2012 Sri Lanka Premier League
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Administrator(s) | Sri Lanka Cricket |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout[1] |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | Uva Next (1st title) |
Participants | 7[2] |
Matches | 24[1] |
Player of the series | Shaminda Eranga (Nagenahira) |
Most runs | Dilshan Munaweera (Uva) [212] |
Most wickets | Jacob Oram (Uva) [15] |
Official website | www.slpl.lk |
The 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League season was the debut edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League, established by Sri Lanka Cricket in 2011. The season ran from 11 to 31 August 2012.[2] The tournament was originally scheduled to begin in 2011 but it was postponed to 2012, with the former Inter-Provincial Twenty20 taking its place.
Format
[edit]The tournament had a group stage and a knockout stage. The seven teams played in a single round-robin tournament in the group stage and the top four teams qualified for the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals played in the final.
Venues
[edit]All of the matches in the tournament were played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy and R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.[3]
Venue | Colombo | Kandy |
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Stadium | R Premadasa Stadium | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
Established | 1986 | 2008 |
Capacity | 35,000 | 35,000 |
Floodlights | Yes | Yes |
Venues for the tournament |
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Player draft
[edit]The draft was held on 5 July 2012 for international players and on 6 July for local players. 56 international players were drafted and comprised mostly Australian and Pakistani players.[4] 107 local players were drafted.[5]
Opening ceremony
[edit]The opening ceremony was held on 10 August 2012 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.[6]
Teams and standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Wayamba United | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.371 |
2 | Nagenahira Nagas | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.353 |
3 | Kandurata Warriors | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.420 |
4 | Uva Next | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.082 |
5 | Ruhuna Royals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.143 |
6 | Uthura Rudras | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.527 |
7 | Basnahira Cricket Dundee | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.885 |
Note: Top four teams qualify for the semi-finals.
League progression
[edit]Group matches | Knockout | |||||||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | SF | F | ||
Basnahira Cricket Dundee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Kandurata Warriors | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | NR | |||
Nagenahira Nagas | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | NR | L | ||
Ruhuna Royals | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Uthura Rudras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Uva Next | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | W | W | ||
Wayamba United | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | L |
Win | Loss | No result |
Team was eliminated in group stage |
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (knockout) to see the summary for the match.
Fixtures
[edit]- All match times in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Group stage
[edit]Ruhuna Royals
134 (20 overs) |
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Nagenahira Nagas
77/2 (12 overs) |
- Ruhuna Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain stopped play after 12 overs in the Nagenahira Nagas' innings. Their target would have been 73 runs from 12 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Basnahira Cricket Dundee
129/3 (13 overs) |
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Kandurata Warriors
95/7 (13 overs) |
- Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Uthura Rudras
179/7 (20 overs) |
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Wayamba United
183/1 (19.2 overs) |
- Wayamba United won the toss and elected to field.
Basnahira Cricket Dundee
136/9 (20 overs) |
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Uva Next
139/2 (18.2 overs) |
- Basnahira Cricket Dundee won the toss and elected to bat.
Kandurata Warriors
159/7 (20 overs) |
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Nagenahira Nagas
160/3 (19.3 overs) |
- Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Ruhuna Royals
145/3 (16 overs) |
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Uthura Rudras
118 (15.5 overs) |
- Uthura Rudras won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced the match to 16 overs per side and revised the Uthura Rudras' target to 154 runs from 16 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Wayamba United
147/9 (20 overs) |
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Uva Next
127 (18.1 overs) |
- Uva Next won the toss and elected to field.
Basnahira Cricket Dundee
146 (20 overs) |
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Nagenahira Nagas
151/4 (19 overs) |
- Nagenahira Nagas won the toss and elected to field.
Kandurata Warriors
168/5 (20 overs) |
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Uthura Rudras
105/7 (16 overs) |
- Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain revised the Uthura Rudras' target to 138 runs from 16 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Wayamba United
165/9 (20 overs) |
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Basnahira Cricket Dundee
98 (19.1 overs) |
- Wayamba United won the toss and elected to bat.
