2007–08 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20


The 2007–08 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20 is the 1st season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. Six teams in total, five representing four provinces of Sri Lanka and a Sri Lanka Schools XI team participating in the competition. The competition began on 17 April 2008, when Basnahira North elevens played the Wayamba elevens at Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo.
This season comprised 15 regular matches, two semi finals and a grand final.

Teams

Team name
Home groundCaptain
Basnahira North elevens
Western Province North
R. Premadasa StadiumThilina Kandamby
Basnahira South elevens
Western Province South
Sinhalese Sports Club GroundPrasanna Jayawardene
Kandurata elevens
Central Province
Pallekele International Cricket StadiumKaushalya Weeraratne
Ruhuna elevens
Southern Province
Galle International StadiumIndika de Saram
Sri Lanka Schools XI
Sri Lankan Schools
Dinesh Chandimal
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. All finals were played at Welagedara Stadium.

Standings and tournament progression

Standings

Tournament progression

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Knockout stage

Semi Final 1

Semi Final 2

Final

Statistics

Most Runs

The top five highest run scorers in the season are included in this table.
PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgS/RHS100s50s
Jeevantha KulatungaWayamba elevens182636.40142.187801
Thilan SamaraweeraKandurata elevens157626.16133.057001
Jeewan MendisKandurata elevens152630.40121.604800
Dilhara LokuhettigeRuhuna elevens147624.50151.545301
Angelo PereraSri Lanka Schools XI132526.40126.924700

Last Updated 3 April 2010.

Most Wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
PlayerTeamWktsMtsAveS/REconBBI
Sujeewa de SilvaRuhuna elevens13610.6110.85.874/32
Thissara PereraWayamba elevens11716.8113.07.703/30
Rangana HerathWayamba elevens9712.7715.44.963/20
Sajeewa WeerakoonRuhuna elevens9613.5514.65.543/20
Kosala KulasekaraRuhuna elevens9615.1115.35.913/29

Last Updated 3 April 2010.

Highest Team Totals

The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season.
TeamTotalOpponentGround
Kandurata elevens200/7Basnahira South elevensBurgher
Wayamba elevens174/9Ruhuna elevensKurunegala
Kandurata elevens172/8Ruhuna elevensColts
Wayamba elevens160/5Basnahira North elevensColts
Basnahira North elevens158/9Wayamba elevensColts
Sri Lanka Schools XI152/7Basnahira South elevensBurgher

Last Updated 3 April 2010.

Highest Scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.
PlayerTeamScoreBalls4s6sOpponentGround
Damitha HunukumburaWayamba elevens8754141Basnahira North elevensColts
Jeevantha KulatungaWayamba elevens784555Ruhuna elevensKurunegala
Thilan SamaraweeraKandurata elevens703873Sri Lanka Schools XIMoors
Upul TharangaRuhuna elevens68*3666Basnahira South elevensColts
Chamara KapugederaKandurata elevens673355Basnahira South elevensBurgher

Last Updated 3 April 2010.

Best Bowling Figures in an innings

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in an innings.
PlayerTeamOversFiguresOpponentGround
Akalanka GanegamaKandurata elevens2.44/13Wayamba elevensColts
Chinthaka JayasingheKandurata elevens4.04/17Wayamba elevensKurunegala
Milinda SiriwardanaBasnahira South elevens4.04/22Wayamba elevensColts
Sujeewa de SilvaRuhuna elevens4.04/32Kandurata elevensColts
Sujeewa de SilvaRuhuna elevens4.03/9Wayamba elevensColts

Last Updated 3 April 2010.

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