Jaffna Stallions in 2020

Jaffna Stallions

2020 season
Coach	Thilina Kandamby
Captain	Thisara Perera
League stage	3rd
2020 LPL	Qualified
Most runs	Thisara Perera (215)
Most wickets	Wanindu Hasaranga (13)
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The Jaffna Stallions (abbreviated as JS) is a franchisee team which competes in inaugural season of Lanka Premier League which is based in Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is under captaincy of Thisara Perera and coached by Thilina Kandamby.

The team was qualified for the semi-finals in the first season of LPL, after winning 4 out of 8 matches.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
•  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season

S/N	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
28	Avishka Fernando		(1998-04-05) 5 April 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
29	Dawid Malan		(1987-09-03) 3 September 1987	Left-handed	Right-arm legbreak	Marquee overseas player
45	Asif Ali		(1991-10-01) 1 October 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak	Overseas
23	Nuwanidu Fernando		(1999-10-13) 13 October 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak
All-rounders
1	Thisara Perera		(1989-04-03) 3 April 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Captain, Icon player
75	Dhananjaya de Silva		(1991-09-06) 6 September 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak
13	Wanindu Hasaranga		(1997-07-29) 29 July 1997	Right-handed	Legbreak
18	Shoaib Malik		(1982-02-01) 1 February 1982	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak	Overseas
10	Ravi Bopara		(1985-05-04) 4 May 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
14	Charith Asalanka		(1997-06-29) 29 June 1997	Left-handed	Right-arm offspin
N;A	Theivendiram Dinoshan		(2002-03-26) 26 March 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Wicket-keepers
18	Minod Bhanuka		(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995	Left-handed	—
50	Chaturanga de Silva		(1990-01-17) 17 January 1990	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
25	Johnson Charles		(1989-01-14) 14 January 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
23	Tom Moores		(1996-09-04) 4 September 1996	Left-handed	—	Overseas
Bowlers
82	Suranga Lakmal		(1987-03-10) 10 March 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
N/A	Binura Fernando		(1995-07-12) 12 July 1995	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
N/A	Prabath Jayasuriya		(1991-11-05) 5 November 1991	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
14	Usman Shinwari		(1994-01-05) 5 January 1994	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas
87	Kyle Abbott		(1987-06-18) 18 June 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
74	Duanne Olivier		(1992-05-09) 9 May 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
N/A	Maheesh Theekshana		(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak
N/A	Kanagarathinam Kabilraj		(1999-07-12) 12 July 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
N/A	Vijayakanth Viyaskanth		(2001-12-05) 5 December 2001	Right-handed	Legbreak
N/A	Sebastianpillai Vijeyaraj			Right-handed	Right-arm fast

Administration and support staff

Position	Nat.	Name
Co-Owner and CEO	United Kingdom	Anandan Arnold
Co-Owner	Canada	Rahul Sood
Mentor	India	Hemang Badani
Head coach	Sri Lanka	Thilina Kandamby
Fast Bowling Coach		Mario Villavarayan
Spin Bowling Coach		Sachith Pathirana
Fielding Coach		Vimukthi Deshapriya

Season standings

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Result	W	W	W	W	L	T	L	L
Points	2	4	6	8	8	9	9	9

Source: ESPN cricinfo
W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Colombo Kings	8	6	2	0	12	0.448
2	Dambulla Viiking	8	5	2	1	11	−0.087
3	Jaffna Stallions (C)	8	4	3	1	9	0.788
4	Galle Gladiators (R)	8	2	6	0	4	−0.203
5	Kandy Tuskers	8	2	6	0	4	−0.890

Source: ESPNCricinfo

• The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
•   Advanced to semifinals

Matches

  denotes the winner team.
  denotes the loser team.
  denotes tied matches.

