Cricket tournament
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.
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
All of the matches in the tournament were played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy and R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.[3]
Player draft
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
The opening ceremony was held on 10 August 2012 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.[6]
Teams and standings
Note: Top four teams qualify for the semi-finals.
League progression
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Loss |
No result
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Team was eliminated in group stage
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- 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
- All match times in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Group stage
- 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.
- Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Wayamba United won the toss and elected to field.
- Basnahira Cricket Dundee won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- 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.
- Uva Next won the toss and elected to field.
- Nagenahira Nagas won the toss and elected to field.
- 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 won the toss and elected to bat.
- Uthura Rudras won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- Wayamba United won the toss and elected to bat.
- Uva Next won the toss and elected to bat.
- Basnahira Cricket Dundee won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kandurata Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- Basnahira Cricket Dundee won the toss and elected to bat.
- Uthura Rudras won the toss and elected to bat.
- Wayamba United won the toss and elected to bat.
- Uva Next won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
- Uva Next won the toss and elected to bat
- Nagenahira Nagas advanced to the final as the higher seed.
Final
- 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
Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.
Most wickets
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
Special awards
References
External links