# 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League

The 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League season was the debut edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League, established by Sri Lanka Cricket in 2011. The season ran from 11 to 31 August 2012. The tournament was originally scheduled to begin in 2011 but it was postponed to 2012, with the former Inter-Provincial Twenty20 taking its place.

## Format

The tournament had a group stage and a knockout stage. The seven teams played in a single round-robin tournament in the group stage and the top four teams qualified for the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals played in the final.

## Venues

All of the matches in the tournament were played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy and R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
| Venue | Colombo | Kandy |
| Stadium | R Premadasa Stadium | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
| Established | 1986 | 2008 |
| Capacity | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Floodlights | Yes | Yes |
| ColomboKandyclass=notpageimage| Venues for the tournament | | |

## Player draft

The draft was held on 5 July 2012 for international players and on 6 July for local players. 56 international players were drafted and comprised mostly Australian and Pakistani players. 107 local players were drafted.

## Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 10 August 2012 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.

## Teams and standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Wayamba United | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.371 |
| 2 | Nagenahira Nagas | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.353 |
| 3 | Kandurata Warriors | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.420 |
| 4 | Uva Next | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.082 |
| 5 | Ruhuna Royals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.143 |
| 6 | Uthura Rudras | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.527 |
| 7 | Basnahira Cricket Dundee | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.885 |
Note: Top four teams qualify for the semi-finals.

## League progression

| | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Knockout | Knockout |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | SF | F |
| Basnahira Cricket Dundee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | |
| Kandurata Warriors | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | NR | |
| Nagenahira Nagas | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | NR | L |
| Ruhuna Royals | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | | |
| Uthura Rudras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | | |
| Uva Next | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | W | W |
| Wayamba United | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | L | |
| Win | Loss | No result |
| Team was eliminated in group stage |||
    Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
    Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (knockout) to see the summary for the match.

