# Jaffna Kings in 2022

The Jaffna Kings (often abbreviated as JK) is a franchise cricket team that competed in 2022 Lanka Premier League (LPL). The team is based in Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The team was captained by Thisara Perera and coached by Thilina Kandamby. In the final, they beat Colombo Strikers by 2 wickets, to win their third successive LPL title.

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Kandy Falcons (3rd) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1.884 |
| 2 | Jaffna Kings (C) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1.010 |
| 3 | Colombo Stars (R) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.847 |
| 4 | Galle Gladiators (4th) | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.936 |
| 5 | Dambulla Aura | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −1.198 |
* The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advance to Qualifier 1
* Advance to Eliminator

## League stage

The updated schedule was published on 14 October 2022.
* Match 1 6 December 2022 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Jaffna Kings 137 (19.5 overs) | v | Galle Gladiators 113 (20 overs) |
| Dunith Wellalage 30 (20) Iftikhar Ahmed 2/8 (1 over) | | Kusal Mendis 51 (43) Binura Fernando 3/22 (3 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 24 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Dunith Wellalage (Jaffna Kings)
* Galle Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 3 7 December 2022 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Dambulla Aura 121/9 (20 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 122/1 (15.4 overs) |
| Jordan Cox 43 (22) Mahesh Theekshana 3/20 (4 overs) | | Sadeera Samarawickrama 62* (44) Noor Ahmad 1/28 (3.4 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 9 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Sadeera Samarawickrama (Jaffna Kings)
* Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 6 10 December 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Jaffna Kings 147/7 (20 overs) | v | Kandy Falcons 148/7 (20 overs) |
| Avishka Fernando 31 (26) Fabian Allen 2/23 (4 overs) | | Ashen Bandara 44* (39) Dunith Wellalage 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Kandy Falcons won by 3 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Chamika Karunaratne (Kandy Falcons)
* Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 8 11 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Jaffna Kings 240/4 (20 overs) | v | Dambulla Aura 189/8 (20 overs) |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz 73 (35) Lahiru Kumara 2/56 (4 overs) | | Dasun Shanaka 44 (23) Binura Fernando 4/22 (4 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 51 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Jaffna Kings)
* Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 10 12 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Jaffna Kings 178/5 (20 overs) | v | Colombo Stars 172/8 (20 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 35* (26) Benny Howell 2/37 (4 overs) | | Angelo Mathews 73* (39) James Fuller 2/32 (4 overs) Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 6 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: James Fuller (Jaffna Kings)
* Colombo Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 13 14 December 2022 15:00 (N) Scorecard
| Kandy Falcons 160/8 (20 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 150/9 (20 overs) |
| Fabian Allen 47 (23) Dunith Wellalage 2/7 (4 overs) | | Sadeera Samarawickrama 48 (41) Carlos Brathwaite 4/18 (4 overs) |
* Kandy Falcons won by 10 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Chamara de Soysa (SL) Player of the match: Fabian Allen (Kandy Falcons)
* Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 17 18 December 2022 15:00 (N) Scorecard
| Jaffna Kings 170/8 (20 overs) | v | Galle Gladiators 154/9 (20 overs) |
| Afif Hossain 54 (35) Wahab Riaz 3/37 (4 overs) | | Kusal Mendis 58 (45) Binura Fernando 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 16 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) Player of the match: Afif Hossain (Jaffna Kings)
* Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 19 19 December 2022 15:00 (N) Scorecard
| Colombo Stars 128/9 (20 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 131/2 (15.5 overs) |
| Dominic Drakes 38 (20) Shoaib Malik 2/4 (2 overs) | | Rahmanullah Gurbaz 69 (40) Dominic Drakes 1/30 (2.5 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 8 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Jaffna Kings)
* Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.

## Playoffs
### Qualifier 1

* Match 21 21 December 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kandy Falcons 143/8 (20 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 98/3 (11 overs) |
| Pathum Nissanka 35 (31) Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 3/30 (4 overs) | | Avishka Fernando 21 (11) Carlos Brathwaite 2/32 (3 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 24 runs (DLS method) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Vijayakanth Viyaskanth (Jaffna Kings)
* Kandy Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jaffna Kings were set a revised target of 75 runs from 11 overs due to rain.
* Rain during Jaffna Kings's innings prevented any further play.

### Final

* Match 24 23 December 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Colombo Stars 163/5 (20 overs) | v | Jaffna Kings 164/8 (19.2 overs) |
| Dinesh Chandimal 49 (40) Thisara Perera 1/16 (2 overs) | | Avishka Fernando 50 (43) Suranga Lakmal 3/23 (3 overs) |
* Jaffna Kings won by 2 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Avishka Fernando (Jaffna Kings)
* Jaffna Kings won the toss and elected to field.