2016 Super Twenty20 Provincial Tournament Explained

2016 Super T20 Provincial Tournament
Administrator:	Sri Lanka Cricket
Cricket Format:	Twenty20
Tournament Format:	Round-robin and Knockout
Host:	Sri Lanka
Champions:	Colombo Commandos
Count:	1
Participants:	5
Matches:	13
Player Of The Series:	Dhananjaya de Silva (Commandos)
Most Runs:	Dhananjaya de Silva (234)
Most Wickets:	Shaminda Eranga (14)
Website:	Cricinfo site
Previous Year:	2014
Previous Tournament:	2014 Super 4's T20

The 2016 Super T20 Provincial Tournament is the sixth 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.^{[1] [2]}

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

See main article: 2016 Super T20 Provincial team squads.

Team		Province	Captain
		Western Province	Milinda Siriwardene
		Southern Province	Dinesh Chandimal
		Southern Province	Tillakaratne Dilshan
		Central Province	Lahiru Thirimanne
		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

width=185	Team^[3]	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
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
	4	1	3	0	0	2	0.00

(C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up.

Fixtures

Match 10

Semi-finals

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
	182/5		R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
	181/7		R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
	178/6		R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
	173/6		R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
	169/4		R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Last Updated 5 February 2016.^[4]

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
		234	6	46.80	133.71	80*	0	2	25	5
		189	6	31.50	173.39	72	0	3	26	6
		174	5	34.80	158.18	78	0	1	17	9
		170	5	34.00	168.31	52	0	1	16	11
		166	6	33.20	106.41	60	0	1	10	2

Last Updated 5 February 2016.^[5]

Most Wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
		14	6	13.35	9.8	8.13	4/18
		10	6	15.30	14.4	6.37	3/25
		8	5	14.25	14.2	6.00	3/12
		7	5	19.28	15.4	7.50	4/26
		6	4	18.83	14.0	8.07	2/23

Last Updated 5 February 2016.^[6]

External links

• Tournament Page – Cricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: SUPER T20 PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT . CricInfo . 2016-01-26 .
2. Web site: SLC Super T20 Provincial Tournament begins . The Sunday Times. 26 January 2016.
3. http://www.espncricinfo.com/slcipt20-11/engine/series/523349.html?view=pointstable Points table
4. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/super-twenty20-2016/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?id=10727;type=tournament Highest team totals – Cricinfo
5. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/super-twenty20-2016/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=10727;type=tournament Most runs – Cricinfo
6. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/super-twenty20-2016/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=10727;type=tournament Most wickets – Cricinfo