| 2007–08 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20 | |
| Administrator: | Sri Lanka Cricket |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host: |  Sri Lanka |
| Champions: | Wayamba Elevens |
| Count: | 1 |
| Runner Up: | Ruhuna Elevens |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 18 |
| Player Of The Series: | Chinthaka Jayasinghe (KXI) |
| Most Runs: | Jeevantha Kulatunga (WXI) (182)[1] |
| Most Wickets: | Sujeewa de Silva (RXI) (13)[2] |
| Website: | Cricinfo site |
| Next Year: | 2008–09 |
| Next Tournament: | 2008-09 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20 |
The 2007–08 SLC Super Provincial Twenty20 is the 1st season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. Six teams in total, five representing four provinces of Sri Lanka and a Sri Lanka Schools XI team participating in the competition. The competition began on 17 April 2008, when Basnahira North elevens played the Wayamba elevens at Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo.
This season comprised 15 regular matches, two semi finals and a grand final.[3]
| Team name (Sponsored name) | Home ground(s) | Captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basnahira North elevens Western Province North | Thilina Kandamby | |||
| Basnahira South elevens Western Province South | Prasanna Jayawardene | |||
| Kandurata elevens Central Province | Kaushalya Weeraratne | |||
| Ruhuna elevens Southern Province | Indika de Saram | |||
| Sri Lanka Schools XI Sri Lankan Schools | Dinesh Chandimal | |||
| Wayamba elevens North Western Province | Jehan Mubarak |
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| Results | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| Win | 4 points | |
| Tie | 2 points | |
| No Result (but play started) | 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). All finals were played at Welagedara Stadium.
| width=185 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
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| Ruhuna elevens (R) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | +3.904 | |||||||||
| Wayamba elevens (C) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | −0.316 | |||||||||
| Basnahira North elevens | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | +0.066 | |||||||||
| Kandurata elevens | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.749 | |||||||||
| Basnahira South elevens | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.168 | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka Schools XI | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.627 |
(C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up.
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| Team | width=25 | 1 ! | width=25 | 2 ! | width=25 | 3 ! | width=25 | 4 ! | width=25 | 5 ! | SF ! | width=25 | F | |||||||
| STOP! STOP | IF YOU ARE UPDATING THIS LIST, ALSO MAKE SURE THE ORDER IS CORRECT. EITHER USE THE SAME ORDER AS THE POINTS TABLE IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION OR USE ALPHABETICAL ORDER, AT LEAST UNTIL THE LEAGUE MATCHES ARE OVER. DON'T LEAVE IT IN A HALF-ASSED ORDER. THAT'S JUST SLOPPY. --> | Basnahira North | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Wayamba | ||||||||||||||||||||
Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed. | colspan="3" | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: Click on the points (group matches)or W/L (Knockout) to see the summary for the match. | Team was eliminated before the league reached this stage. | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 6 | 36.40 | 142.18 | 78 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 157 | 6 | 26.16 | 133.05 | 70 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 152 | 6 | 30.40 | 121.60 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 147 | 6 | 24.50 | 151.54 | 53 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 132 | 5 | 26.40 | 126.92 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 6 | 10.61 | 10.8 | 5.87 | 4/32 | |||
| 11 | 7 | 16.81 | 13.0 | 7.70 | 3/30 | |||
| 9 | 7 | 12.77 | 15.4 | 4.96 | 3/20 | |||
| 9 | 6 | 13.55 | 14.6 | 5.54 | 3/20 | |||
| 9 | 6 | 15.11 | 15.3 | 5.91 | 3/29 |
The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season.
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200/7 | Burgher | |||
| 174/9 | Kurunegala | |||
| 172/8 | Colts | |||
| 160/5 | Colts | |||
| 158/9 | Colts | |||
| 152/7 | Burgher |
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.
| Player | Team | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opponent | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 54 | 14 | 1 | Colts | ||||
| 78 | 45 | 5 | 5 | Kurunegala | ||||
| 70 | 38 | 7 | 3 | Moors | ||||
| 68 | 36 | 6 | 6 | Colts | ||||
| 67 | 33 | 5 | 5 | Burgher |
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in an innings.
| Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 4/13 | Colts | ||||
| 4.0 | 4/17 | Kurunegala | ||||
| 4.0 | 4/22 | Colts | ||||
| 4.0 | 4/32 | Colts | ||||
| 4.0 | 3/9 | Colts |