2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament

2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament
Administrator(s)	Sri Lanka Cricket
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	Kandurata elevens (3rd title)
Participants	5
Matches	13
Player of the series	Kumar Sangakkara
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara 268 (351 balls)
Most wickets	Chanaka Welegedara 10 (35.5 overs)
Official website	Cricinfo site
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The 2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament will be the third season of the official Limited overs domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It will be a shorter tournament compared to the previous one with only 13 matches, and all group matches being held at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and all three finals at the newly upgraded R. Premadasa Stadium also in Colombo. This edition featured the Uva cricket team's debut in the limited overs tournament of the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, having previously featured in the Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament. This season also saw the introduction of the Basnahira cricket team with the merger of Basnahira North and Basnahira South cricket teams. It will be the first time that the five teams represent five different provinces in the tournament.^[1]

This season comprised ten regular matches, two semifinals and a grand final.^[2]

Teams

Team name (Sponsored name)	Home ground(s)	Captain
Basnahira elevens Western Province		Tillakaratne Dilshan
Kandurata elevens Central Province	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Kumar Sangakkara
Ruhuna elevens Southern Province	Galle International Stadium	Sanath Jayasuriya
Uva elevens Uva		Thilina Kandamby
Wayamba elevens North Western Province	Welagedara Stadium	Jehan Mubarak

Stadiums

Colombo	Colombo
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Capacity:10,000 Matches:10	R. Premadasa Stadium Capacity: 35,000 Matches: 3

Rules and regulations

Points
Results	Points
Win	4 points
Tie	2 points
No Result _{(but play started)}	2-point
Loss	0 points

Teams received 4 points for a win, 2 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss. At the end of the regular matches the teams ranked two and three play each other in the preliminary final. The winner of the preliminary final earns the right to play the first placed team in the final at the home venue of the first placed team. In the event of several teams finishing with the same number of points, standings are determined by most wins, then net run rate (NRR).

Standings and tournament progression

Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NRR
Wayamba elevens	12	4	3	1	+0.340
Kandurata elevens (C)	10	4	2	2	+1.095
Ruhuna elevens	10	4	2	2	+0.349
Basnahira elevens (R)	8	4	2	2	−0.625
Uva elevens	4	4	1	3	−1.077

Full table on cricinfo

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

Tournament progression

Team		1	2	3	4	5	SF	F
		Group Matches					Knockout
	Basnahira	0	4	Bye	4	8	W	L
	Kandurata	4	5	5	10	Bye	W	W
	Ruhuna	0	Bye	5	10	10	L
	Uva	Bye	4	4	4	4
	Wayamba	4	4	8	Bye	12	L

Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.									Win	Loss	No result
Note: Click on the points (group matches)or W/L (Knockout) to see the summary for the match.									Team was eliminated before the league reached this stage.

Fixtures

Round 1

11 January 2011
Scorecard

Basnahira 217/9 (43 overs)	v	Wayamba 166/2 (29.1 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 58 (72) Chaminda Vaas 1/31 (7 overs)		Dinesh Chandimal 92* (83) Sachithra Senanayake 3/37 (9 overs)

Wayamba won by 47 runs (D/L method)
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Tyron Wijewardene

Wayamba, who chose to field
Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 218 runs in 43 overs for Wayamba.

12 January 2011
Scorecard

Kandurata 268/6 (50 overs)	v	Ruhuna 115/7 (24.1 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 68 (109) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2/13 (4.1 overs)		Chamara Silva 34* (37) Suranga Lakmal 3/48 (9 overs)

Kandurata won by 96 runs (D/L method)
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Ranmore Martinesz

Ruhuna, who chose to field
Bad light stopped play at 115/7 off 24.1 overs, match abandoned.

Uva receives a bye for this round.

Round 2

13 January 2011
Scorecard

Uva 200/2 (42.3 overs)	v	Wayamba 199 (44.5 overs)
Mahela Udawatte 90 (125) Rangana Herath 2/37 (9 overs)		Dimuth Karunaratne 52 (82) Shaminda Eranga 3/31 (8.5 overs)

Uva won by 8 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Rohitha Kottahachchi

Uva, who chose to field
Match reduced to 47 overs per side.

