Colombo Stars in 2021
# Colombo Stars in 2021

The Colombo Stars (abbreviated as CS) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2021 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. In November 2021, the team changed their name to Colombo Stars after changing owners. The team was captained by Dhananjaya de Silva for few initial games as an acting captain until Angelo Mathews recover and coached by Ruwan Kalpage.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages given as of 5 December 2021, the date the first match was played in the tournament

| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Batsman |||||||
| 18 | Pathum Nissanka | Sri Lanka | (1998-05-18)18 May 1998 (aged 23) | Right-handed | — | |
| 3 | Ashan Priyanjan | Sri Lanka | (1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 50 | Sherfane Rutherford | West Indies | (1998-08-15)15 August 1998 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 69 | Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
| 75 | Dhananjaya de Silva | Sri Lanka | (1991-09-06)6 September 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 96 | David Wiese | Namibia | (1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Overseas player |
| 41 | Seekkuge Prasanna | Sri Lanka | (1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 84 | Keemo Paul | West Indies | (1998-02-21)21 February 1998 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
| 27 | Thikshila de Silva | Sri Lanka | (1993-12-16)16 December 1993 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| | Jehan Daniel | Sri Lanka | (1999-04-13)13 April 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| | Himesh Ramanayake | Sri Lanka | (1997-10-05)5 October 1997 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| | Ravindu Fernando | Sri Lanka | (1999-11-03)3 November 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 55 | Kusal Perera | Sri Lanka | (1990-08-17)17 August 1990 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 18 | Tom Banton | England | (1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 24) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
| 56 | Dinesh Chandimal | Sri Lanka | (1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 85 | Lakshan Sandakan | Sri Lanka | (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Left-arm unorthodox spin | |
| 4 | Akila Dananjaya | Sri Lanka | (1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 46 | Jeffrey Vandersay | Sri Lanka | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 5 | Dushmantha Chameera | Sri Lanka | (1992-01-11)11 January 1992 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 14 | Ravi Rampaul | West Indies | (1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (aged 37) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas player |
| 78 | Naveen-ul-Haq | Afghanistan | (1999-09-23)23 September 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Overseas player |
| | Shiran Fernando | Sri Lanka | (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |

## Season standings

### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jaffna Kings (C) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2.210 |
| 2 | Galle Gladiators (R) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.143 |
| 3 | Colombo Stars (4th) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.571 |
| 4 | Dambulla Giants (3rd) | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −1.003 |
| 5 | Kandy Warriors | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.668 |

* The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advanced to Qualifier 1
* Advanced to Eliminator

## League matches

* Match 3 6 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

| Galle Gladiators 116/8 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 117/6 (17.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ben Dunk 38 (25) Dhananjaya de Silva 2/18 (4 overs) | | Dinesh Chandimal 26* (27) Nuwan Thushara 2/26 (2.3 overs) |

* Colombo Stars won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Deepal Gunawardene Player of the match: Dhananjaya de Silva (Colombo Stars)
* Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 6 8 December 2021 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Dambulla Giants 195/6 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 177 (18.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Phil Salt 62 (34) Dushmantha Chameera 3/34 (4 overs) | | Dinesh Chandimal 26 (16) Nuwan Pradeep 3/50 (4 overs) |

* Dambulla Giants won by 18 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Rohitha Kottahachchi Player of the match: Phil Salt (Dambulla Giants)
* Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 9 10 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

| Jaffna Kings 207/6 (18 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 114 (15.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Thisara Perera 57* (23) Seekkuge Prasanna 3/31 (4 overs) | | Ashan Priyanjan 35 (25) Maheesh Theekshana 4/25 (4 overs) |

* Jaffna Kings won by 93 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Ruchira Palliyaguruge Player of the match: Thisara Perera (Jaffna Kings)
* Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
* Match 11 11 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

| Dambulla Giants 138/9 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 137/8 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Niroshan Dickwella 30 (16) Jeffrey Vandersay 3/25 (4 overs) | | Dinesh Chandimal 65* (40) Tharindu Ratnayake 3/18 (4 overs) |

* Dambulla Giants won by 1 run R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju and Raveendra Wimalasiri Player of the match: Tharindu Ratnayake (Dambulla Giants)
* Dambulla Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 13 12 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

| Colombo Stars 162/7 (18 overs) | v | Galle Gladiators 121 (16.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Angelo Mathews 73 (57) Dhananjaya Lakshan 2/22 (2 overs) | | Kusal Mendis 64 (39) Naveen-ul-Haq 3/27 (3.5 overs) |

* Colombo Stars won by 41 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya and Raveendra Wimalasiri Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (Colombo Stars)
* Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
* Match 15 14 December 2021 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Kandy Warriors 146/9 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 159/5 (19.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Kennar Lewis 62 (44) Dushmantha Chameera 4/35 (4 overs) | | Dinesh Chandimal 44 (27) Nimesh Vimukthi 2/11 (4 overs) |

* Colombo Stars won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Lyndon Hannibal Player of the match: Seekkuge Prasanna (Colombo Stars)
* Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 17 16 December 2021 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Jaffna Kings 193/5 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 91 (15.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore 92 (55) Naveen-ul-Haq 3/27 (4 overs) | | Tom Banton 30 (33) Jayden Seales 4/13 (2.5 overs) |

* Jaffna Kings won by 102 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju and Prageeth Rambukwella Player of the match: Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Jaffna Kings)
* Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 20 17 December 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

| Colombo Stars 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Warriors 124 (17 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Kusal Perera 58 (38) Nimesh Vimukthi 3/24 (4 overs) | | Ravi Bopara 47 (31) Jeffrey Vandersay 6/25 (4 overs) |

* Colombo Stars won by 58 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Keerthi Bandara and Lyndon Hannibal Player of the match: Jeffrey Vandersay (Colombo Stars)
* Kandy Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

## Playoffs

### Eliminator

* Match 21 19 December 2021 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Colombo Stars 145/6 (20 overs) | v | Dambulla Giants 146/4 (18.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Angelo Mathews 50* (34) Nuwan Pradeep 2/23 (4 overs) | | Janith Liyanage 56* (47) Dushmantha Chameera 1/24 (4 overs) |

* Dambulla Giants won by 6 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Raveendra Wimalasiri Player of the match: Janith Liyanage (Dambulla Giants)
* Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics

### Most runs

| Player | Matches | Runs | High score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dinesh Chandimal | 9 | 277 | 65* |
| Angelo Mathews | 5 | 191 | 73 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 9 | 147 | 40 |
| Tom Banton | 8 | 109 | 30 |
| Kusal Perera | 7 | 96 | 58 |

* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling |
| - | - | - | - |
| Seekkuge Prasanna | 8 | 13 | 3/31 |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 9 | 13 | 4/35 |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | 4 | 11 | 6/25 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 9 | 10 | 3/27 |
| Ravi Rampaul | 4 | 6 | 3/27 |

* Source: ESPNcricinfo
