2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament

2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament
Dates30 March – 24 April 2018
Administrator(s)Sri Lanka Cricket
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Sri Lanka
ChampionsGalle (1st title)
Participants4
Matches6
Most runsRoshen Silva (535)
Most wicketsNisala Tharaka (11)

The 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament was a first-class cricket tournament, that was played in Sri Lanka during March and April 2018.[1][2][3] It took place following the conclusion of the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament and featured four teams based on the Centers of Excellence in Sri Lanka.[4] It was the first time this type of tournament has been played in Sri Lanka since 2013.[5] Galle won the tournament, finishing ahead of Dambulla, despite Dambulla winning a game, with Galle drawing all their fixtures.[6][7][8]

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the fixtures on 21 March 2018, with the second round of matches played as day/night games.[3][9] The day/night matches were used as preparation for the day/night Test match, which was played during Sri Lanka's tour of the West Indies in June 2018.[10] Following the conclusion of the tournament, a limited overs tournament took place with the same teams.[11]

Points table

Teams[12] Pld W L D A Pts
Galle 3 0 0 3 0 38.03
Dambulla 3 1 0 2 0 35.55
Kandy 3 0 0 3 0 22.55
Colombo 3 0 1 2 0 9.82

Squads

The following teams and squads were named to compete in the tournament:[2][13][14]

Colombo Galle Kandy Dambulla

Fixtures

Round 1

30 March–2 April 2018
Scorecard
Dambulla
v
Kandy
480 (109.4 overs)
Ashan Priyanjan 156 (239)
Kasun Rajitha 3/89 (22 overs)
364 (104.2 overs)
Niroshan Dickwella 112 (154)
Lahiru Gamage 5/71 (26 overs)
256 (65.5 overs)
Milinda Siriwardana 71 (118)
Kasun Rajitha 3/49 (14 overs)
221/2 (56.2 overs)
Mahela Udawatte 103* (137)
Ishan Jayaratne 1/9 (4 overs)
  • Dambulla won the toss and elected to bat.
30 March–2 April 2018
Scorecard
Galle
v
Colombo
476 (141 overs)
Roshen Silva 231* (392)
Dilruwan Perera 3/106 (34 overs)
333 (95.5 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 125* (258)
Akila Dananjaya 3/61 (22 overs)
177/3 (56 overs)
Sadeera Samarawickrama 77 (139)
Vishwa Fernando 2/24 (9 overs)
  • Galle won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 2

8–11 April 2018
(D/N)
Scorecard
Dambulla
v
Galle
244 (73.3 overs)
Kusal Mendis 89 (163)
Chaturanga de Silva 3/31 (10 overs)
255 (65.1 overs)
Chaturanga de Silva 54 (45)
Lahiru Gamage 5/78 (20.1 overs)
327/7d (89 overs)
Sachithra Serasinghe 112 (208)
Nisala Tharaka 5/65 (15 overs)
66/2 (27 overs)
Lahiru Milantha 25 (43)
Lahiru Madushanka 2/13 (7 overs)
  • Dambulla won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Only three overs of play were possible on day 2 due to rain.
8–11 April 2018
(D/N)
Scorecard
Kandy
v
Colombo
270 (77.1 overs)
Priyamal Perera 79 (146)
Wanindu Hasaranga 4/40 (9.1 overs)
138/9d (43 overs)
Kaushal Silva 26 (58)
Isuru Udana 4/35 (14 overs)
65/3 (16 overs)
Mahela Udawatte 41 (50)
Pramod Madushan 1/1 (2 overs)
Shehan Jayasuriya 1/1 (2 overs)
  • Colombo won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible on day 2 and only four overs were bowled on day 4 due to rain.

Round 3

21–24 April 2018
Scorecard
Colombo
v
Dambulla
210 (64.2 overs)
Lasith Abeyratne 85 (107)
Lahiru Madushanka 5/43 (13.2 overs)
359 (84.2 overs)
Manoj Sarathchandra 103 (181)
Dilesh Gunaratne 4/68 (16.2 overs)
351 (80.1 overs)
Shehan Jayasuriya 77 (76)
Jeffrey Vandersay 4/101 (24 overs)
205/5 (48 overs)
Kusal Mendis 62 (117)
Thikshila de Silva 3/53 (14 overs)
  • Colombo won the toss and elected to bat.
21–24 April 2018
Scorecard
Galle
v
Kandy
425 (120.3 overs)
Roshen Silva 168 (295)
Prabath Jayasuriya 4/116 (39.3 overs)
185 (41.2 overs)
Niroshan Dickwella 39 (42)
Nishan Peiris 6/67 (16.2 overs)
306/9d (73.5 overs)
Upul Tharanga 103 (111)
Chamika Karunaratne 5/63 (15.5 overs)
363/3 (81 overs)
Pathum Nissanka 188* (226)
Nisala Tharaka 1/37 (11 overs)
  • Galle won the toss and elected to bat.

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