14 January 2011
Scorecard

Basnahira 258 (50 overs)	v	Kandurata 199/5 (42 overs)
TM Sampath 76 (71) Tillakaratne Dilshan 1/19 (7 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 84 (93) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 3/41 (5 overs)

Basnahira won by 3 runs (D/L method)
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Tyron Wijewardene

Kandurata, who chose to field
Kandurata innings shortened due to bad light; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 203 runs from 42 overs
1 over lost at the start of the innings due to rain in the break.
Bad light stopped play at 199/5 off 42 overs, match abandoned.

Ruhuna receives a bye for this round.

Round 3

15 January 2011
Scorecard

Ruhuna 285/8 (50 overs)	v	Uva 131/7 (30 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 97 (111) Chinthaka Jayasinghe 2/30 (9 overs)		Mahela Udawatte 50 (63) Malinga Bandara 4/50 (10 overs)

Ruhuna won by 95 runs (D/L method)
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella and SH Sarathkumara

Uva, who chose to field
Bad light stopped play at 131/7, match abandoned

16 January 2011
Scorecard

Kandurata 231 (49.1 overs)	v	Wayamba 251/8 (50 overs)
Chamara Kapugedera 46 (63) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 4/60 (10 overs)		Dinesh Chandimal 82 (102) Chanaka Welegedara 4/50 (9.1 overs)

Wayamba won by 20 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Grashan Liyanage

Wayamba, who chose to bat

Basnahira receives a bye for this round.

Round 4

17 January 2011
Scorecard

Basnahira 214 (44.1 overs)	v	Ruhuna 283/7 (50 overs)
Angelo Mathews 56 (62) Thisara Perera 5/51 (7 overs)		Sanath Jayasuriya 71 (67) Nuwan Pradeep 3/19 (7.1 overs)

Ruhuna won by 69 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella and SH Sarathkumara

Ruhuna, who chose to bat

18 January 2011
Scorecard

Kandurata 274 (49.5 overs)	v	Uva 165 (39 overs)
Sachith Pathirana 68 (70) Sohan Boralessa 3/33 (8 overs)		Tharanga Paranavitana 50 (68) Janaka Gunaratne 3/45 (10 overs)

Kandurata won by 109 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Ravindra Kottahachchi

Kandurata, who chose to bat

Wayamba receives a bye for this round.

Round 5

19 January 2011
Scorecard

Ruhuna 196 (47.4 overs)	v	Wayamba 197/5 (47.2 overs)
Upul Tharanga 45 (50) Suraj Randiv 1/27 (10 overs)		Dimuth Karunaratne 97 (126) Sahan Wijeratne 3/34 (10 overs)

Wayamba won by 5 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Ranmore Martinesz

Ruhuna, who chose to bat

20 January 2011
Scorecard

Basnahira 214 (46.3 overs)	v	Uva 208/8 (50 overs)
Thisara Perera 43 (42) Chaminda Vaas 4/13 (8 overs)		Shaminda Eranga 69 (80) Dinuka Hettiarachchi 3/35 (9 overs)

Basnahira won by 6 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Grashan Liyanage

Uva, who chose to field

Kandurata receives a bye for this round.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

23 January – R. Premadasa Stadium

Wayamba	152 (38.2 overs)
		26 January – R. Premadasa Stadium
Basnahira	221/9 (50 overs)
		Basnahira	172 (41.3 overs)
24 January – R. Premadasa Stadium
		Kandurata	225/6 (50 overs)
Kandurata	142/3 (28.5 overs)

Ruhuna	141 (40.2 overs)

Semi Final 1

23 January 2011
Scorecard

Wayamba 152 (38.2 overs)	v	Basnahira 221/9 (50 overs)
Thilan Samaraweera 59 (60) Mahela Jayawardene 39 (66) Ajantha Mendis 3/39 (10 overs) Rangana Herath 2/32 (10 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 62 (81) Angelo Mathews 32 (44) Dilruwan Perera 4/27 (8 overs) Chaminda Vaas 2/18 (7 overs)

Basnahira won by 69 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium
Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella

Basnahira, who chose to bat

Semi Final 2

24 January 2011
Scorecard

Kandurata 142/3 (28.5 overs)	v	Ruhuna 141 (40.2 overs)
Sachith Pathirana 47 (35) Yohan de Silva 32 (69) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/24 (6.2 overs) Sachith Pathirana 2/31 (9 overs)		Kaushal Silva 38 (70) Sachithra Serasinghe 35 (50) Suraj Randiv 1/41 (10 overs) Sachithra Serasinghe 1/28 (5 overs)

