2008–09 Inter-Provincial Twenty20

The 2008–09 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 is the 2nd season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. Six teams in total, five representing four provinces of Sri Lanka and a Sri Lanka Schools XI team participating in the competition. The competition began on 25 of March, 2009 when Ruhuna elevens played the Sri Lanka Schools XI at Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo.

This season comprised 15 regular matches, two semi finals and a grand final.^[1]

Teams

Team name (Sponsored name)	Home ground(s)	Captain
Basnahira North elevens Western Province North	R. Premadasa Stadium	Chaminda Vaas
Basnahira South elevens Western Province South	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Tillakaratne Dilshan
Kandurata elevens Central Province	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Kumar Sangakkara
Ruhuna elevens Southern Province	Galle International Stadium	Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka Schools XI Sri Lankan Schools		Dinesh Chandimal
Wayamba elevens North Western Province	Welagedara Stadium	Jehan Mubarak

Stadiums

Colombo	Colombo	Colombo	Colombo	Colombo
Moors SCG Capacity: ? Matches: 4	Sinhalese SCG Capacity: 10,000 Matches: 9	P Saravanamuttu Stadium Capacity: 15,000 Matches: 2	Police PG Capacity: ? Matches: 1	Colts CCG Capacity: ? Matches: 2

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). All finals were played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.

Standings and tournament progression

Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NRR
Basnahira South elevens (R)	21	5	5	0	+1.372
Wayamba elevens (C)	18	5	4	1	+0.739
Kandurata elevens	13	5	3	2	+0.097
Ruhuna elevens	10	5	2	3	+0.739
Basnahira North elevens	4	5	1	4	−1.132
Sri Lanka Schools XI	0	5	0	5	−1.946

Full table on cricinfo

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

Winner qualify for the 2009 Champions League Twenty20.

Tournament progression

Team		1	2	3	4	5	SF	F
		Group Matches					Knockout
	Basnahira North	0	0	0	0	4
	Basnahira South	5	9	13	17	21	W	L
	Kandurata	4	4	9	13	13	L
	Ruhuna	5	10	10	10	10	NR
	Sri Lanka Schools XI	0	0	0	0	0
	Wayamba	0	5	9	13	18	NR	W

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

25 March 2009 Scorecard	Sri Lanka Schools XI 73 (17 overs)	v	Ruhuna 74/2 (10.5 overs)	Ruhuna won by 8 wickets Moors Sports Club Ground Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Gamini Silva
	Bhanuka Rajapaksa 26 (28) Lahiru Jayarathne 1/15 (3 overs)		Indika de Saram 31 (20) Sujeewa de Silva 4/16 (3 overs)
Ruhuna, who chose to field

25 March 2009 Scorecard	Basnahira South 169/6 (20 overs)	v	Wayamba 119 (18.4 overs)	Basnahira South won by 50 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Rohitha Kottahachchi
	Chamara Silva 48* (39) Malinga Bandara 3/27 (4 overs)		Kaushal Lokuarachchi 42 (26) Chanaka Welegedara 3/38 (4 overs)
Wayamba, who chose to field

25 March 2009 Scorecard	Basnahira North 121/9 (20 overs)	v	Kandurata 122/4 (16.3 overs)	Kandurata won by 6 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Jagath Nandakumar
	Bathiya Perera 43 (42) Nuwan Kulasekara 2/26 (4 overs)		Chamara Kapugedera 35* (34) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/16 (4 overs)
Basnahira North, who chose to bat

Round 2

26 March 2009 Scorecard	Basnahira South 168/9 (20 overs)	v	Kandurata 135 (17.3 overs)	Basnahira South won by 33 runs Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Jagath Nandakumar
	Milinda Siriwardana 39 (26) Chinthaka Perera 3/23 (4 overs)		Chinthaka Jayasinghe 34 (23) Dilhara Fernando 2/27 (4 overs)
Kandurata, who chose to field

26 March 2009 Scorecard	Sri Lanka Schools XI 120/8 (20 overs)	v	Wayamba 121/6 (15.5 overs)	Wayamba won by 4 wickets Moors Sports Club Ground Umpires: Sagara Gallage and Ranmore Martinesz
	Buwaneka Ekanayake 38 (37) Lahiru Jayarathne 2/26 (4 overs)		Jehan Mubarak 60* (42) Thissara Perera 3/17 (4 overs)
Schools Invitation XI, who chose to bat