League match	Team match	Date	Opponent	Toss	Result	Man of the match	Notes
2	1	27 Nov	GG	GG elected to bat.	JS won by 8 runs.	Avishka Fernando
5	2	30 Nov	DV	DV elected to field.	JS won by 66 runs.	Thisara Perera
8	3	1 Dec	KT	JS elected to bat.	JS won by 54 runs.
9	4	3 Dec	GG	GG elected to bat.	JS won by 5 wickets.	Avishka Fernando
11	5	4 Dec	CK	CK elected to field.	CK won by 6 wickets.	Dinesh Chandimal
15	6	7 Dec	DV	JS elected to field.	Cancelled due to rain.
16	7	9 Dec	KT	JS elected to bat.	KT won by 6 wickets.	Asela Gunaratne
18	8	10 Dec	CK	JS elected to field.	CK won by 6 runs.	Laurie Evans

Statistics

Most runs

* indicates a player who remained not out.

Batsman	Matches	Innings	Runs	HS	4's	6's
Thisara Perera	8	6	215	97*	17	16
Avishka Fernando	7	6	209	92*	14	14
Shoaib Malik	8	7	156	59	12	2
Minod Bhanuka	7	6	121	40	11	3
Wanindu Hasaranga	8	6	112	41	16	4
As of 13 December 2020

Most wickets

Notation 2/12 denotes 2 wickets obtained by 12 runs.

Bowler	Matches	Innings	Wickets	Figures	Runs	Overs
Wanindu Hasaranga	8	8	13	2/12	159	29.0
Duanne Olivier	7	7	8	4/44	206	20.1
Usman Shinwari	5	5	7	3/16	125	17.0
Suranga Lakmal	5	5	6	2/27	103	13.0
Thisara Perera	8	7	5	2/9	116	16.1
As of 13 December 2020

Awards and achievements

Date	Award	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
27 November 2020	Man of the Match	Avishka Fernando	GG	Won by 8 runs.	92* (63)
30 November 2020		Thisara Perera	DV	Won by 66 runs.	97* (44)
1 December 2020			KT	Won by 54 runs.	68 (28)
3 December 2020		Avishka Fernando	GG	Won by 5 wickets.	84 (59)

Season summary

In the first game of their history, the Stallions faced the Galle Gladiators. The Gladiators never really got going aside from a quickfire 58 of 23 by their captain Shahid Afridi. In response, the Stallions chased down the 175/8 made by the Gladiators with 3 balls to spare winning the match by 8 wickets. In game 2, a captains innings from Thisara Perera helped propel the Stallions to 217/8 from their 20 overs against Dambulla Viiking's. In the Viiking innings, Pakistani bowler Usman Shinwari took 3 wickets to help the stallions get their second win of the season. Perera was involved once again in the Stallions 3rd game. He scored 68 of 28 to get the Stallions to 185/8. USman Shinwari was once again the pick of the bowlers, this time with 3/17 to hand the Stallions their 3rd successive win. For the 2nd time in the season, the Stallions beat the Gladiators. This time was largely down to the Stallions opener, Avishka Fernando who scored 84 of 59 and hit 5 6's. This meant that the Stallions were still unbeaten in the tournament having played 4 games The 5th game of the Stallions season was against the Colombo Kings. Jaffna scored 148/9 from their 20 overs, with Wanindu Hasaranga top scoring with 41. In response, the target was chased down by the Colombo Kings with 6 wickets to spare. This was the Stallions first loss of the season. Unfortunately for the Stallions their 6th game was washed out. However, they stayed at the top of the table on the basis of a superior net run rate. 2 days later, they played their penultimate game of the league stage against the Kandy Tuskers. They were bowled out for 150 with Shoaib Malik top scoring with 59. They could not replicate the Tuskers with the ball, loosing the game by 6 wickets. The last match of the group stage for the Stallions was against the Kings. Batting first, the Kings scored 173/4 largely down to Laurie Evans who scored the first ever LPL hundred. In response, the Stallions could only score 167/6 from their 20 overs loosing their 3rd successive game. However, they still qualified for the semi-finals in 3rd place.