Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament

Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament was a domestic Limited overs cricket competition in Sri Lanka held by Sri Lanka Cricket. It is a part of their Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament program. From 2008 the Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament became the mainstream domestic List A competition in Sri Lanka, with the Premier Limited Overs Tournament being the other, which is played between the clubs in Sri Lanka. Kandurata elevens has won all three tournaments with the first one being shared with Wayamba elevens.

Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament

Countries	Sri Lanka
Administrator	Sri Lanka Cricket
Format	Limited overs cricket
First edition	2008
Tournament format	Round-robin tournament and knockout
Number of teams	5
Current champion	Kandurata elevens
Most successful	Kandurata elevens (3 titles)
Website	Sri Lanka Cricket

History

Inaugural season

Kandurata elevens and Wayamba elevens met in the Final, however the match ended up in a No Result.[1][2]

Second season

Kandurata elevens wins their second Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament.[3]

Third season

2011 hosted the third season of the Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament. It was a shorter tournament compared to the previous one with only 13 matches, and most of them being held at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground with all three finals at the upgraded R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. This edition also 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 was the first time five different teams represented five different provinces in the tournament.[4]

Teams

Inter-Provincial teams.

Team		Province	Home ground	Inaugural season	Final season	Wins	2nds
	Kandurata elevens	Central Province	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	2007–08	2010–11	2	0
	Wayamba elevens	North Western Province	Welagedara Stadium	2007–08	2010–11	1	0
	Ruhuna elevens	Southern Province	Galle International Stadium	2007–08	2010–11	0	1
	Basnahira elevens	Western Province	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2010–11	2010–11	0	0
	Uva elevens	Uva	—	2010–11	2010–11	0	0
	Basnahira South elevens	Western Province South	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2007–08	2009–10	0	0
	Basnahira North elevens	Western Province North	R. Premadasa Stadium	2007–08	2009–10	0	0
	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI	—	—	2009–10	2009–10	0	0

Winners

Year	Final Venue	Man of the tournament	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2007–08 Details	R. Premadasa Stadium	Kumar Sangakkara	Kandurata elevens 131/5 (29.3 overs) Wayamba elevens 37/0 (6 overs)	No result (D/L method) Scorecard
2009–10 Details	Tyronne Fernando Stadium	Kaushalya Weeraratne	Kandurata elevens 264/7 (49.1 overs)	Kandurata won by 3 wickets Scorecard	Ruhuna elevens 263/7 (50 overs)
2010–11 Details	R. Premadasa Stadium	Kumar Sangakkara[note 1]	Kandurata elevens 255/6 (50 overs)	Kandurata won by 53 runs Scorecard	Basnahira elevens 172 (41.3 overs)

Competition placings

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
2007–08	Kandurata	Wayamba	Basnahira North	Basnahira South	Ruhuna
2009–10	Kandurata	Ruhuna	Wayamba	Basnahira North	Basnahira South	Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI
2010–11	Kandurata	Basnahira	Wayamba	Ruhuna	Uva

See also

• Premier Limited Overs Tournament

References

1. "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
2. "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.co.uk. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
3. "Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament 2009/10". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
4. "Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament 2010/11". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

Notes

1. Was named Player of the match for the final.