2016 Super Twenty20 Provincial Tournament

The 2016 Super T20 Provincial Tournament is the sixth edition of the Inter-Provincial Twenty20. The tournament featured a different format from previous seasons, featuring five teams, and was held between 26 January and 5 February 2016. Colombo Commandos won the tournament, defeat Galle Guardians in the final by 8 wickets.^[1][2]

2016 Super T20 Provincial Tournament

Administrator(s)	Sri Lanka Cricket
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	Colombo Commandos (1st title)
Participants	5
Matches	13
Player of the series	Dhananjaya de Silva (Commandos)
Most runs	Dhananjaya de Silva (234)
Most wickets	Shaminda Eranga (14)
Official website	Cricinfo site
← 2014

Format

The Tournament will comprise 10 Round-robin matches plus the two semi-finals and the final. All first Round-robin matches and semi finals were held as day games and the final as a day/night game.

Teams

Main article: 2016 Super T20 Provincial team squads

Team	Province	Captain
Colombo	Western Province	Milinda Siriwardene
Galle	Southern Province	Dinesh Chandimal
Hambantota	Southern Province	Tillakaratne Dilshan
Kandy	Central Province	Lahiru Thirimanne
Kurunegala	North Eastern Province	Mahela Udawatte

Venue

All the matches will be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

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

Points table

Team[3]	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Hambantota Troopers	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.00
Colombo Commandos (C)	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.00
Galle Guardians(R)	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.00
Kurunegala Warriors	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.00
Kandy Crusaders	4	1	3	0	0	2	0.00

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

Fixtures

Match 1

26 January Scorecard

Kandy 114/9 (20 overs)	v	Hambantota 114/7 (20 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 38 (30) Ashan Priyanjan 2/7 (2 overs)		Jehan Mubarak 30* (27) Suranga Lakmal 1/20 (3 overs)

Hambantota Troopers won by 7 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Ranmore Martinesz

• Hambantota Troopers, who chose to field

Match 2

26 January Scorecard

Galle 162/6 (20 overs)	v	Colombo 163/7 (19.4 overs)
Kithuruwan Vithanage 53 (32) Kasun Rajitha 2/10 (4 overs)		Niroshan Dickwella 51 (35) Dushmantha Chameera 4/26 (4 overs)

Colombo Commandos won by 3 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Rohitha Kottahachchi

• Colombo Commandos, who chose to field

Match 3

27 January Scorecard

Colombo 162/8 (20 overs)	v	Hambantota 163/4 (18.1 overs)
Niroshan Dickwella 51 (25) Seekkuge Prasanna 2/23 (4 overs)		Ashan Priyanjan 41* (34) Shaminda Eranga 2/22 (3 overs)

Hambantota Troopers won by 6 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Rohitha Kottahachchi

• Hambantota Troopers, who chose to field

Match 4

27 January Scorecard

Kurunegala 129/9 (20 overs)	v	Galle 130/2 (16.3 overs)
Chamara Kapugedera 20 (16) Ajantha Mendis 2/23 (4 overs)		Lahiru Milantha 78 (43) Chamara Kapugedera 2/14 (2.3 overs)

Galle Guardians won by 8 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Rohitha Kottahachchi

• Kurunegala Warriors, who chose to bat

Match 5

29 January Scorecard

Hambantota 144/7 (20 overs)	v	Kurunegala 146/6 (19 overs)
Ashan Priyanjan 64 (41) Janith Silva 2/30 (4 overs)		Asela Gunaratne 47 (43) Binura Fernando 2/28 (4 overs)

Kurunegala Warriors won by 4 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Deepal Gunawardene

• Kurunegala Warriors, who chose to field

Match 6

29 January Scorecard

Kandy 173/6 (20 overs)	v	Colombo 182/5 (20 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 37 (27) Kasun Rajitha 3/28 (4 overs)		Dhananjaya de Silva 80* (59) Sachithra Senanayake 3/15 (4 overs)

Colombo Commandos won by 9 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Nilan de Silva and Deepal Gunawardene

• Kandy Crusaders, who chose to field

Match 7

30 January Scorecard

Galle 181/7 (19 overs)	v	Kandy 178/6 (20 overs)
Lahiru Milantha 41 (24) Sachithra Senanayake 2/27 (4 overs)		Lahiru Thirimanne 61 (45) Suraj Randiv 2/27 (4 overs)

