2009–10 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament

2009–10 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 (2nd title)
Participants	6
Matches	18
Player of the series	Kaushalya Weeraratne
Most runs	Kaushalya Weeraratne 371 (411 balls)
Most wickets	Sachithra Senanayake 14 (57.1 overs)
Official website	Cricinfo site
	← 2007–08 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament was the second season of the official Limited overs domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. Six teams in total, five representing four provinces of Sri Lanka and a Sri Lanka Cricket team participating in the competition. The competition began on 6 February 2010 when Ruhuna elevens played the Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI at Galle International Stadium, in Galle.

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

Teams[edit]

Team name (Sponsored name)	Home ground(s)	Captain
Basnahira North elevens Western Province North
Basnahira South elevens Western Province South
Kandurata elevens Central Province	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Kumar Sangakkara
Ruhuna elevens Southern Province	Galle International Stadium	Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI Sri Lanka Cricket
Wayamba elevens North Western Province	Welagedara Stadium	Jehan Mubarak

Stadiums[edit]

Moratuwa	Galle	Colombo	Colombo
Tyronne Fernando Stadium	Galle International Stadium	Colts Cricket Club Ground	Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground

Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: ?	Capacity: ?	Capacity: 2,00

			Kurunegala
			Welagedara Stadium

			Capacity: 10,000

Kandy	Colombo	Colombo	Colombo

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Moors Sports Club Ground
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 15,000

Rules and regulations[edit]

Points
Results	Points
Win	5 points
Tie	2 points
No Result _{(but play started)}	2-point
Loss	0 points

Teams received 5 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[edit]

Standings[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Ruhuna elevens	5	3	1	1	16	+1.273
Kandurata elevens	5	3	2	0	15	+1.034
Wayamba elevens	5	3	2	0	14	+0.547
Basnahira North elevens	5	2	3	0	10	+0.045
Basnahira South elevens	5	2	2	1	10	−1.031
Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	5	1	4	0	5	−1.538

Full table on cricinfo

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

Tournament progression[edit]

Team		1	2	3	4	5	SF	F
		Group Matches					Knockout
	Basnahira North	0	0	0	5	10
	Basnahira South	5	5	10	10	15	L
	Kandurata	5	10	15	15	15	W	W
	Ruhuna	5	10	10	15	15	W	L
	Uva	0	0	0	5	0
	Wayamba	0	5	10	10	15	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[edit]

Round 1 [edit]

6 February 2010
Scorecard

Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI 102 (27.3 overs)	v	Ruhuna 293/6 (50 overs)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 59 (61) Chathura Peiris 2/62 (10 overs)		Sanath Jayasuriya 87 (86) Lasith Malinga 4/21 (8 overs)

Ruhuna won by 191 runs
Galle International Stadium
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Tyron Wijewardene

Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI, who chose to field

6 February 2010
Scorecard

Wayamba 253 (48.1 overs)	v	Basnahira South 271/8 (50 overs)
Farveez Maharoof 70* (72) Suranga Lakmal 3/50 (9.1 overs)		Malinga Bandara 59* (56) Rangana Herath 2/37 (10 overs)

Basnahira South won by 18 runs
Welagedara Stadium
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and SH Sarathkumara

Basnahira South, who chose to bat

6 February 2010
Scorecard

Basnahira North 201 (44.5 overs)	v	Kandurata 253/5 (50 overs)
Angelo Mathews 52 (76) Sachithra Serasinghe 3/46 (10 overs)		Chinthaka Jayasinghe 69* (69) Thilan Thushara 2/32 (7 overs)

Kandurata won by 52 runs
Colts Cricket Club Ground
Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Ranmore Martinesz

Kandurata, who chose to bat

Round 2 [edit]

9 February 2010
Scorecard

Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI 204 (49.4 overs)	v	Wayamba 289/7 (50 overs)
Chathura Peiris 60 (69) Demintha Dahanayake 2/47 (10 overs)		Jeevantha Kulatunga 132 (135) Chanaka Welegedara 3/24 (5 overs)

Wayamba won by 85 runs
Colts Cricket Club Ground
Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Tyron Wijewardene

Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI, who chose to field

9 February 2010
Scorecard

Basnahira South 209 (42.1 overs)	v	Kandurata 306/8 (50 overs)
Malinda Warnapura 45 (55) Suranga Lakmal 4/67 (10 overs)		Kaushalya Weeraratne 73 (60) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/29 (8 overs)

Kandurata won by 97 runs
Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and SH Sarathkumara

Basnahira South, who chose to field

9 February 2010
Scorecard

Ruhuna 287/9 (50 overs)	v	Basnahira North 161 (41.1 overs)
Indika de Saram 67 (82) Sachithra Senanayake 4/30 (8.1 overs)		Dimuth Karunaratne 37 (31) Sachithra Serasinghe 3/34 (10 overs)

Ruhuna won by 126 runs
Galle International Stadium
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Ranmore Martinesz

