Basnahira South cricket team
| One Day name | Basnahira South elevens | |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||
| Captain | IP T20 wins none | |
| Official website | Sri Lanka Cricket | |
Basnahira South cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams which make up the
Inter-Provincial Twenty20. They also participated in the 2007/08 Inter-Provincial Limited Overs Tournament. The tournament is defunct now. The top 75 players of the Premier Limited Overs Tournament take part in the Inter-Provincial tournament.[2]
The team plays their home matches in Colombo
Tyronne Fernando Stadium in Moratuwa.[3] Tillakaratne Dilshan is the captain of the side.[4] Prasanna Jayawardene, Malinda Warnapura and Chamara Silva are some of the other current Test cricketers
in the side.
2008/09 season
Basnahira South did not qualify for this year's finals Inter-Provincial Tournament. chased down the target with six balls remaining and qualified for the Twenty20 Champions League.
Name and participation
From the early years of the Inter-Provincial tournament to 2004/05 season teams used English names. But from 2007/08 onwards the teams were named in
Western Province
presented more than one team to the tournament except for 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons. Since then Western province teams became known as Basnahira North and Basnahira South. Basnahira is Sinhalese for West. Number of teams representing Western province varied from season to season and their names also. Teams represented Western Province for the each tournament given below.
| Team | Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1990/91 | 1992 | 1993/94 | 1994/95 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | |
| Western Province | Western Province | City, Suburbs | Suburbs, North, South | City, North, South | Western Province | North, South | Basnahira | ||||
Notable players
The following is a list of players who have represented both Basnahira South and Sri Lanka.[8]
Current squad
The squad for the 2008–09 season as of 22 March 2009.[4]
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Honours
- Inter-Provincial Tournament
- Inter-Provincial Limited Overs Tournament
- Inter-Provincial Twenty20
References
- ^ "North Western Province v Western Province South". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Silva, Revata S. (25 March 2009). "SLC Inter-Provincial T-20 – 2008/09 Top ninety players in bang-bang cricket". The Island. Upali Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Domestic Season". planetcricket.net. 22 December 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ a b "Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Tournament, 2008/09". cricinfo.org. ESPNcricinfo. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (16 March 2009). "Wayamba and Basnahira North qualify for final". cricinfo.org. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Cricinfo staff (24 May 2009). "Champions League expanded from eight to 12 teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (5 March 2009). "Udana stars in Wayamba's title win". cricinfo.org. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Tournaments in Sri Lanka". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 August 2009.