhuna cricket team 88* 57 9 2 Wayamba cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Kumar Sangakkara Kandurata cricket team 85 46 8 4 Wayamba cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Janaka Gunaratne Ruhuna cricket team 83 42 4 6 Wayamba cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Jeevantha Kulatunga Basnahira cricket team 69* 47 6 4 Ruhuna cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Mahela Udawatte Ruhuna cricket team 65 47 6 1 Wayamba cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Last Updated 11 July 2012.[6] Best Bowling Figures This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season. Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground Jehan Mubarak Kandurata cricket team 2.0 4/7 Combined Provinces cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Ishara Amerasinghe Basnahira cricket team 3.4 4/18 Kandurata cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Suraj Randiv Ruhuna cricket team 2.0 3/8 Combined Provinces cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Chinthaka Perera Ruhuna cricket team 2.0 3/12 Combined Provinces cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Dilruwan Perera Basnahira cricket team 4.0 3/14 Combined Provinces cricket team R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Last Updated 11 July 2012.[7]