# 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 (Sponsored name) | Home ground(s) | Captain |
| Basnahira elevens Western Province | | Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| Kandurata elevens Central Province | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Ruhuna elevens Southern Province | Galle International Stadium | Sanath Jayasuriya |
| Uva elevens Uva | | Thilina Kandamby |
| Wayamba elevens North Western Province | Welagedara Stadium | Jehan Mubarak |

## Stadiums

| Colombo | Colombo |
| Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Capacity:10,000 Matches:10 | R. Premadasa Stadium Capacity: 35,000 Matches: 3 |

## Rules and regulations

Points :
| Results | Points |
| Win | 4 points |
| Tie | 2 points |
| No Result $_{(butplaystarted)}$ | 2-point |
| Loss | 0 points |
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 (NRR).

## Standings and tournament progression
### Standings

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | T | L | NR | NRR |
| Wayamba elevens | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0.340 |
| Kandurata elevens (C) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1.095 |
| Ruhuna elevens | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +0.349 |
| Basnahira elevens (R) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | −0.625 |
| Uva elevens | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −1.077 |
    Full table on cricinfo
    (C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up.

### Tournament progression

| | | | Group Matches | Group Matches | Group Matches | Group Matches | Group Matches | | Knockout | Knockout |
| Team | Team | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | SF | F |
| | Basnahira | | 0 | 4 | Bye | 4 | 8 | | W | L |
| | Kandurata | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | Bye | | W | W |
| | Ruhuna | | 0 | Bye | 5 | 10 | 10 | | L | |
| | Uva | | Bye | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | |
| | Wayamba | | 4 | 4 | 8 | Bye | 12 | | L | |
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## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 11 January 2011 Scorecard
| Basnahira 217/9 (43 overs) | v | Wayamba 166/2 (29.1 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 58 (72) Chaminda Vaas 1/31 (7 overs) | | Dinesh Chandimal 92* (83) Sachithra Senanayake 3/37 (9 overs) |
* Wayamba won by 47 runs (D/L method) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Tyron Wijewardene
* Wayamba, who chose to field
* Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 218 runs in 43 overs for Wayamba.
* 12 January 2011 Scorecard
| Kandurata 268/6 (50 overs) | v | Ruhuna 115/7 (24.1 overs) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 68 (109) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2/13 (4.1 overs) | | Chamara Silva 34* (37) Suranga Lakmal 3/48 (9 overs) |
* Kandurata won by 96 runs (D/L method) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Ranmore Martinesz
* Ruhuna, who chose to field
* Bad light stopped play at 115/7 off 24.1 overs, match abandoned.
Uva receives a bye for this round.

### Round 2

* 13 January 2011 Scorecard
| Uva 200/2 (42.3 overs) | v | Wayamba 199 (44.5 overs) |
| Mahela Udawatte 90 (125) Rangana Herath 2/37 (9 overs) | | Dimuth Karunaratne 52 (82) Shaminda Eranga 3/31 (8.5 overs) |
* Uva won by 8 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Rohitha Kottahachchi
* Uva, who chose to field
* Match reduced to 47 overs per side.
* 14 January 2011 Scorecard
| Basnahira 258 (50 overs) | v | Kandurata 199/5 (42 overs) |
| TM Sampath 76 (71) Tillakaratne Dilshan 1/19 (7 overs) | | Kumar Sangakkara 84 (93) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 3/41 (5 overs) |
* Basnahira won by 3 runs (D/L method) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Tyron Wijewardene
* Kandurata, who chose to field
* Kandurata innings shortened due to bad light; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 203 runs from 42 overs 1 over lost at the start of the innings due to rain in the break. Bad light stopped play at 199/5 off 42 overs, match abandoned.
Ruhuna receives a bye for this round.

### Round 3

* 15 January 2011 Scorecard
| Ruhuna 285/8 (50 overs) | v | Uva 131/7 (30 overs) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya 97 (111) Chinthaka Jayasinghe 2/30 (9 overs) | | Mahela Udawatte 50 (63) Malinga Bandara 4/50 (10 overs) |
* Ruhuna won by 95 runs (D/L method) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella and SH Sarathkumara
* Uva, who chose to field
* Bad light stopped play at 131/7, match abandoned
* 16 January 2011 Scorecard
| Kandurata 231 (49.1 overs) | v | Wayamba 251/8 (50 overs) |
| Chamara Kapugedera 46 (63) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 4/60 (10 overs) | | Dinesh Chandimal 82 (102) Chanaka Welegedara 4/50 (9.1 overs) |
* Wayamba won by 20 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Grashan Liyanage
* Wayamba, who chose to bat
Basnahira receives a bye for this round.

