Jaffna Kings in 2022

The Jaffna Kings (often abbreviated as JK) is a franchise cricket team that competed in 2022 Lanka Premier League (LPL). The team is based in Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The team was captained by Thisara Perera^[3] and coached by Thilina Kandamby.^[4][5] In the final, they beat Colombo Strikers by 2 wickets, to win their third successive LPL title.^[6]

Jaffna Kings

2022 season
Coach	Thilina Kandamby
Captain	Thisara Perera
Tournament performance	Champions
Most runs	Avishka Fernando (339)[1]
Most wickets	Vijayakanth Viyaskanth (13)[2]
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Season standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Kandy Falcons (3rd)	8	7	1	0	14	1.884
2	Jaffna Kings (C)	8	6	2	0	12	1.010
3	Colombo Stars (R)	8	3	5	0	6	−0.847
4	Galle Gladiators (4th)	8	2	6	0	4	−0.936
5	Dambulla Aura	8	2	6	0	4	−1.198

Source: ESPN Cricinfo

• The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
•   Advance to Qualifier 1
•   Advance to Eliminator

League stage

All times are in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

The updated schedule was published on 14 October 2022.^[7]

Match 1 6 December 2022 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Jaffna Kings 137 (19.5 overs)	v	Galle Gladiators 113 (20 overs)
Dunith Wellalage 30 (20) Iftikhar Ahmed 2/8 (1 over)		Kusal Mendis 51 (43) Binura Fernando 3/22 (3 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 24 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Dunith Wellalage (Jaffna Kings)

• Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 3 7 December 2022 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Dambulla Aura 121/9 (20 overs)	v	Jaffna Kings 122/1 (15.4 overs)
Jordan Cox 43 (22) Mahesh Theekshana 3/20 (4 overs)		Sadeera Samarawickrama 62* (44) Noor Ahmad 1/28 (3.4 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 9 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Sadeera Samarawickrama (Jaffna Kings)

• Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 6 10 December 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Jaffna Kings 147/7 (20 overs)	v	Kandy Falcons 148/7 (20 overs)
Avishka Fernando 31 (26) Fabian Allen 2/23 (4 overs)		Ashen Bandara 44* (39) Dunith Wellalage 2/17 (4 overs)

Kandy Falcons won by 3 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Chamika Karunaratne (Kandy Falcons)

• Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 8 11 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Jaffna Kings 240/4 (20 overs)	v	Dambulla Aura 189/8 (20 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 73 (35) Lahiru Kumara 2/56 (4 overs)		Dasun Shanaka 44 (23) Binura Fernando 4/22 (4 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 51 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Jaffna Kings)

• Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 10 12 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Jaffna Kings 178/5 (20 overs)	v	Colombo Stars 172/8 (20 overs)
Shoaib Malik 35* (26) Benny Howell 2/37 (4 overs)		Angelo Mathews 73* (39) James Fuller 2/32 (4 overs) Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2/32 (4 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 6 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: James Fuller (Jaffna Kings)

• Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 13 14 December 2022 15:00 (N) Scorecard

Kandy Falcons 160/8 (20 overs)	v	Jaffna Kings 150/9 (20 overs)
Fabian Allen 47 (23) Dunith Wellalage 2/7 (4 overs)		Sadeera Samarawickrama 48 (41) Carlos Brathwaite 4/18 (4 overs)

Kandy Falcons won by 10 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Chamara de Soysa (SL) Player of the match: Fabian Allen (Kandy Falcons)

• Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 17 18 December 2022 15:00 (N) Scorecard

Jaffna Kings 170/8 (20 overs)	v	Galle Gladiators 154/9 (20 overs)
Afif Hossain 54 (35) Wahab Riaz 3/37 (4 overs)		Kusal Mendis 58 (45) Binura Fernando 3/20 (4 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 16 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) Player of the match: Afif Hossain (Jaffna Kings)

• Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 19 19 December 2022 15:00 (N) Scorecard

Colombo Stars 128/9 (20 overs)	v	Jaffna Kings 131/2 (15.5 overs)
Dominic Drakes 38 (20) Shoaib Malik 2/4 (2 overs)		Rahmanullah Gurbaz 69 (40) Dominic Drakes 1/30 (2.5 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 8 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Jaffna Kings)

• Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Playoffs

Qualifier 1

Match 21 21 December 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Kandy Falcons 143/8 (20 overs)	v	Jaffna Kings 98/3 (11 overs)
Pathum Nissanka 35 (31) Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 3/30 (4 overs)		Avishka Fernando 21 (11) Carlos Brathwaite 2/32 (3 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 24 runs (DLS method) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Vijayakanth Viyaskanth (Jaffna Kings)

• Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jaffna Kings were set a revised target of 75 runs from 11 overs due to rain.
• Rain during Jaffna Kings's innings prevented any further play.

Final

Match 24 23 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Colombo Stars 163/5 (20 overs)	v	Jaffna Kings 164/8 (19.2 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 49 (40) Thisara Perera 1/16 (2 overs)		Avishka Fernando 50 (43) Suranga Lakmal 3/23 (3 overs)

Jaffna Kings won by 2 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings)

• Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.