The 2016 Super T20 Provincial Tournament is the seventh edition of the Inter-Provincial Twenty20. The tournament featured a different format from previous seasons, featuring five teams, and was held between 26 January and 5 February 2016. Colombo Commandos won the tournament, defeat Galle Guardians in the final by 8 wickets.
Format The Tournament will comprise 10 Round-robin matches plus the two semi-finals and the final. All first Round-robin matches and semi finals were held as day games and the final as a day/night game.
Teams
Team Province CaptainColombo Western Province Milinda SiriwardeneGalle Southern Province Dinesh ChandimalHambantota Southern Province Tillakaratne DilshanKandy Central Province Lahiru ThirimanneKurunegala North Eastern Province Mahela Udawatte
Venue All the matches will be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Colombo R Premadasa Stadium Capacity: 35,000
Points table TeamPoints table Hambantota Troopers 4 3 1 0 0 6 0.00 Colombo Commandos (C) 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.00 Galle Guardians(R) 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.00 Kurunegala Warriors 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.00 Kandy Crusaders 4 1 3 0 0 2 0.00 (C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up.
Fixtures
Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Match 4
Match 5
Match 6
Match 7
Match 8
Match 9
Match 10
Semi-finals
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Finals
Match 13
Statistics
Highest Team Totals The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season. Team Total Opponent Ground Colombo Commandos 182/5 Kandy Crusaders R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Galle Guardians 181/7 Kandy Crusaders R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Kandy Crusaders 178/6 Galle Guardians R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Kandy Crusaders 173/6 Colombo Commandos R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Colombo Commandos 169/4 Hambantota Troopers R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Last Updated 5 February 2016.Highest team totals – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
Most Runs The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table. Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s Dhananjaya de Silva Colombo Commandos 234 6 46.80 133.71 80* 0 2 25 5 Niroshan Dickwella Colombo Commandos 189 6 31.50 173.39 72 0 3 26 6 Lahiru Milantha Galle Guardians 174 5 34.80 158.18 78 0 1 17 9 Seekkuge Prasanna Hambantota Troopers 170 5 34.00 168.31 52 0 1 16 11 Dinesh Chandimal Galle Guardians 166 6 33.20 106.41 60 0 1 10 2 Last Updated 5 February 2016.Most runs – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
Most Wickets The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season. Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI Shaminda Eranga Colombo Commandos 14 6 13.35 9.8 8.13 4/18 Kasun Rajitha Colombo Commandos 10 6 15.30 14.4 6.37 3/25 Suraj Randiv Galle Guardians 8 5 14.25 14.2 6.00 3/12 Dushmantha Chameera Galle Guardians 7 5 19.28 15.4 7.50 4/26 Binura Fernando Hambantota Troopers 6 4 18.83 14.0 8.07 2/23 Last Updated 5 February 2016.Most wickets – Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
References
External links Tournament Page – Cricinfo