Kandurata cricket team

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Kandurata Elevens
Personnel
Captain Kumar Sangakkara
Team information
Founded1990
Home ground Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Capacity35,000
History
First-class debutvs Western Province [1]
in 1990
at  Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground
IP FC  wins2 (2003–04, 2004–05)
IP LO  wins2 (2007–08, 2009–10)
IP T20  winsnone
Official website Sri Lanka Cricket

Kandurata cricket team was a Sri Lankan first class cricket team based in Kandy, that represented Central Province of Sri Lanka. Kandurata competed in all three provincial tournaments:the first class cricket competition known as the Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament, the List A cricket competition known as the Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament and the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20.

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Kandurata is the current champion of Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament, and has won title in 2010–11, 2009–10, and the joint title in 2007–08 series. [2] In 2007/08 Inter-provincial Limited overs tournament, Kandurata reached the finals by winning all their round robin matches, but the game was washed out due to rain. [3]

Name

From the commence of Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, the team representing Central Province is known as Central province team. But from the 2007/08 season, the team known as "Kandurata" team. "Kandurata" is Sinhala for "Hill country". The hills or central highlands are mainly situated in central province.

History

Early years (1990–2000)

Sri Lanka Cricket fearing that Club cricket alone would not be enough to keep Sri Lankan cricket competitive, the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament was created as a domestic first-class cricket tournament in Sri Lanka in 1990. [4] From the inauguration of the tournament, in 1990, participating teams varied from year to year. The tournament started with four provincial teams. They were Western Province, Southern Province, North Western Province and Kandurata.

In the first first-class Inter-provincial tournament, which was called the 1990 Singer Inter-Provincial Trophy, Kandurata, then called Central Province, captained by J.R.Ratnayeke, had come second out of the four provinces, losing none but second to Western Province on points, with 11.4. Western Province went on to win the tournament, not losing a game. [5]

Establishment of Twenty20 (2000–2010)

With the establishment of Twenty20 cricket in 2003, it came to Sri Lanka in 2004 as the Twenty20 Tournament, however this was replaced with the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 in 2008. Wayamba won the 2007–08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20, which was the first edition of the tournament. They had won four out of five matches in the group stage and eventually won their way into the finals with Ruhuna. Wayamba won by 31 runs. [6]

2010–present

Grounds and Sponsorship

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
PICS
Full nameMuttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium
Location Pallekele, Kandy District, Central Province
Owner Sri Lanka Cricket
Capacity 35,000
Opened2009
Tenants
Kandurata cricket team (1990–present)

The team's home ground was Asgiriya Stadium, in Kandy. Which was later changed to Pallekele International Cricket Stadium once it was fully constructed.

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium is one of the newest cricket stadiums in Sri Lanka and the newest in the city of Kandy. The stadium was declared opened on 27 November 2009. [7] The stadium is located about a half-hour drive from Kandy. [8] The Pallekele stadium is wholly owned by Sri Lanka Cricket and is set to displace the Asgiriya Stadium, which has hosted Tests from 1983 to 2007, as the international venue of choice around Kandy. The stadium was built by the State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka and is designed along the lines of SuperSport Park in Centurion, South Africa.

Mas Holdings, a Sri Lankan apparel industrial firm is the team's sponsor. [9]

Players

Kumar Sangakkara of Kandurata Elevens. Kumar Sangakkara.jpg
Kumar Sangakkara of Kandurata Elevens.

Kandurata has some reputed Test cricket players such as Kumar Sangakkara and Muttiah Muralitharan. [10] Unlike in India and Australia, where cricketers represent their home province or state, it is the norm in Sri Lanka for outside cricketers to play for another province in Inter-Provincial Tournament. This is because uneven distribution of cricketer population among provinces.[ citation needed ] Therefore, it resulted in players like Nishantha Ranatunga and Sanjeeva Ranatunga from Western Province, where the most cricketing population occurs, playing in Kandurata or Central Province.

Current squad

Players with Test caps are listed in bold. One Day International caps in italics.

No.NameNatBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
104 Chamara Kapugedera Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 24 February 1987 (age 35)Right-handedRight arm medium pace
145 Jeewan Mendis Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 15 January 1983 (age 39)Left-handedRight arm leg break
111 Tharanga Paranavitana Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 15 April 1982 (age 40)Left-handedRight arm off break
— Indika Senaratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 15 February 1986 (age 36)Right-handedRight arm off break
— Kanchana Gunawardene Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 9 October 1984 (age 38)Left-handedRight arm off break
All-rounders
31 Chinthaka Jayasinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 19 May 1978 (age 44)Right-handedRight arm medium pace T20i Representative only
24 Suresh Perera Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 16 February 1978 (age 44)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
3 Thilan Samaraweera Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 22 September 1976 (age 46)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
97 Thilan Thushara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 1 March 1981 (age 41)Left-handedLeft arm medium-fast
104 Kaushalya Weeraratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 29 January 1981 (age 41)Left-handedRight arm medium-fast
— GASK Gangodawila Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 20 June 1984 (age 38)Left-handedRight arm fast
Wicket-keepers
84 Kumar Sangakkara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 27 October 1977 (age 45)Left-handed– Club captain
Bowlers
54 Muttiah Muralitharan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 17 April 1972 (age 50)Right-handedRight arm off break
98 Dilhara Fernando Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 19 July 1979 (age 43)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
— Chaminda Vidanapathirana Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 25 January 1983 (age 39)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
— Seekkuge Prasanna Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 27 June 1985 (age 37)Right-handedRight arm leg break

Notable players

The following is a list of notable players who have represented both Kandurata and Sri Lanka. [11]

Honours

Domestic

First Class

2003–04

List A

2007–08, 2009–10

Twenty20

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References

  1. ↑ "Singer Inter-Provincial Trophy, 1990". ESPNcricinfo. 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  2. ↑ SLC Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament 2009–10 – Sangakkara leads Kandurata to title
  3. ↑ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (14 January 2008). "Teams share trophy as rain ruins final". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tournaments in Sri Lanka". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  5. ↑ "SL: Singer Trophy 1989/90 – Final Points Table".
  6. ↑ "Full Scorecard of Wayamba vs Ruhuna Final 2007/08 – Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com".
  7. ↑ "New Pallekele International Cricket stadium opens today". Lankapuvath – National News Agency of Sri Lanka. 27 November 2009.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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