Colombo Strikers in 2024

The Colombo Strikers (abbreviated as CS) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2024 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. The team was captained by Thisara Perera and coached by Carl Crowe.^[1]

Colombo Strikers

2024 season
Coach	Carl Crowe
Captain	Thisara Perera
← 2023 2025 →

Squad

• Sources: ESPNcricinfo,^[2] ThePapare.com^[3]
• Players with international caps are listed in bold
• Ages of the first match of the season

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary (US$)	Notes
Batters
	Kavin Bandara	Sri Lanka	(1997-08-22)22 August 1997 (aged 26)	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	5,000
11	Shevon Daniel	Sri Lanka	(2004-03-15)15 March 2004 (aged 20)	Left handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000
	Nipun Dhananjaya	Sri Lanka	(2000-09-28)28 September 2000 (aged 23)	Left handed	Right-arm off break	2023	Retained
	Sheshan Fernando	Sri Lanka	(1993-04-14)14 April 1993 (aged 31)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
10	Muhammad Waseem	United Arab Emirates	(1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 30)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	20,000	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
21	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Afghanistan	(2001-11-28)28 November 2001 (aged 22)	Right handed	—	2024	50,000	Overseas
23	Sadeera Samarawickrama	Sri Lanka	(1995-08-30)30 August 1995 (aged 28)	Right handed	—	2024	Direct signing
All-rounders
7	Shadab Khan	Pakistan	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 25)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
29	Chamika Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	(1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (aged 28)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023	Retained
74	Angelo Perera	Sri Lanka	(1990-02-23)23 February 1990 (aged 34)	Right handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	20,000
1	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	(1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 35)	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Direct signing	Captain
23	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand	(1996-12-06)6 December 1996 (aged 27)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
1	Dunith Wellalage	Sri Lanka	(2003-01-09)9 January 2003 (aged 21)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	50,000
Spin bowlers
4	Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar	Afghanistan	(2007-07-15)15 July 2007 (aged 16)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000	Overseas
Pace bowlers
3	Taskin Ahmed	Bangladesh	(1995-04-03)3 April 1995 (aged 29)	Left handed	Right-arm fast	2024	50,000	Overseas
71	Binura Fernando	Sri Lanka	(1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 28)	Right handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2024	55,000
	Chamika Gunasekara	Sri Lanka	(1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 24)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	10,000
81	Matheesha Pathirana	Sri Lanka	(2002-12-18)18 December 2002 (aged 21)	Right handed	Right-arm fast	2024	120,000
	Garuka Sanketh	Sri Lanka	(2005-05-30)30 May 2005 (aged 19)	Left handed	Right-arm medium	2024	13,000
	Isitha Wijesundera	Sri Lanka	(1997-05-11)11 May 1997 (aged 27)	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	5,000

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Carl Crowe
Bowling Coach	Chaminda Vaas
Assistant Coach	Simon Helmot

Season standing

League table

The top four teams qualified for the play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Galle Marvels (R)	8	5	3	10	−0.059	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Jaffna Kings (C)	8	5	3	10	−0.392
3	Colombo Strikers (4th)	8	4	4	8	0.583	Advanced to Eliminator
4	Kandy Falcons (3rd)	8	3	5	6	0.033
5	Dambulla Sixers	8	3	5	6	−0.269

Source: ESPNCricinfo

Matches

  denotes the winning team.
  denotes the losing team.

Date	Match No.	Opponent	Toss	Result	Man of the match	Notes
Group Stage
2 July	3	Kandy Falcons	Falcons elected to field.	Strikers won by 51 runs	Shadab Khan (CS)	[a]
3 July	5	Galle Marvels	Strikers elected to bowl.	Marvels won by 7 runs	Isuru Udana (GM)
6 July	7	Kandy Falcons	Falcons elected to field.	Strikers won by 2 runs	Matheesha Pathirana (CS)
7 July	10	Dambulla Sixers	Sixers elected to field.	Sixers won by 8 wickets	Kusal Perera (DS)
10 July	13	Jaffna Kings	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 7 wickets	Rilee Rossouw (JK)
14 July	17	Jaffna Kings	Strikers elected to field.	Strikers won by 9 wickets	Shadab Khan (CS)
15 July	19	Galle Marvels	Strikers elected to field.	Strikers won by 7 wickets	Matheesha Pathirana (CS)
16 July	20	Dambulla Sixers	Strikers elected to field.	Sixers won by 28 runs	Mohammad Nabi (DS)
Play-offs
18 July	22 (E)	Kandy Falcons	Falcons elected to field.	Falcons won by 2 wickets	Kamindu Mendis (KF)

Notes

1. Shadab Khan became the first bowler from the Colombo Strikers to take a hat-trick.