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Ruhuna cricket team
Personnel
CaptainUpul Tharanga
Team information
Colors  Red   Blue
Founded1990
Home groundGalle International Stadium
History
IP FC winsnone
IP LO winsnone
IP T20 winsnone
Official websiteFans Web Site

Ruhuna cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams that take part in Sri Lankan Inter-Provincial Tournament, representing Southern Province. The Ruhuna cricket team based in Galle. It draws cricketers from Sri Lanka Premier Trophy. Team colors are Red and Blue. Ruhuna cricket team takes part in all three provincial tournaments: the first-class cricket competition known as the Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament, the List A competition known as the Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament and the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20.

Ruhuna cricket team has participated every tournament since the inauguration of the tournament since 1990. Despite the team has been represented by many formidable international, national cricketers the team still to win a title in the Inter-Provincial tournament. Ruhuna was beaten by Wayamba cricket team in 2007/08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 by 31 runs in the finals,[2] the only time the team was qualified for a final of the tournament.

In the 2009 Inter-Provincial Tournament even though Ruhuna's Upul Tharanga scored his maiden first-class double century, it was not sufficient to them qualify for the semi finals.[3] Basnahira South defeat Ruhuna by 4 wickets.[4] In the 2009 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament's second semi-finals, Wayamba cricket team beat the Ruhuna in the bowl-out to reach the finals, after the match was affected by rain.[5] Eventually Wayamba went on to win the title, becoming the first team won the title twice.Web Site Link - http://slplt20.co/[6]

Name

From the inauguration of the Inter-provincial tournament in 1990 teams were named in English. The Southern Province cricket team known as the Southern province team. After the 10 years hiatus tournament revived in 2003/04 the Sinhalese names given to the five teams. The Southern province team named Ruhuna cricket team, after Kingdom of Ruhuna, one of the ancient kingdom in Sri Lanka, whose capital situated in Southern Province.[7]

History

Early years (1990–2000)

Sri Lanka Cricket fearing that Club cricket alone would not be enough to keep Sri Lankan cricket competitive, the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament was created as a domestic first-class cricket tournament in Sri Lanka in 1990.[8] From the inauguration of the tournament, in 1990, participating teams varied from year to year. The tournament started with four provincial teams. They were Western Province, Central Province, North Western Province and Ruhuna.

In the first first-class Inter-provincial tournament, which was called the 1990 Singer Inter-Provincial Trophy, Ruhuna, then called Southern Province, captained by Upul Sumathipala, had come third out of the four provinces, losing one out of three of their matches and and finishing the tournament with 10.1 points. Western Province went on to win the tournament, not losing a game.[9]

Establishment of Twenty20 (2000–2010)

With the establishment of Twenty20 cricket in 2003, it came to Sri Lanka in 2004 as the Twenty20 Tournament, however this was replaced with the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 in 2008. Wayamba won the 2007–08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20, which was the first edition of the tournament. They had won four out of five matches in the group stage and eventually won there way into the finals with Ruhuna. Wayamba won by 31 runs.[10]

2010–present

Grounds and Sponsorship

Galle International Stadium
LocationGalle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Opened1876
Tenants
Ruhuna cricket team (1990–present)
Main article: Galle International Stadium

Galle International Stadium in Galle is the home ground of Ruhuna team. It is a cricket stadium in Galle, Sri Lanka, situated near the Galle fort and fringed on two sides by the Indian Ocean. It is considered to be one of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world. Before being brought up to international cricket standards, it was known as ‘The Esplanade’, and is the home ground of the Galle cricket club.

Hirdaramani, one of Sri Lanka's apparel industrial companies is the team sponsor.[11]

Players

Sanath Jayasuriya one of the most experienced players in the side

Sanath Jayasuriya, one of the most experienced players in the contemporary international cricket is the captain of the team.[12] Number of Southern province-born cricketers present the team such as Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Champaka Ramanayake, Lasith Malinga and Upul Tharanga. The top 75 players from the Premier Limited Overs Tournament selected for the Inter-Provincial tournament.[13]

Current Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
?? Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka (1985-02-02) 2 February 1985 (age 39) Left-handed —
?? Ashan Priyanjan Sri Lanka (1989-08-14) 14 August 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
?? Tillakaratne Sampath Sri Lanka (1982-06-23) 23 June 1982 (age 42) Right-handed Right arm off break
All-rounders
7 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka (1969-06-30) 30 June 1969 (age 55) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Club captain
?? Saman Jayantha Sri Lanka (1974-01-26) 26 January 1974 (age 50) Right-handed Right arm off break
?? Dilhara Lokuhettige Sri Lanka (1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 44) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
?? Kosala Kulasekara Sri Lanka (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
?? Anil Rideegammanagedera Sri Lanka (1976-06-23) 23 June 1976 (age 48) Right-handed Right arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
?? Indika de Saram Sri Lanka (1973-09-02) 2 September 1973 (age 51) Right-handed —
?? Gihan de Silva Sri Lanka (1985-07-25) 25 July 1985 (age 39) Left-handed —
Bowlers
?? Sajeewa Weerakoon Sri Lanka (1978-02-17) 17 February 1978 (age 46) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
?? Sujeewa de Silva Sri Lanka (1979-10-07) 7 October 1979 (age 45) Right-handed Left arm medium-fast
99 Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka (1983-08-28) 28 August 1983 (age 41) Right-handed Right arm fast
?? Tharanga Lakshitha Sri Lanka (1982-04-30) 30 April 1982 (age 42) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
?? Sachithra Senanayake Sri Lanka (1985-02-09) 9 February 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right arm off break

Source: Ruhuna

Notable players

Main article: List of Ruhuna representative cricketers

The following is a list of players who have represented both Ruhuna and Sri Lanka.[14]

Honours

Domestic

Main article: Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament

First Class

List A

Twenty20

References

  1. ^ "Singer Inter-Provincial Trophy, 1990". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo. 03 July 2001. Retrieved 2009-06-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Wayamba v Ruhuna". cricketarchive.com. CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  3. ^ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (March 16, 2009). "Wayamba and Basnahira North qualify for final". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  4. ^ "Basnahira South v Ruhuna". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  5. ^ Dhambarage, Chris (5 April 2009). "Basnahira South-Wayamba final". Sunday Observer. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  6. ^ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (April 5, 2009). "Udana stars in Wayamba's title win". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  7. ^ "Ruhuna and its past". ruh.ac.lk. University of Ruhuna. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  8. ^ "Tournaments in Sri Lanka". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  9. ^ http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990/SL_LOCAL/SIPT/SINGER_TABLE_1990.html
  10. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/sldomestic/engine/match/345462.html
  11. ^ "Sri Lanka Domestic Season". planetcricket.net. 22nd December 2007, 03:19 AM. Retrieved 2009-06-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Ruhuna Squad". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo. March 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  13. ^ Silva, Revata S. (2009-03-25). "SLC Inter-Provincial T-20 – 2008/09 Top ninety players in bang-bang cricket". The Island. Upali Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  14. ^ "Southern Province v North Western Province". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-06-17. {{cite web}}: Text "cricketarchive.com" ignored (help)
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