26 March 2009 Scorecard	Ruhuna 203/6 (20 overs)	v	Basnahira North 153 (19.1 overs)	Ruhuna won by 51 runs Moors Sports Club Ground Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Ranmore Martinesz
	Indika de Saram 94 (43) Tharanga Lakshitha 4/28 (4 overs)		Kaushal Silva 60 (47) Nuwan Pradeep 1/28 (4 overs)
Basnahira North, who chose to field

Round 3

28 March 2009 Scorecard	Sri Lanka Schools XI 101/8 (20 overs)	v	Kandurata elevens 102/4 (12.5 overs)	Kandurata won by 6 wickets Police Park Ground Umpires: Asoka De Silva and SH Sarathkumara
	Chaturanga de Silva 26 (20) Imesh Udayanga 2/15 (3 overs)		Tharanga Paranavitana 36 (23) Tharanga Paranavitana 1/3 (1 over)
Kandurata, who chose to field

28 March 2009 Scorecard	Ruhuna elevens 127 (18.4 overs)	v	Wayamba elevens 130/5 (17.1 overs)	Wayamba won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Maurici Zilva
	Sanath Jayasuriya 45 (23) Sanath Jayasuriya 1/23 (4 overs)		Mahela Udawatte 51 (36) Ajantha Mendis 3/14 (3.4 overs)
Wayamba, who chose to field

28 March 2009 Scorecard	Basnahira South elevens 158/8 (20 overs)	v	Basnahira North elevens 145/8 (20 overs)	Basnahira South won by 13 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Lalith Nandana
	Lahiru Thirimanne 70 (46) Malinga Bandara 3/18 (4 overs)		Amal Athulathmudali 35 (15) Angelo Mathews 3/22 (4 overs)
Basnahira South, who chose to bat

Round 4

29 March 2009 Scorecard	Wayamba elevens 156/5 (20 overs)	v	Basnahira North elevens 127 (16.1 overs)	Wayamba won by 29 runs Colts Cricket Club Ground Umpires: Sena Nandiweera and Gamini Silva
	Jehan Mubarak 55 (39) Ajantha Mendis 2/17 (3 overs)		Amal Athulathmudali 32 (21) Nuwan Pradeep 2/40 (4 overs)
Basnahira North, who chose to field

29 March 2009 Scorecard	Basnahira South elevens 172/9 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Schools XI 145/7 (20 overs)	Basnahira South won by 27 runs Moors Sports Club Ground Umpires: Atula Senanayake and Tyron Wijewardene
	Chamara Silva 56 (34) Suranga Lakmal 4/19 (4 overs)		Bhanuka Rajapaksa 58 (44) Chathura Peiris 3/18 (4 overs)
Schools Invitation XI, who chose to field

29 March 2009 Scorecard	Kandurata elevens 119 (15.3 overs)	v	Ruhuna elevens 107 (19 overs)	Kandurata won by 12 runs Colts Cricket Club Ground Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Sena Nandiweera
	Chinthaka Jayasinghe 47 (26) Dilhara Fernando 4/14 (4 overs)		Indika de Saram 53 (51) Tharanga Lakshitha 5/16 (3.3 overs)
Kandurata, who chose to bat

Round 5

31 March 2009 Scorecard	Sri Lanka Schools XI 125/8 (20 overs)	v	Basnahira North elevens 129/8 (19.2 overs)	Basnahira North won by 2 wickets Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Umpires: SH Sarathkumara and Tyron Wijewardene
	Dinesh Chandimal 45 (28) Vimukthi Perera 3/21 (4 overs)		Angelo Mathews 25 (29) Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 4/20 (4 overs)
Schools Invitation XI, who chose to bat

31 March 2009 Scorecard	Ruhuna elevens 158/9 (20 overs)	v	Basnahira South elevens 161/6 (18.4 overs)	Basnahira South won by 4 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Sagara Gallage and Sena Nandiweera
	Indika de Saram 32 (27) Sajeewa Weerakoon 1/13 (4 overs)		Hasantha Fernando 44 (31) Suranga Lakmal 2/29 (4 overs)
Ruhuna, who chose to bat

31 March 2009 Scorecard	Kandurata elevens 78 (17.2 overs)	v	Wayamba elevens 82/4 (14.3 overs)	Wayamba won by 6 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Sagara Gallage and Ranmore Martinesz
	Suresh Perera 25* (31) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2/29 (4 overs)		Jeevantha Kulatunga 30 (24) Isuru Udana 3/6 (2.2 overs)
Kandurata, who chose to bat

