Southern Express | |
Owner: | Sri Lanka Cricket |
City: | Galle |
Coach: | Upul Chandana |
Captain: | Jehan Mubarak |
Founded: | 2013 (Ruhuna Red) |
Ground: | Galle International Stadium |
Capacity: | 35,000 |
Title1: | Super 4's T20 |
Title1wins: | 1[1] |
Title2: | CL T20 |
Title2wins: | 0 |
Southern Express (previously known as Ruhuna Red) is a franchise cricket team based in Galle, Sri Lanka.
The team first took part in the 2013 Super 4's T20 as Ruhuna Red, after losing two games out of three, the team was eliminated. In 2014 the team was renamed as the Southern Express
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. | Name[2] | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batsmen | |||||||
– | 1 October 1992 | Right | |||||
– | 18 September 1987 | Right | |||||
All-rounders | |||||||
– | Dilruwan Perera | 22 July 1982 | Right | ||||
– | Jehan Mubarak | 10 January 1981 | Left | ||||
– | Farveez Maharoof | 7 September 1984 | Right | ||||
– | Seekkuge Prasanna | 27 June 1985 | Right | ||||
– | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 23 November 1976 | Right | ||||
– | Angelo Perera | 23 February 1990 | Right | ||||
– | 23 June 1982 | Right | |||||
Wicket-keepers | |||||||
– | Niroshan Dickwella | 23 June 1993 | Left | – | Opening Batsman | ||
– | Kusal Perera | 17 August 1990 | Left | – | Opening Batsman | ||
– | 3 September 1993 | Left | – | ||||
– | 10 June 1991 | Right | |||||
Bowlers | |||||||
– | Lasith Malinga | 28 August 1983 | Right | Captain will not play for this team in clt20 | |||
– | 21 March 1989 | Left | |||||
– | 1 February 1991 | Left | |||||
— | 17 March 1991 | Left | |||||
— | 16 July 1991 | Right | |||||
– | 12 July 1995 | Right | |||||
– | 26 June 1989 | Right |