The 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League season was the debut edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League, established by Sri Lanka Cricket in 2011. The season ran from 11 to 31 August 2012. The tournament was originally scheduled to begin in 2011 but it was postponed to 2012, with the former Inter-Provincial Twenty20 taking its place.
Format The tournament had a group stage and a knockout stage. The seven teams played in a single round-robin tournament in the group stage and the top four teams qualified for the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals played in the final.
Venues All of the matches in the tournament were played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy and R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
VenueColomboKandyStadium R Premadasa StadiumPallekele International Cricket StadiumEstablished 1986 2008 Capacity 35,000 35,000 Floodlights Yes Yes
Player draft
The draft was held on 5 July 2012 for international players and on 6 July for local players. 56 international players were drafted and comprised mostly Australian and Pakistani players. 107 local players were drafted.
Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held on 10 August 2012 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Teams and standings
Note: Top four teams qualify for the semi-finals.
League progression Group matches Knockout Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 SF F Basnahira Cricket Dundee Kandurata Warriors Nagenahira Nagas Ruhuna Royals Uthura Rudras Uva Next Wayamba United Team was eliminated in group stage Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed. Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (knockout) to see the summary for the match.
Fixtures All match times in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Group stage
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
+Most runsRuns Player Team212Dilshan Munaweera Uva Next 211 Angelo Mathews Nagenahira Nagas 203 Kamran Akmal Wayamba United 195 Tillakaratne Dilshan Basnahira Cricket Dundee 190 Tamim Iqbal Wayamba United
+Most wickets Wickets Player Team 11 Jacob Oram Uva Next 11 Sohail Tanvir Kandurata Warriors 11 Shaminda Eranga Nagenahira Nagas 11 Isuru Udana Wayamba United 11 Ajantha Mendis Nagenahira Nagas
Awards Player Team Award Value Akila Dananjaya Wayamba United Young Player of the Tournament Shaminda Eranga Nagenahira Nagas Player of the Tournament Mahindra XUV500
References
External links Official website Tournament site on ESPN CricInfo