## Fixtures

    All match times in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

### Group stage

* 11 August 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Ruhuna Royals 134 (20 overs) | v | Nagenahira Nagas 77/2 (12 overs) |
| Lahiru Thirimanne 34 (33) Shaminda Eranga 3/15 (4 overs) | | Travis Birt 33* (38) Lasith Malinga 1/4 (2 overs) |
* Nagenahira won by 5 runs (D/L) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge(SL) and Sundaram Ravi(Ind) Player of the match: Shaminda Eranga (Nagenahira Nagas)
* Ruhuna Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain stopped play after 12 overs in the Nagenahira Nagas' innings. Their target would have been 73 runs from 12 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
* 11 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Basnahira Cricket Dundee 129/3 (13 overs) | v | Kandurata Warriors 95/7 (13 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 66* (39) Sohail Tanvir 3/31 (3 overs) | | Thisara Perera 35 (21) Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/26 (3 overs) |
* Basnahira won by 34 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri(SL)and Tyron Wijewardene(SL) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Basnahira Cricket Dundee)
* Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 August 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Uthura Rudras 179/7 (20 overs) | v | Wayamba United 183/1 (19.2 overs) |
| Imran Farhat 51 (22) Isuru Udana 2/38 (4 overs) | | Tamim Iqbal 93* (61) Kevon Cooper 1/26 (4 overs) |
* Wayamba won by 9 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Sena Nandiweera Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Wayamba United)
* Wayamba United won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Basnahira Cricket Dundee 136/9 (20 overs) | v | Uva Next 139/2 (18.2 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 56 (48) Dilhara Fernando 5/17 (3 overs) | | Upul Tharanga 65* (53) Rangana Herath 1/17 (4 overs) |
* Uva won by 8 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Nishan Dhanasinghe and Ruchira Palliyaguruge Player of the match: Dilhara Fernando (Uva Next)
* Basnahira Cricket Dundee won the toss and elected to bat.
* 13 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kandurata Warriors 159/7 (20 overs) | v | Nagenahira Nagas 160/3 (19.3 overs) |
| Thisara Perera 72 (33) Ben Laughlin 2/29 (4 overs) | | Imran Nazir 58 (32) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Nagenahira won by 7 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Tyron Wijewardene and Maurice Zilwa Player of the match: Imran Nazir (Nagenahira Nagas)
* Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* 14 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Ruhuna Royals 145/3 (16 overs) | v | Uthura Rudras 118 (15.5 overs) |
| Aaron Finch 65 (48) Jehan Mubarak 1/15 (2 overs) | | Farveez Maharoof 32 (17) Lasith Malinga 4/21 (4 overs) |
* Ruhuna won by 35 runs (D/L) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Rohitha Kottahachchi Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (Ruhuna Royals)
* Uthura Rudras won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain reduced the match to 16 overs per side and revised the Uthura Rudras' target to 154 runs from 16 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
* 17 August 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Wayamba United 147/9 (20 overs) | v | Uva Next 127 (18.1 overs) |
| Kamran Akmal 36 (32) Jacob Oram 3/6 (4 overs) | | Dilshan Munaweera 26 (19) Chathuranga Kumara 3/33 (4 overs) |
* Wayamba won by 20 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Ruchira Palliyaguruge Player of the match: Chathuranga Kumara (Wayamba United)
* Uva Next won the toss and elected to field.
* 17 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Basnahira Cricket Dundee 146 (20 overs) | v | Nagenahira Nagas 151/4 (19 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 35 (31) Shaminda Eranga 3/20 (4 overs) | | Mushfiqur Rahim 54* (39) Dirk Nannes 3/34 (4 overs) |
* Nagenahira won by 6 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Shaminda Eranga (Nagenahira Nagas)
* Nagenahira Nagas won the toss and elected to field.
* 18 August 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kandurata Warriors 168/5 (20 overs) | v | Uthura Rudras 105/7 (16 overs) |
| Thilan Samaraweera 71 (45) Farveez Maharoof 3/36 (4 overs) | | Dillon du Preez 19* (13) Sohail Tanvir 4/32 (4 overs) |
* Kandurata won by 32 runs (D/L) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Thilan Samaraweera (Kandurata Warriors)
* Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain revised the Uthura Rudras' target to 138 runs from 16 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
* 19 August 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Wayamba United 165/9 (20 overs) | v | Basnahira Cricket Dundee 98 (19.1 overs) |
| Kamran Akmal 65 (46) Charl Langeveldt 3/36 (4 overs) | | Rilee Rossouw 20 (16) Kaushalya Weeraratne 3/11 (3.1 overs) |
* Wayamba won by 67 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Ruchira Palliyaguruge Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Wayamba United)
* Wayamba United won the toss and elected to bat.
* 19 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Uthura Rudras 124/8 (20 overs) | v | Uva Next 126/6 (19.1 overs) |
| Janaka Gunaratne 30* (17) Sachithra Senanayake 3/16 (4 overs) | | Dilshan Munaweera 36 (25) Chathura Peiris 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Uva won by 4 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Sachithra Senanayake (Uva Next)
* Uthura Rudras won the toss and elected to bat.
* 20 August 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kandurata Warriors 142 (19.2 overs) | v | Ruhuna Royals 100 (17.2 overs) |
| Kithuruwan Vithanage 31 (27) Dilruwan Perera 3/21 (4 overs) | | Shahid Afridi 36 (16) Sohail Tanvir 3/4 (3.2 overs) |
* Kandurata won by 42 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Kithuruwan Vithanage (Kandurata Warriors)
* Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* 20 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Wayamba United 190/4 (20 overs) | v | Nagenahira Nagas 134 (19.5 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 96* (50) Ajantha Mendis 2/29 (4 overs) | | Angelo Perera 48* (39) Akila Dananjaya 3/18 (4 overs) |
* Wayamba won by 56 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Ruchira Palliyaguruge Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Wayamba United)
* Wayamba United won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 August 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Uva Next 155/6 (20 overs) | v | Ruhuna Royals 141/9 (20 overs) |
| Upul Tharanga 48 (40) Wahab Riaz 3/34 (4 overs) | | Wahab Riaz 31* (18) Seekkuge Prasanna 4/19 (4 overs) |
* Uva won by 14 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Seekkuge Prasanna (Uva Next)
* Uva Next won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Basnahira Cricket Dundee 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Uthura Rudras 156/6 (19.2 overs) |
| Rilee Rossouw 44 (37) Madushanka Ekanayake 2/35 (4 overs) | | Chamara Kapugedera 69* (42) Thilan Thushara 2/40 (4 overs) |
* Uthura won by 4 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Chamara Kapugedera (Uthura Rudras)
* Basnahira Cricket Dundee won the toss and elected to bat.
* 24 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kandurata Warriors 149/8 (20 overs) | v | Wayamba United 147/6 (20 overs) |
| Chris Lynn 80 (51) Mohammad Hafeez 2/14 (4 overs) | | Abdul Razzaq 36* (18) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 3/15 (3 overs) |
* Kandurata won by 2 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kandurata Warriors)
* Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 August 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Basnahira Cricket Dundee 123/4 (20 overs) | v | Ruhuna Royals 124/6 (16.4 overs) |
| Cameron Borgas 40 (33) Wahab Riaz 2/19 (4 overs) | | Nasir Jamshed 51* (46) Mahmudullah 3/30 (4 overs) |
* Ruhuna won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Raveendra Wimalasiri Player of the match: Nasir Jamshed (Ruhuna Royals)
* Basnahira Cricket Dundee won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kandurata Warriors | v | Uva Next |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Sagara Gallage
* 26 August 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Uthura Rudras 149/6 (20 overs) | v | Nagenahira Nagas 134/9 (20 overs) |
| Chamara Kapugedera 43 (32) Shaminda Eranga 2/32 (4 overs) | | Colin de Grandhomme 43 (28) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Uthura won by 15 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Sena Nandiweera and Ruchira Palliyaguruge Player of the match: Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Uthura Rudras)
* Uthura Rudras won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Wayamba United 162/7 (20 overs) | v | Ruhuna Royals 148/9 (20 overs) |
| Dinesh Chandimal 75 (54) Dilruwan Perera 2/32 (4 overs) | | Lahiru Thirimanne 40* (34) Chathuranga Kumara 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Wayamba won by 14 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Nishan Dhanasinghe and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (Wayamba United)
* Wayamba United won the toss and elected to bat.
* 27 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Uva Next 160/7 (20 overs) | v | Nagenahira Nagas 163/4 (19.1 overs) |
| Dilshan Munaweera 45 (35) Shaminda Eranga 2/25 (4 overs) | | Imran Nazir 44 (25) Charith Jayampathi 2/37 (4 overs) |
* Nagenahira won by 6 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Maurice Zilwa Player of the match: Imran Nazir (Nagenahira Nagas)
* Uva Next won the toss and elected to bat.