Uthura Rudras
124/8 (20 overs) |
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Uva Next
126/6 (19.1 overs) |
- Uthura Rudras won the toss and elected to bat.
Kandurata Warriors
142 (19.2 overs) |
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Ruhuna Royals
100 (17.2 overs) |
- Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Wayamba United
190/4 (20 overs) |
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Nagenahira Nagas
134 (19.5 overs) |
- Wayamba United won the toss and elected to bat.
Basnahira Cricket Dundee
150/6 (20 overs) |
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Uthura Rudras
156/6 (19.2 overs) |
- Basnahira Cricket Dundee won the toss and elected to bat.
Kandurata Warriors
149/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Wayamba United
147/6 (20 overs) |
- Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Basnahira Cricket Dundee
123/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Ruhuna Royals
124/6 (16.4 overs) |
- Basnahira Cricket Dundee won the toss and elected to bat.
Uthura Rudras
149/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Nagenahira Nagas
134/9 (20 overs) |
- Uthura Rudras won the toss and elected to bat.
Wayamba United
162/7 (20 overs) |
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Ruhuna Royals
148/9 (20 overs) |
- Wayamba United won the toss and elected to bat.
Uva Next
160/7 (20 overs) |
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Nagenahira Nagas
163/4 (19.1 overs) |
- Uva Next won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Wayamba United | 151/6 (20 overs) | |||||||
4 | Uva Next | 171/6 (20 overs) | |||||||
4 | Uva Next (D/L) | 63/1 (5.1 overs) | |||||||
2 | Nagenahira Nagas | 134/4 (15 overs) | |||||||
2 | Nagenahira Nagas | No result | |||||||
3 | Kandurata Warriors | Bye |
Semi-finals
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- Nagenahira Nagas advanced to the final as the higher seed.
Final
[edit]Nagenahira Nagas
134/4 (15 overs) |
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Uva Next
63/1 (5.1 overs) |
- Nagenahira Nagas won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain first reduced the match to 15 overs per side. Rain stopped play after 5.1 overs in Uva Next's innings. Their target would have been 45 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Statistics
[edit]Most runs
[edit]The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.
Player[7] | Team | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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Uva Next | 7 | 212 | 35.33 | 144.21 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 |
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Nagenahira Nagas | 7 | 211 | 70.33 | 139.73 | 73* | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 |
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Wayamba United | 5 | 203 | 40.60 | 128.48 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4 |
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Basnahira Cricket Dundee | 6 | 195 | 39.00 | 122.64 | 66* | 0 | 2 | 21 | 4 |
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Wayamba United | 6 | 190 | 38.00 | 137.68 | 93* | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 |
Most wickets
[edit]The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
Player[8] | Team | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
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Uva Next | 6 | 11 | 8.00 | 3.82 | 3/6 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
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Kandurata Warriors | 5 | 11 | 13.27 | 7.96 | 4/32 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 |
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Nagenahira Nagas | 7 | 11 | 17.54 | 7.72 | 3/15 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Wayamba United | 7 | 11 | 18.09 | 7.96 | 2/17 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 |
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Nagenahira Nagas | 7 | 11 | 19.18 | 8.44 | 3/34 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 |
Special awards
[edit]Player[9] | Team | Award | Value |
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Wayamba United | Young Player of the Tournament | |
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Nagenahira Nagas | Man of the Tournament | Mahindra XUV500 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Engineer, Tariq (7 May 2012). "Sri Lanka Premier League set for August this year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Indian players in SLPL a possibility – BCCI". ESPNcricinfo. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "SLPL to be played in Colombo, Pallekele". ESPNcricinfo. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Sri Lanka name 56 foreign players for SLPL". ESPNcricinfo. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ Engineer, Tariq (6 July 2012). "Jayasuriya among top picks in SLPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ "SLPL begins in grand opening ceremony". The Island. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Cricket Records | Sri Lanka Premier League, 2012 | Records | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Cricket Records | Sri Lanka Premier League, 2012 | Records | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo". Stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ FINAL : Uva Next Vs Nagenahira Nagas ( 31st August 2012 ) – Premadasa, Colombo. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012 – via YouTube.