Wayamba cricket team

Wayamba Elevens
Personnel
CaptainSri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
CoachSri Lanka Lanka de Silva
Team information
Colours  Green   Blue   White
Founded1990
Home groundWelagedara Stadium
Capacity10,000
History
First-class debutRuhuna[1]
in 1990
at Galle International Stadium
IP FC wins0 (Group Stage 2010)
IP LO wins1 Joint champions with Kandurata (2007–08)
IP T20 wins3 (2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10)
CLT20 winsnone
Official websiteSri Lanka Cricket

Wayamba cricket team was a Sri Lankan first class cricket team based in Kurunegala, that represented North Western Province. It drew cricketers from Sri Lanka Premier Trophy. The team competed in two provincial tournaments: the first class cricket competition known as the Inter-Provincial Tournament, and the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20. Also Wayamba province cricket team became joint champions with Kandurata in the 2007/08 Inter-Provincial Limited overs tournament after the finals match drawn due to rain.[2]

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis and Thilan Samaraweera are some of the experienced cricketers play for Wayamba province cricket team.

Wayamba Province cricket team participated every tournament from the inaugural season to 1994/95 season. After the tournament revived after nearly ten years in 2003/04 season the team excluded from the tournament. Eventually in 2007/08 when the team included again in the Inter-Provincial Limited overs tournament they went on to win the title under the captaincy of Mahela Jayawardene.[3]

  1. ^ "Singer Inter-Provincial Trophy, 1990". Cricinfo. 3 July 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  2. ^ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (14 January 2008). "Teams share trophy as rain ruins final". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament 2007/08 (Final)". cricketarchive.com. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 April 2009.