Ruhuna, who chose to bat

Round 3 [edit]

11 February 2010
Scorecard

Basnahira South 274/9 (49.5 overs)	v	Basnahira North 271 (49.5 overs)
Janaka Gunaratne 60 (45) Janaka Gunaratne 3/34 (9 overs)		Dimuth Karunaratne 54 (51) Shanuka Dissanayake 5/45 (10 overs)

Basnahira South won by 1 wicket
Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Gamini Dissanayake

Basnahira South, who chose to field

11 February 2010
Scorecard

Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI 190 (46.3 overs)	v	Kandurata 194/2 (33.5 overs)
Kithuruwan Vithanage 53 (62) Maduka Liyanapathiranage 2/50 (9.5 overs)		Tharanga Paranavitana 102 (111) Dilhara Fernando 4/29 (9 overs)

Kandurata won by 8 wickets
Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Lyndon Hannibal

Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI, who chose to bat

11 February 2010
Scorecard

Wayamba 112/5 (23.4 overs)	v	Ruhuna 111 (32.1 overs)
Mahela Udawatte 28 (30) Ajantha Mendis 2/20 (6 overs)		Dinesh Chandimal 31 (33) Sachithra Senanayake 3/30 (8 overs)

Wayamba won by 5 wickets
Welagedara Stadium
Umpires: SH Sarathkumara and Tyron Wijewardene

Wayamba, who chose to field

Round 4 [edit]

14 February 2010
Scorecard

Ruhuna 213 (50 overs)	v	Kandurata 209 (49.4 overs)
Upul Tharanga 93 (135) Sanath Jayasuriya 4/26 (10 overs)		Jeevan Mendis 59 (88) Suraj Randiv 3/29 (10 overs)

Ruhuna won by 4 runs
Galle International Stadium
Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Grashan Liyanage

Ruhuna, who chose to bat

14 February 2010
Scorecard

Basnahira North 199/4 (38 overs)	v	Wayamba 196 (42.4 overs)
Sachithra Serasinghe 52* (60) Shanuka Dissanayake 4/34 (10 overs)		Kushal Janith Perera 63 (72) Ajantha Mendis 1/36 (8 overs)

Basnahira North won by 6 wickets
Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Maurici Zilva

Wayamba, who chose to bat

14 February 2010
Scorecard

Basnahira South 157 (36.4 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI 288 (50 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 46 (70) Janaka Gunaratne 3/30 (5 overs)		Rumesh Buddika 94 (90) Chathura Peiris 3/49 (7.4 overs)

Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI won by 131 runs
Moors Sports Club Ground
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz and Tyron Wijewardene

Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI, who chose to bat

Round 5 [edit]

16 February 2010
Scorecard

Basnahira North 140/7 (21.3 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI 138 (33.2 overs)
Angelo Mathews 58 (44) Sachithra Serasinghe 3/28 (9 overs)		Arosh Janoda 28 (27) Arosh Janoda 4/72 (9 overs)

Basnahira North won by 3 wickets
Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Umpires: Grashan Liyanage and Ranmore Martinesz

Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI, who chose to bat

16 February 2010
Scorecard

Basnahira South 230/8 (50 overs)	v	Ruhuna 61/4 (15 overs)
Janaka Gunaratne 44 (59) Chinthaka Perera 2/23 (5 overs)		Gihan De Silva 18* (17) TM Sampath 3/47 (10 overs)

No result
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Prageeth Rambukwella

Ruhuna, who chose to field

16 February 2010
Scorecard

Kandurata 312/4 (50 overs)	v	Wayamba 147/3 (25 overs)
Kaushalya Weeraratne 143 (158) Suraj Randiv 2/19 (6 overs)		Jeevantha Kulatunga 50 (55) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 1/37 (10 overs)

Wayamba won by 2 runs (D/L method)
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Maurici Zilva

Wayamba, who chose to field

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

19 February – Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground

Kandurata	124/1 (20.1 overs)
		21 February – Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Wayamba	123 (23.4 overs)
		Kandurata	264/7 (49.1 overs)
19 February – Tyronne Fernando Stadium
		Ruhuna	263/7 (50 overs)
Ruhuna	228 (48.3 overs)

Basnahira South	189 (47 overs)

Semi Final 1 [edit]

19 February 2010
Scorecard

Kandurata 124/1 (20.1 overs)	v	Wayamba 123 (23.4 overs)
Kaushalya Weeraratne 67* (61) Tharanga Paranavitana 43 (51) Thilan Thushara 5/39 (8 overs) Dilhara Fernando 2/20 (5 overs)		Kushal Janith Perera 27 (31) Jehan Mubarak 23 (32) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 1/12 (5 overs) Ajantha Mendis 0/24 (4.1 overs)

Kandurata won by 9 wickets
Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and SH Sarathkumara

Kandurata, who chose to field

Semi Final 2 [edit]

