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.
This season comprised ten regular matches, two semifinals and a grand final.
Teams
Team name(Sponsored name) Home ground(s) Captain Basnahira elevensWestern Province Tillakaratne Dilshan Kandurata elevensCentral Province Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Kumar Sangakkara Ruhuna elevensSouthern Province Galle International Stadium Sanath Jayasuriya Uva elevensUva Thilina Kandamby Wayamba elevensNorth Western Province Welagedara Stadium Jehan Mubarak
Stadiums Colombo Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club GroundCapacity:10,000Matches:10 R. Premadasa StadiumCapacity: 35,000Matches: 3
Rules and regulations +PointsResultsPointsWin4 pointsTie2 pointsNo Result (but play started)2-pointLoss0 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 Wayamba elevens1243010+0.340Kandurata elevens (C)1042020+1.095Ruhuna elevens1042020+0.349Basnahira elevens (R)842020−0.625Uva elevens441030−1.077 Full table on cricinfo (C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up.
Tournament progression Group Matches Knockout Team 1 2 3 4 5 SF F Basnahira Bye Kandurata Bye Ruhuna Bye Uva Bye Wayamba Bye Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed. colspan="3" colspan="3" colspan="3" 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
Uva receives a bye for this round.
Round 2
Ruhuna receives a bye for this round.
Round 3
Basnahira receives a bye for this round.
Round 4
Wayamba receives a bye for this round.
Round 5
Kandurata receives a bye for this round.
Knockout stage
Semi Final 1
Semi Final 2
Final
Statistics
Awards Man of the Tournament – Kumar Sangakkara: 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 100s 50s Kumar Sangakkara Kandurata 268 6 53.60 76.35 84 0 3 Tillakaratne Dilshan Basnahira 252 6 42.00 80.25 67 0 4 Dinesh Chandimal Wayamba 204 5 51.00 86.80 92* 0 2 Sanath Jayasuriya Ruhuna 203 5 40.60 83.53 97 0 2 Chamara Kapugedera Kandurata 194 6 38.80 78.22 46 0 0 Last Updated 28 January 2011.Most runs – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
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.Most wickets – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
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.Highest totals – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
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.High scores – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
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.Best bowling figures in an innings – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
References
Notes
External links Tournament Page – Cricinfo CricketArchive