Galle Guardians won by 3 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kapil Kottahachchi and Pradeep Udawatta

• Galle Guardians, who chose to field

Match 8

30 January Scorecard

Kurunegala 141 (20 overs)	v	Colombo 110 (16.3 overs)
Chamara Kapugedera 34 (25) Shaminda Eranga 4/18 (4 overs)		Dhananjaya de Silva 26 (16) Asela Gunaratne 5/10 (3 overs)

Kurunegala Warriors won by 31 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella and Pradeep Udawatta

• Colombo Commandos, who chose to field

Match 9

1 February Scorecard

Kurunegala 154/9 (20 overs)	v	Kandy 156/5 (17.3 overs)
Shehan Fernando 56 (35) Saliya Saman 3/25 (4 overs)		Minod Bhanuka 54 (37) Chathuranga de Silva 2/11 (2 overs)

Kandy Crusaders won by 5 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Prageeth Rambukwella

• Kurunegala Warriors, who chose to bat

Match 10

1 February Scorecard

Hambantota 148/8 (20 overs)	v	Galle 122 (19.1 overs)
Priyamal Perera 35 (26) Thilaksha Sumanasiri 2/16 (2 overs)		Dinesh Chandimal 31 (29) Lahiru Gamage 2/17 (3.1 overs)

Hambantota Troopers won by 26 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella and SH Sarathkumara

• Hambantota Troopers, who chose to bat

Semi-finals

Semifinal 1

3 February Scorecard

Hambantota Troopers 164 (20 overs)	v	Colombo Commandos 169/4 (16 overs)
Seekkuge Prasanna 44 (42) Kasun Rajitha 3/25 (4 overs)		Niroshan Dickwella 72 (38) Seekkuge Prasanna 1/13 (4 overs)

Colombo Commandos won by 6 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Rohitha Kottahachchi

• Colombo Commandos, who chose to field

Semifinal 2

3 February Scorecard

Galle Guardians 125/4 (17.2 overs)	v	Kurunegala Warriors 121 (20 overs)
Udara Jayasundera 35 (37) Chamara Kapugedera 1/6 (1.2 overs)		Mahela Udawatte 33 (26) Suraj Randiv 3/12 (4 overs)

Galle Guardians won by 6 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Nilan de Silva and Ravindra Kottahachchi

• Galle Guardians, who chose to field

Finals

Match 13

5 February Scorecard

Colombo Commandos 147/2 (16.4 overs)	v	Galle Guardians 143/7 (20 overs)
Shehan Jayasuriya 63* (47) Dilhara Lokuhettige 1/28 (3.4 overs)		Dinesh Chandimal 60 (53) Shaminda Eranga 4/27 (4 overs)

Colombo Commandos won by 8 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Ranmore Martinesz Player of the match: Shaminda Eranga (Commandos)

• Colombo Commandos, who chose to field

Statistics

Highest Team Totals

The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
Colombo Commandos	182/5	Kandy Crusaders	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Galle Guardians	181/7	Kandy Crusaders	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Kandy Crusaders	178/6	Galle Guardians	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Kandy Crusaders	173/6	Colombo Commandos	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Colombo Commandos	169/4	Hambantota Troopers	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Last Updated 5 February 2016.^[4]

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
Dhananjaya de Silva	Colombo Commandos	234	6	46.80	133.71	80*	0	2	25	5
Niroshan Dickwella	Colombo Commandos	189	6	31.50	173.39	72	0	3	26	6
Lahiru Milantha	Galle Guardians	174	5	34.80	158.18	78	0	1	17	9
Seekkuge Prasanna	Hambantota Troopers	170	5	34.00	168.31	52	0	1	16	11
Dinesh Chandimal	Galle Guardians	166	6	33.20	106.41	60	0	1	10	2

Last Updated 5 February 2016.^[5]

Most Wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Shaminda Eranga	Colombo Commandos	14	6	13.35	9.8	8.13	4/18
Kasun Rajitha	Colombo Commandos	10	6	15.30	14.4	6.37	3/25
Suraj Randiv	Galle Guardians	8	5	14.25	14.2	6.00	3/12
Dushmantha Chameera	Galle Guardians	7	5	19.28	15.4	7.50	4/26
Binura Fernando	Hambantota Troopers	6	4	18.83	14.0	8.07	2/23

Last Updated 5 February 2016.^[6]