2011 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20
# 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.

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
* Colomboclass=notpageimage| Venues in Sri Lanka

## Points table

| Team | 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 | Group Matches | Group Matches | Group Matches | Group Matches | | Knockout | Knockout |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | 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 |
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## 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.
* 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.

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.
* 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

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
* 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.

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.
* 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

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.
* 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)

Kandurata has a bye this round.

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Basnahira | No result | | | |
| 4 | Wayamba | Bye | | | |
| 4 | Wayamba | Bye | 4 | Wayamba | 198/8 (20 ov) |
| | | | 2 | Ruhuna (Super Over) | 198/7 (20 ov) |
| 2 | Ruhuna | 155/8 (20 ov) | 2 | Ruhuna (Super Over) | 198/7 (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)
