R. Premadasa Stadium

R.Premadasa Stadium
Ground information
Location Maligawatta, Colombo
Establishment 1986
Capacity 14,000
35,000 (current)
Owner Sri Lanka Cricket
Operator Sri Lanka Cricket
Tenants Sri Lanka Cricket
End names
Khettarama End
Scoreboard End
International information
First Test 28 August 1992: Sri Lanka v Australia
Last Test 12 September 2005: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
First ODI 9 March 1986: Sri Lanka v Pakistan
Last ODI 22 August 2011: Sri Lanka v Australia
First T20I 10 February 2009: Sri Lanka v India
Last T20I 4 September 2009: Sri Lanka v New Zealand

R. Premadasa Stadium (also known as Khettarama Stadium,Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium or simply as the Premadasa Stadium) is a cricket stadium situated on Khettarama Road, Maligawatta, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The stadium was, prior to June 1994, known as the Khettarama Cricket Stadium and is today one of the main venues in which the Sri Lankan cricket team play. Also it has hosted more than 100 one day international matches.

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History

Early history

The stadium is the brainchild of the late Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa, who championed the development of this 35,000-seater concrete bowl, the biggest stadium in Sri Lanka. Opened on February 2, 1986 with a match between a Sri Lanka 'B' side and an England 'B' team, the stadium was built on swampland previously used by monks ferrying across to the Khettarama temple adjacent to the stadium.

Ground history

The inaugural One Day International was played on April 5, 1986 between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. On August 28, 1992 it hosted its inaugural Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia. The venue is best remembered for holding the world record for the highest Test total - 952/6 declared by Sri Lanka against India in 1997/1998 in which former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya scored 340 and Roshan Mahanama 225, the pair sharing a partnership 576 for the second wicket, which was then the highest for any wicket in a Test Match. Since that record-breaking match, it has hosted just one Test against New Zealand. Invariably flat, the pitches are slow in pace and low in bounce.

A new training center has been developed behind the stadium with 16 practice pitches and dormitories for the Sony Max Cricket Academy which started in 2003.

Renovation

The Premadasa Stadium underwent a reconstruction project in preparation for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The Stadium has been undergoing large-scale renovations since 2009. The Stadium has had its seating capacity increase from 14,000 to 35,000, the media-box accommodating 200 journalists, and other various upgrades. The renovations have cost Sri Lanka Cricket eight million dollars.[1] In July 2010, a report filed by the ICC pitch consultant, Andy Atkinson raised concerns over the condition of the outfield and the pitch claiming he was worried at the slow pace of progress.[2] Although none of the buildings at the stadium were near completion, the 2nd Test of the West Indies tour of Sri Lanka in 2010, was held at the venue between 23–27 November. Sri Lanka Cricket defended choosing the stadium saying that the decision to stage a game was to allow cricketers to acclimatize themselves to the ground ahead of the World Cup games.[3] The Test match was staged using temporary seating for spectators in a corner of the stadium as only players' pavilions had permanent arrangements. Since the press box was not completed reporters and commentators facing technical difficulties used a makeshift arrangement.

The main 4 public stands were refurbished along with the Player dressing room area and the corporate boxes.A VIP car park is situated in the Northern end of the ground.

Stadium Plan

Pavillions A and B are fully equipped with seating in two tiers,lower and higher.several Corporate boxes .are also built in these two stands. Pavillions C and D are built between the scoreboard in the stadium with two tiered seating system.The lower tiers have concrete paving allocated for floor seating and the upper tier includes fully standard seating blocks.The grand stand and top level block above the player pavillions have enhanced quality seating.

After Renovation

The R Premadasa Stadium hosted seven successful world cup matches including a quarter-final and a semi-final. On 10 May 2011 Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga confirmed that first edition of 2011 Sri Lankan T20 Premier League's matches will play at R Premadasa Stadium. [4] The tournament was later postponed till 2012 due to financial complications and internal regime change at Sri Lanka Cricket.