### Round 4

* 17 January 2011 Scorecard
| Basnahira 214 (44.1 overs) | v | Ruhuna 283/7 (50 overs) |
| Angelo Mathews 56 (62) Thisara Perera 5/51 (7 overs) | | Sanath Jayasuriya 71 (67) Nuwan Pradeep 3/19 (7.1 overs) |
* Ruhuna won by 69 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella and SH Sarathkumara
* Ruhuna, who chose to bat
* 18 January 2011 Scorecard
| Kandurata 274 (49.5 overs) | v | Uva 165 (39 overs) |
| Sachith Pathirana 68 (70) Sohan Boralessa 3/33 (8 overs) | | Tharanga Paranavitana 50 (68) Janaka Gunaratne 3/45 (10 overs) |
* Kandurata won by 109 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Ravindra Kottahachchi
* Kandurata, who chose to bat
Wayamba receives a bye for this round.

### Round 5

* 19 January 2011 Scorecard
| Ruhuna 196 (47.4 overs) | v | Wayamba 197/5 (47.2 overs) |
| Upul Tharanga 45 (50) Suraj Randiv 1/27 (10 overs) | | Dimuth Karunaratne 97 (126) Sahan Wijeratne 3/34 (10 overs) |
* Wayamba won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Ranmore Martinesz
* Ruhuna, who chose to bat
* 20 January 2011 Scorecard
| Basnahira 214 (46.3 overs) | v | Uva 208/8 (50 overs) |
| Thisara Perera 43 (42) Chaminda Vaas 4/13 (8 overs) | | Shaminda Eranga 69 (80) Dinuka Hettiarachchi 3/35 (9 overs) |
* Basnahira won by 6 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Grashan Liyanage
* Uva, who chose to field
Kandurata receives a bye for this round.

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 23 January – R. Premadasa Stadium | 23 January – R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Wayamba | 152 (38.2 overs) |
| Wayamba | 152 (38.2 overs) | 26 January – R. Premadasa Stadium | 26 January – R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Basnahira | 221/9 (50 overs) | 26 January – R. Premadasa Stadium | 26 January – R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Basnahira | 221/9 (50 overs) | Basnahira | 172 (41.3 overs) |
| 24 January – R. Premadasa Stadium | 24 January – R. Premadasa Stadium | | Basnahira | 172 (41.3 overs) |
| 24 January – R. Premadasa Stadium | 24 January – R. Premadasa Stadium | Kandurata | 225/6 (50 overs) |
| Kandurata | 142/3 (28.5 overs) | Kandurata | 225/6 (50 overs) |
| Ruhuna | 141 (40.2 overs) | | |

### Semi Final 1

* 23 January 2011 Scorecard
| Wayamba 152 (38.2 overs) | v | Basnahira 221/9 (50 overs) |
| Thilan Samaraweera 59 (60) Mahela Jayawardene 39 (66) Ajantha Mendis 3/39 (10 overs) Rangana Herath 2/32 (10 overs) | | Tillakaratne Dilshan 62 (81) Angelo Mathews 32 (44) Dilruwan Perera 4/27 (8 overs) Chaminda Vaas 2/18 (7 overs) |
* Basnahira won by 69 runs R. Premadasa Stadium Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella
* Basnahira, who chose to bat

### Semi Final 2

* 24 January 2011 Scorecard
| Kandurata 142/3 (28.5 overs) | v | Ruhuna 141 (40.2 overs) |
| Sachith Pathirana 47 (35) Yohan de Silva 32 (69) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/24 (6.2 overs) Sachith Pathirana 2/31 (9 overs) | | Kaushal Silva 38 (70) Sachithra Serasinghe 35 (50) Suraj Randiv 1/41 (10 overs) Sachithra Serasinghe 1/28 (5 overs) |
* Kandurata won by 7 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Ranmore Martinesz
* Ruhuna, who chose to bat

### Final

* 26 January 2011 Scorecard
| Basnahira 172 (41.3 overs) | v | Kandurata 225/6 (50 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 67 (90) Roshen Silva 31 (52) Sohan Boralessa 4/30 (8.3 overs) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/18 (8 overs) | | Kumar Sangakkara 57 (75) Yohan de Silva 48 (88) Thisara Perera 2/42 (8 overs) Lasith Malinga 1/31 (8 overs) |
* Kandurata won by 53 runs R. Premadasa Stadium Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara
* Kandurata, who chose to bat
* Kandurata won the 2010/11 Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament

## Statistics
### Awards

* Man of the Tournament – Kumar Sangakkara: 268 runs (351 balls), highest score of 84 (93 balls) (Kandurata)
* Batsman of the Tournament – Kumar Sangakkara: 268 runs (351 balls), highest score of 84 (93 balls) (Kandurata)
* Bowler of the Tournament – Chanaka Welegedara: 10 wickets (35.5 overs), best innings bowling of 4/50 (9.1 overs) (Wayamba)