Kandurata won by 7 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium
Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Ranmore Martinesz

Ruhuna, who chose to bat

Final

26 January 2011
Scorecard

Basnahira 172 (41.3 overs)	v	Kandurata 225/6 (50 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 67 (90) Roshen Silva 31 (52) Sohan Boralessa 4/30 (8.3 overs) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/18 (8 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 57 (75) Yohan de Silva 48 (88) Thisara Perera 2/42 (8 overs) Lasith Malinga 1/31 (8 overs)

Kandurata won by 53 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium
Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Kumar Dharmasena
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara

Kandurata, who chose to bat
Kandurata won the 2010/11 Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament

Statistics

Awards

Man of the Tournament – Kumar Sangakkara^{[note 2]}: 268 runs (351 balls), highest score of 84 (93 balls) (Kandurata)
Batsman of the Tournament – Kumar Sangakkara: 268 runs (351 balls), highest score of 84 (93 balls) (Kandurata)
Bowler of the Tournament – Chanaka Welegedara: 10 wickets (35.5 overs), best innings bowling of 4/50 (9.1 overs) (Wayamba)

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	50s
Kumar Sangakkara	Kandurata	268	6	53.60	76.35	84	3
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Basnahira	252	6	42.00	80.25	67	4
Dinesh Chandimal	Wayamba	204	5	51.00	86.80	92*	2
Sanath Jayasuriya	Ruhuna	203	5	40.60	83.53	97	2
Chamara Kapugedera	Kandurata	194	6	38.80	78.22	46	0

Last Updated 28 January 2011.^[3]

Most Wickets

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

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Chanaka Welegedara	Wayamba	10	5	19.60	21.5	5.46	4/50
Chaminda Vidanapathirana	Kandurata	9	3	12.66	12.7	5.94	4/60
Muttiah Muralitharan	Kandurata	9	6	21.33	32.2	3.97	3/24
Sohan Boralessa	Kandurata	8	4	15.00	23.6	3.80	4/30
Chaminda Vaas	Basnahira	8	6	21.50	33.7	3.82	4/13

Last Updated 28 January 2011.^[4]

Highest Team Totals

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

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
Ruhuna	285/8	Uva	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Ruhuna	283/7	Basnahira	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Kandurata	274	Uva	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Kandurata	268/7	Ruhuna	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Wayamba	258	Kandurata	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Basnahira	251/8	Kandurata	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Last Updated 28 January 2011.^[5]

Highest Scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.

Player	Team	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground
Sanath Jayasuriya	Ruhuna	97	111	10	0	Uva	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Dimuth Karunaratne	Wayamba	97	126	9	0	Ruhuna	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Dinesh Chandimal	Wayamba	92*	83	8	3	Basnahira	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Mahela Udawatte	Uva	90	125	12	0	Wayamba	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Tharanga Paranavitana	Uva	88*	105	6	1	Wayamba	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Last Updated 28 January 2011.^[6]

Best Bowling Figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
Thisara Perera	Basnahira	7.0	5/51	Ruhuna	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Chaminda Vaas	Basnahira	8.0	4/13	Uva	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Dilruwan Perera	Basnahira	8.0	4/27	Wayamba	R. Premadasa Stadium
Sohan Boralessa	Kandurata	8.3	4/30	Basnahira	R. Premadasa Stadium
Malinga Bandara	Uva	10.0	4/50	Ruhuna	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Last Updated 28 January 2011.^[7]

References

^ "Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited over Tournament, Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited over Tournament 2010/11 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news".
^ "Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament – Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results | ESPNcricinfo.com".
^ Most runs – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ Most wickets – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ Highest totals – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ High scores – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ Best bowling figures in an innings – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

Notes

^ Was named Player of the match for the final.
^ Was named Player of the match for the final.

External links

[2] "Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited over Tournament, Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited over Tournament 2010/11 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news".

[3] "Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament – Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results | ESPNcricinfo.com".

[5] Most runs – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[6] Most wickets – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[7] Highest totals – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[8] High scores – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[9] Best bowling figures in an innings – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[1] Was named Player of the match for the final.

[4] Was named Player of the match for the final.

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