On 21 September 2011, it was announced that R. Premadasa stadium will host fifteen 2012 ICC World Twenty20 matches, including semi-finals and the final.[5]

Since the renovation work has been completed, the Premadasa Stadium's 35,000 capacity creates an intimidating atmosphere for visiting teams.

Ground figures

Test cricket

One Day Internationals

Twenty20 Internationals

World Cup Cricket

In 1996 and 2011 ICC cricket world cups R.Premadasa stadium hosted 9 matches including a quarter-final match and a semi-final match. It has hosted the highest number of cricket world cup matches in Sri Lanka.

1996 Cricket World Cup

17 February 1996
scorecard
Sri Lanka 
v  Australia
 Sri Lanka won on a forfeit
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Cyril Mitchley
  • Australia forfeited the match due to safety concerns, and were in Bombay at the time of the match.
26 February 1996
scorecard
Sri Lanka 
v  West Indies
 Sri Lanka won on forfeit
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and V.K. Ramaswamy
  • West Indies forfeited the match due to safety concerns.

2011 Cricket World Cup

Group matches
26 February 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
277/7 (50 overs)
v  Sri Lanka
266/9 (50 overs)
 Pakistan won by 11 runs.
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Ian Gould and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
Misbah-ul-Haq 83* (91)
Rangana Herath 2/46 (10 overs)
Chamara Silva 57 (78)
Shahid Afridi 4/34 (10 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first.
1 March 2011 (D/N)
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Kenya 
142 (43.4 overs)
v  Sri Lanka
146/1 (18.4 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 188 balls remaining)
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Tony Hill and Shavir Tarapore
Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (Sri)
Collins Obuya 52 (100)
Lasith Malinga 6/38 (7.4 overs)
Upul Tharanga 67 (59)
Elijah Otieno 1/26 (4 overs)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat first.
  • Lasith Malinga took his second ODI Hat-Trick.
3 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
184 (43 overs)
v  Canada
138 (42.5 overs)
 Pakistan won by 46 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Nigel Llong
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
Umar Akmal 48 (68)
Harvir Baidwan 3/35 (8 overs)
Jimmy Hansra 43 (75)
Shahid Afridi 5/23 (10 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first.
5 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
146/3 (32.5 overs)
v  Australia
Match abandoned due to rain.
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Ian Gould and Tony Hill
Player of the match: DNA
Kumar Sangakkara 73* (102)
Shaun Tait 1/23 (5 overs)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.
  • Due to rain match abandoned therefore Sri Lanka and Australia got 1 point each.
19 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
176 (46.4 overs)
v  Pakistan
178/6 (41 overs)
 Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 54 balls remaining)
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Marais Erasmus and Tony Hill
Player of the match: Umar Akmal (Pak)
Brad Haddin 42 (80)
Umar Gul 3/30 (7.4 overs)
Asad Shafiq 46 (81)
Bret Lee 4/28 (8 overs)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat first.
Quarter-finals
26 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
229/6 (50 overs)
v Sri Lanka 
231/0 (39.3 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets (with 63 balls remaining)
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Simon Taufel and Billy Doctrove
Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri)
Jonathan Trott 86 (115)
Muttiah Muralitharan 2/54 (9 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 108* (115)
Luke Wright 0/17 (4 overs)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat first.
  • For the first time England lost a world cup match by 10 wickets.
Semi-finals
29 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
217 (48.5 overs)
v Sri Lanka 
220/5 (47.5 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Steve Davis
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri)
Scott Styris 57 (77)
Ajantha Mendis 3/35 (9.5 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 73 (93)
Tim Southee 3/57 (10 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first.
  • This is New Zealand's sixth world cup semi final and Sri Lanka's fourth time.

ICC Champions Trophy Cricket

The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was held in Sri Lanka. Nine matches played in R.Premadasa stadium including semi-finals and the final. Other matches played in SSC.

