Basnahira North cricket team

Basnahira North
One Day nameBasnahira North elevens
Personnel
CaptainThilina Kandamby
Team information
FoundedWestern Province
1990–1991
Basnahira North
1992–2010
Basnahira
2011
Home groundR. Premadasa Stadium
Capacity35,000
History
First-class debutvs Ruhuna cricket team[1]
in 1992
at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
IP FC wins3 (1992, 2008–09, 2009–10)
IP LO winsnone
IP T20 winsnone
Official websiteSri Lanka Cricket

Basnahira North cricket team represents northern region of Western Province, Sri Lanka in first-class cricket tournaments. Basnahira North is based in Colombo. The team competes in two Sri Lankan domestic cricket competitions. The first-class Inter-Provincial tournament and the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20. The team also participated in, now defunct, the Inter-Provincial Limited Overs Tournament in 2007–08. From 2009 onwards champions of the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament will be eligible to represent Sri Lanka in Twenty20 Champions League.[2] But Basnahira North did not win the title in this year. The team draws cricketers from first-class club competition Premier Limited Overs Tournament. The top 75 players of the tournament selected for the Inter-Provincial tournament.[3]

Basnahira North's home ground is R. Premadasa Stadium, which is situated in northern part of city of Colombo.[4] E-wis, a Sri Lankan IT company is the team's sponsor. Many cricketers who had represented leading schools in Colombo ended up playing for the Western province. Current captain of the side, Chaminda Vaas[5] is a player who studied at the St. Joseph's College, Colombo.

  1. ^ "Singer Inter-Provincial Trophy, 1992". ESPNcricinfo. 3 July 2001. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  2. ^ Cricinfo staff (24 May 2009). "Champions League expanded from eight to 12 teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  3. ^ Silva, Revata S. (25 March 2009). "SLC Inter-Provincial T-20 – 2008/09 Top ninety players in bang-bang cricket". The Island. Upali Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka Domestic Season". planetcricket.net. 22 December 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Tournament, 2008/09". ESPNcricinfo. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.

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