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Wayamba United | 151/6 (20 overs) | | | |
| 4 | Uva Next | 171/6 (20 overs) | | | |
| 4 | Uva Next | 171/6 (20 overs) | 4 | Uva Next (D/L) | 63/1 (5.1 overs) |
| | | | 2 | Nagenahira Nagas | 134/4 (15 overs) |
| 2 | Nagenahira Nagas | No result | 2 | Nagenahira Nagas | 134/4 (15 overs) |
| 3 | Kandurata Warriors | Bye | | | |

#### Semi-finals

* 28 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Uva Next 171/6 (20 overs) | v | Wayamba United 151/8 (20 overs) |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul 50* (41) Abdul Razzaq 2/17 (4 overs) | | Azhar Mahmood 75* (47) Jacob Oram 3/16 (4 overs) |
* Uva won by 20 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Jacob Oram (Uva)
* Uva Next won the toss and elected to bat
* 29 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Nagenahira Nagas | v | Kandurata Warriors |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Sagara Gallage and Ruchira Palliyaguruge
* Nagenahira Nagas advanced to the final as the higher seed.

#### Final

* 31 August 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Nagenahira Nagas 134/4 (15 overs) | v | Uva Next 63/1 (5.1 overs) |
| Angelo Mathews 73* (27) Andrew McDonald 2/24 (3 overs) | | Dilshan Munaweera 44 (23) Ajantha Mendis 1/25 (2 overs) |
* Uva won by 19 runs (D/L) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Ruchira Palliyaguruge Player of the match: Dilshan Munaweera (Uva)
* Nagenahira Nagas won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain first reduced the match to 15 overs per side. Rain stopped play after 5.1 overs in Uva Next's innings. Their target would have been 45 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Dilshan Munaweera | Uva Next | 7 | 212 | 35.33 | 144.21 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 |
| Angelo Mathews | Nagenahira Nagas | 7 | 211 | 70.33 | 139.73 | 73* | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 |
| Kamran Akmal | Wayamba United | 5 | 203 | 40.60 | 128.48 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | Basnahira Cricket Dundee | 6 | 195 | 39.00 | 122.64 | 66* | 0 | 2 | 21 | 4 |
| Tamim Iqbal | Wayamba United | 6 | 190 | 38.00 | 137.68 | 93* | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 |

### Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
| Player | Team | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
| Jacob Oram | Uva Next | 6 | 11 | 8.00 | 3.82 | 3/6 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sohail Tanvir | Kandurata Warriors | 5 | 11 | 13.27 | 7.96 | 4/32 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaminda Eranga | Nagenahira Nagas | 7 | 11 | 17.54 | 7.72 | 3/15 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isuru Udana | Wayamba United | 7 | 11 | 18.09 | 7.96 | 2/17 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajantha Mendis | Nagenahira Nagas | 7 | 11 | 19.18 | 8.44 | 3/34 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 |

### Special awards

| Player | Team | Award | Value |
| Akila Dananjaya | Wayamba United | Young Player of the Tournament | |
| Shaminda Eranga | Nagenahira Nagas | Man of the Tournament | Mahindra XUV500 |