2002 ICC Champions Trophy

Group matches
12 September 2002[6] (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
200 (49.4 overs)
v  Sri Lanka
201/2 (36.1 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri)
Saeed Anwar 52 (82)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/29 (10 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 102* (120)
Wasim Akram 1/42 (8 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first.
14 September 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
288/6 (50 overs)
v  Zimbabwe
274/8 (50 overs)
 India won by 14 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Mohammad Kaif (Pak)
Mohammad Kaif 111 (112)
Douglas Hondo 4/62 (9 overs)
Andy Flower 145 (164)
Zaheer Khan 4/45 (10 overs)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat first.
16 September 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
292/6 (50 overs)
v  Netherlands
86 (29.3 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 206 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Dave Orchard and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (Sri)
Marvan Atapattu 101 (118)
Adeel Raja 2/50 (10 overs)
Tim de Leede 31 (43)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/15 (5.3 overs)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.
18 September 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
298/8 (50 overs)
v  Zimbabwe
190/9 (48 overs)
 England won by 108 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Marcus Trescothick (Eng)
Marcus Trescothick 119 (102)
Douglas Hondo 4/45 (6 overs)
Heath Streak 50* (58)
Ronnie Irani 4/37 (10 overs)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat first.
    Zimbabwe were fined 2 overs for a slow over rate
20 September 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
South Africa 
316/5 (50 overs)
v  Kenya
140 (46.5 overs)
 South Africa won by 176 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs (RSA)
Herschelle Gibbs 116 (126)
Collins Obuya 2/77 (10 overs)
Steve Tikolo 69 (97)
Dale Benkenstein 3/5 (3.5 overs)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.
22 September 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
269/7 (50 overs)
v  India
271/2 (39.3 overs)
 India won by 8 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Russell Tiffin
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Ian Blackwell 82 (68)
Ashish Nehra 2/49 (10 overs)
Virender Sehwag 126 (124)
Ian Blackwell 1/46 (8 overs)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat first.
Semi-finals
25 September 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
261/9 (50 overs)
v  South Africa
251/6 (50 overs)
 India won by 10 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: David Shepherd and Russell Tiffin
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Yuvraj Singh 62 (72)
Shaun Pollock 3/43 (9 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 116 (119)
Virender Sehwag 3/25 (5 overs)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat first.
  • India advanced to the final.
27 September 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
162 (48.4 overs)
v  Sri Lanka
163/3 (40 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Dave Orchard
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (Sri)
Shane Warne 36 (69)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/26 (9.4 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 51 (113)
Glenn McGrath 2/41 (10 overs)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat first.
  • Sri Lanka advanced to the final.
Final
29 September, 30 September 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
v  Sri Lanka
No result.  India and  Sri Lanka are declared co-champions
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Player of the match: DNA
  • Match rained out twice.
  • India and Sri Lanka declared co-champions.

ICC World Twenty20

Sri Lanka will host the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. Fifteen out of twenty seven matches are due to play in R. Premadasa stadium, including semi-finals and the final. Other matches will be played in Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium.

2012 ICC World Twenty20

Group matches
19 September 2012 (D/N) India 
v Q2
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
19 September 2012 (D/N) Australia 
v Q1
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
21 September 2012 (D/N) England 
v Q2
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
22 September 2012 (D/N) Australia 
v  West Indies
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
23 September 2012 (D/N) England 
v  India
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
24 September 2012 (D/N) West Indies 
v Q1
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Super 8s
28 September 2012 (D/N) D1
v C2
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
28 September 2012 (D/N) B1
v A2
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
30 September 2012 (D/N) B1
v C2
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
30 September 2012 (D/N) D1
v A2
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2 October 2012 (D/N) B1
v D1
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2 October 2012 (D/N) A2
v C2
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Semi-finals
4 October 2012 (D/N) TBC
v TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
5 October 2012 (D/N) TBC
v TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Final
7 October 2012 (D/N) TBC
v TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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