2024 season | |||
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Coach | Carl Crowe | ||
Captain | Thisara Perera | ||
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The Colombo Strikers (abbreviated as CS) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2024 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. The team was captained by Thisara Perera and coached by Carl Crowe. [1]
No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary (US$) | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||||
Kavin Bandara | Sri Lanka | 22 August 1997 (aged 26) | Left handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | 5,000 | ||
11 | Shevon Daniel | Sri Lanka | 15 March 2004 (aged 20) | Left handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | 10,000 | |
Nipun Dhananjaya | Sri Lanka | 28 September 2000 (aged 23) | Left handed | Right-arm off break | 2023 | Retained | ||
Sheshan Fernando | Sri Lanka | 14 April 1993 (aged 31) | Right handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | 5,000 | ||
10 | Muhammad Waseem | United Arab Emirates | 12 February 1994 (aged 30) | Right handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | 20,000 | Overseas |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
21 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | 28 November 2001 (aged 22) | Right handed | — | 2024 | 50,000 | Overseas |
23 | Sadeera Samarawickrama | Sri Lanka | 30 August 1995 (aged 28) | Right handed | — | 2024 | Direct signing | |
All-rounders | ||||||||
7 | Shadab Khan | Pakistan | 4 October 1998 (aged 25) | Right handed | Right-arm leg break | 2024 | Direct signing | Overseas |
29 | Chamika Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 29 May 1996 (aged 28) | Right handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2023 | Retained | |
74 | Angelo Perera | Sri Lanka | 23 February 1990 (aged 34) | Right handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2024 | 20,000 | |
1 | Thisara Perera | Sri Lanka | 3 April 1989 (aged 35) | Left handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | Direct signing | Captain |
23 | Glenn Phillips | New Zealand | 6 December 1996 (aged 27) | Right handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | Direct signing | Overseas |
1 | Dunith Wellalage | Sri Lanka | 9 January 2003 (aged 21) | Left handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2024 | 50,000 | |
Spin bowlers | ||||||||
4 | Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar | Afghanistan | 15 July 2007 (aged 16) | Right handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | 10,000 | Overseas |
Pace bowlers | ||||||||
3 | Taskin Ahmed | Bangladesh | 3 April 1995 (aged 29) | Left handed | Right-arm fast | 2024 | 50,000 | Overseas |
71 | Binura Fernando | Sri Lanka | 12 July 1995 (aged 28) | Right handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2024 | 55,000 | |
Chamika Gunasekara | Sri Lanka | 25 November 1999 (aged 24) | Right handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | 10,000 | ||
81 | Matheesha Pathirana | Sri Lanka | 18 December 2002 (aged 21) | Right handed | Right-arm fast | 2024 | 120,000 | |
Garuka Sanketh | Sri Lanka | 30 May 2005 (aged 19) | Left handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | 13,000 | ||
Isitha Wijesundera | Sri Lanka | 11 May 1997 (aged 27) | Left handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | 5,000 |
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | Carl Crowe |
Bowling Coach | Chaminda Vaas |
Assistant Coach | Simon Helmot |
The top four teams qualified for the play-offs
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Galle Marvels (R) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −0.059 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
2 | Jaffna Kings (C) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −0.392 | |
3 | Colombo Strikers (4th) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.583 | Advanced to Eliminator |
4 | Kandy Falcons (3rd) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0.033 | |
5 | Dambulla Sixers | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −0.269 |
Date | Match No. | Opponent | Toss | Result | Man of the match | Notes | |
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Group Stage | |||||||
2 July | 3 | Kandy Falcons | Falcons elected to field. | Strikers won by 51 runs | Shadab Khan (CS) | [a] | |
3 July | 5 | Galle Marvels | Strikers elected to bowl. | Marvels won by 7 runs | Isuru Udana (GM) | ||
6 July | 7 | Kandy Falcons | Falcons elected to field. | Strikers won by 2 runs | Matheesha Pathirana (CS) | ||
7 July | 10 | Dambulla Sixers | Sixers elected to field. | Sixers won by 8 wickets | Kusal Perera (DS) | ||
10 July | 13 | Jaffna Kings | Kings elected to field. | Kings won by 7 wickets | Rilee Rossouw (JK) | ||
14 July | 17 | Jaffna Kings | Strikers elected to field. | Strikers won by 9 wickets | Shadab Khan (CS) | ||
15 July | 19 | Galle Marvels | Strikers elected to field. | Strikers won by 7 wickets | Matheesha Pathirana (CS) | ||
16 July | 20 | Dambulla Sixers | Strikers elected to field. | Sixers won by 28 runs | Mohammad Nabi (DS) | ||
Play-offs | |||||||
18 July | 22 (E) | Kandy Falcons | Falcons elected to field. | Falcons won by 2 wickets | Kamindu Mendis (KF) | ||
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