2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament


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
Home groundCaptain
Basnahira elevens
Western Province
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Kandurata elevens
Central Province
Pallekele International Cricket StadiumKumar Sangakkara
Ruhuna elevens
Southern Province
Galle International StadiumSanath Jayasuriya
Uva elevens
Uva
Thilina Kandamby
Wayamba elevens
North Western Province
Welagedara StadiumJehan Mubarak

Stadiums


Rules and regulations

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.

Standings and tournament progression

Standings

Tournament progression

Fixtures

Round 1

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Uva receives a bye for this round.

Round 2

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Ruhuna receives a bye for this round.

Round 3

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Basnahira receives a bye for this round.

Round 4

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Wayamba receives a bye for this round.

Round 5

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Kandurata receives a bye for this round.

Knockout stage

Semi Final 1

Semi Final 2

Final

Statistics

Awards

The top five highest run scorers in the season are included in this table.
PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgS/RHS100s50s
Kumar SangakkaraKandurata268653.6076.358403
Tillakaratne DilshanBasnahira252642.0080.256704
Dinesh ChandimalWayamba204551.0086.8092*02
Sanath JayasuriyaRuhuna203540.6083.539702
Chamara KapugederaKandurata194638.8078.224600

Last Updated 28 January 2011.

Most Wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
PlayerTeamWktsMtsAveS/REconBBI
Chanaka WelegedaraWayamba10519.6021.55.464/50
Chaminda VidanapathiranaKandurata9312.6612.75.944/60
Muttiah MuralitharanKandurata9621.3332.23.973/24
Sohan BoralessaKandurata8415.0023.63.804/30
Chaminda VaasBasnahira8621.5033.73.824/13

Last Updated 28 January 2011.

Highest Team Totals

The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season.
TeamTotalOpponentGround
Ruhuna285/8UvaSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Ruhuna283/7BasnahiraSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Kandurata274UvaSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Kandurata268/7RuhunaSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Wayamba258KandurataSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Basnahira251/8KandurataSinhalese Sports Club Ground

Last Updated 28 January 2011.

Highest Scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.
PlayerTeamScoreBalls4s6sOpponentGround
Sanath JayasuriyaRuhuna97111100UvaSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Dimuth KarunaratneWayamba9712690RuhunaSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Dinesh ChandimalWayamba92*8383BasnahiraSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Mahela UdawatteUva90125120WayambaSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Tharanga ParanavitanaUva88*10561WayambaSinhalese Sports Club Ground

Last Updated 28 January 2011.

Best Bowling Figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.
PlayerTeamOversFiguresOpponentGround
Thisara PereraBasnahira7.05/51RuhunaSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Chaminda VaasBasnahira8.04/13UvaSinhalese Sports Club Ground
Dilruwan PereraBasnahira8.04/27WayambaR. Premadasa Stadium
Sohan BoralessaKandurata8.34/30BasnahiraR. Premadasa Stadium
Malinga BandaraUva10.04/50RuhunaSinhalese Sports Club Ground

Last Updated 28 January 2011.

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