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

4 April – Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Basnahira South	137/9 (20 overs)
Kandurata	122/8 (20 overs)

		5 April – Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
		Basnahira South	144 (19.1 overs)
		Wayamba	149/5 (19 overs)



4 April – Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Ruhuna	88/7 (15 overs)
Wayamba	Wayamba won bowl-out 3–2

Semi Final 1

4 April 2009 Scorecard	Basnahira South 137/9 (20 overs)	v	Kandurata 122/8 (20 overs)	Basnahira South won by 15 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene and Tyron Wijewardene
	Chamara Silva 43 (33) Malinga Bandara 31 (23) Chinthaka Perera 4/19 (4 overs) Dilruwan Perera 1/11 (2 overs)		Tharanga Paranavitana 27 (21) Chamara Kapugedera 27 (27) Chinthaka Jayasinghe 2/26 (4 overs) Thilan Thushara 2/33 (4 overs)
Kandurata, who chose to field

Semi Final 2

4 April 2009 Scorecard	Ruhuna 88/7 (15 overs)	v	Wayamba	No result Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: SH Sarathkumara and Gamini Silva
	Sanath Jayasuriya 26 (18) Indika de Saram 22 (25)
Ruhuna, who chose to bat Wayamba won bowl-out 3–2

Final

5 April 2009 Scorecard	Basnahira South 144 (19.1 overs)	v	Wayamba 149/5 (19 overs)	Wayamba won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz and Jagath Nandakumar Player of the match: Isuru Udana
	Tillakaratne Dilshan 66 (49) Chamara Silva 41 (27) Himesh Silva 2/18 (3 overs) Chinthaka Perera 1/32 (3 overs)		Jehan Mubarak 32 (35) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 29 (25) Isuru Udana 4/31 (4 overs) Thissara Perera 1/18 (3.1 overs)
Basnahira South, who chose to bat

Statistics

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
Indika de Saram	Ruhuna	254	6	50.80	139.56	94	2
Chamara Silva	Basnahira South	254	7	50.80	128.93	56	1
Jehan Mubarak	Wayamba	163	5	40.75	118.97	60*	2
Chinthaka Jayasinghe	Kandurata	157	6	39.25	142.72	47	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Basnahira South	148	7	21.14	129.82	66	1

Last Updated 31 March 2010.^[2]

Most Wickets

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

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Isuru Udana	Wayamba	16	7	8.12	8.0	6.09	4/31
Chinthaka Perera	Basnahira South	12	7	17.50	13.0	8.07	4/19
Tharanga Lakshitha	Ruhuna	11	6	9.63	8.4	6.83	5/16
Suranga Lakmal	Basnahira South	11	7	15.81	14.4	6.56	3/30
Malinga Bandara	Basnahira South	10	7	16.90	15.6	6.50	3/18

Last Updated 31 March 2010.^[3]

Highest Team Totals

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

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
Ruhuna	203/6	Basnahira North	Moors
Basnahira South	172/9	Sri Lanka Schools XI	Moors
Basnahira South	169/6	Sri Lanka Schools XI	SSC
Basnahira South	168/9	Wayamba	PSS
Basnahira South	161/6	Kandurata	SSC
Basnahira South	158/8	Basnahira North	SSC

Last Updated 31 March 2010.^[4]

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
Indika de Saram	Ruhuna	94	43	4	9	Basnahira North	Moors
Lahiru Thirimanne	Basnahira South	70	46	6	2	Basnahira North	SSC
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Basnahira South	66	49	4	3	Wayamba	SSC
Jehan Mubarak	Wayamba	60*	42	6	2	Sri Lanka Schools XI	Moors
Kaushal Silva	Basnahira North	60	47	9	0	Ruhuna	Moors

Last Updated 31 March 2010.^[5]

Best Bowling Figures in an innings

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

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
Tharanga Lakshitha	Ruhuna	3.3	5/16	Kandurata	Colts
Dilhara Fernando	Kandurata	4	4/14	Ruhuna	Colts
Sujeewa de Silva	Ruhuna	3	4/16	Sri Lanka Schools XI	Moors
Muttiah Muralitharan	Kandurata	4	4/16	Basnahira North	SSC
Chinthaka Perera	Basnahira South	4	4/19	Kandurata	SSC

Last Updated 31 March 2010.^[6]

Media coverage

References

^ http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/385758.html
^ Most runs – Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
^ Most wickets – Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
^ Highest totals – Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
^ High scores – Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
^ Best bowling figures in an innings – Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2010.

External links

Tournament Page – Cricinfo

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