19 February 2010
Scorecard

Ruhuna 228 (48.3 overs)	v	Basnahira South 189 (47 overs)
Indika de Saram 76 (107) Upul Tharanga 39 (51) Sachithra Senanayake 2/27 (9 overs) Sajeewa Weerakoon 2/28 (9 overs)		Chamara Silva 33 (52) Lahiru Thirimanne 33 (67) Chinthaka Perera 3/47 (8 overs) Malinga Bandara 2/35 (9.3 overs)

Ruhuna won by 39 runs
Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Maurici Zilva

Ruhuna, who chose to bat

Final [edit]

21 February 2010
Scorecard

Kandurata 264/7 (49.1 overs)	v	Ruhuna 263/7 (50 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 76 (79) Chamara Kapugedera 50 (49) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/40 (10 overs) Thilan Thushara 1/40 (9 overs)		TM Sampath 59 (92) Sachithra Senanayake 51* (49) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/48 (10 overs) Sachithra Senanayake 1/38 (10 overs)

Kandurata won by 3 wickets
Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Umpires: Grashan Liyanage and Ranmore Martinesz
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara

Ruhuna, who chose to bat
Kandurata won the 2009–10 Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament

Statistics[edit]

Awards[edit]

Man of the Tournament – Kaushalya Weeraratne: 371 runs (411 balls), highest score of 143 (158 balls) (Kandurata)
Batsman of the Tournament – Upul Tharanga: 292 runs (412 balls), highest score of 93 (135 balls) (Ruhuna)
Bowler of the Tournament – Sachithra Senanayake: 14 wickets (57.1 overs), best innings bowling of 4/30 (8.1 overs) (Ruhuna)

Most Runs[edit]

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	S/R	HS	100s	50s
Kaushalya Weeraratne	Kandurata	371	7	61.83	90.26	143	1	2
Upul Tharanga	Ruhuna	292	6	48.66	70.87	93	0	2
Tharanga Paranavitana	Kandurata	272	7	45.33	82.67	102*	1	1
Jeevantha Kulatunga	Wayamba	256	6	42.66	91.75	132	1	1
Chamara Kapugedera	Kandurata	209	7	41.80	94.57	88	0	2

Last Updated 10 January 2011.^[2]

Most Wickets[edit]

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

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Sachithra Senanayake	Ruhuna	14	7	14.50	24.5	3.55	4/30
Shanuka Dissanayake	Basnahira North	13	4	11.23	17.2	3.91	5/45
Thilan Thushara	Kandurata	13	5	21.92	20.8	6.30	5/39
Suraj Randiv	Kandurata	11	7	19.36	29.0	4.00	3/29
Muttiah Muralitharan	Kandurata	10	6	17.80	26.9	3.97	3/29

Last Updated 10 January 2011.^[3]

Highest Team Totals[edit]

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

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
Kandurata	312/4	Wayamba	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Kandurata	306/8	Basnahira South	Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Ruhuna	293/6	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	Galle International Stadium
Wayamba	289/7	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	Colts Cricket Club Ground
Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	288	Basnahira South	Moors Sports Club Ground
Ruhuna	287/9	Basnahira North	Galle International Stadium

Last Updated 10 January 2011.^[4]

Highest Scores[edit]

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
Kaushalya Weeraratne	Kandurata	143	158	16	3	Wayamba	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Jeevantha Kulatunga	Wayamba	132	135	11	4	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	Colts Cricket Club Ground
Tharanga Paranavitana	Kandurata	102*	111	8	3	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Rumesh Buddika	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	94	90	11	1	Basnahira South	Moors Sports Club Ground
Upul Tharanga	Ruhuna	93	135	7	0	Kandurata	Galle International Stadium

Last Updated 10 January 2011.^[5]

Best Bowling Figures[edit]

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

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
Thilan Thushara	Kandurata	8.0	5/39	Wayamba	Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Shanuka Dissanayake	Basnahira North	10.0	5/45	Basnahira South	Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Lasith Malinga	Ruhuna	8.0	4/21	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	Galle International Stadium
Sanath Jayasuriya	Ruhuna	10.0	4/26	Kandurata	Galle International Stadium
Dilhara Fernando	Kandurata	9.0	4/30	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground

Last Updated 10 January 2011.^[6]

Media coverage[edit]

References[edit]

^ Cricket Archive Seasons. 2009-10 ^{[dead link]}
^ Most runs – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ Most wickets – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ Highest totals – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ High scores – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ Best bowling figures in an innings – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

External links[edit]

Tournament Page – Cricinfo

[1] Cricket Archive Seasons. 2009-10 ^{[dead link]}

[2] Most runs – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

[3] Most wickets – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

[4] Highest totals – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

[5] High scores – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

[6] Best bowling figures in an innings – Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

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v t e Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament
Seasons	2007–08 2009–10 2010–11
Participating teams	Basnahira Kandurata Ruhuna Uva Wayamba Basnahira North Basnahira South Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI
Venues	2007–08 2009–10 2010–11
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