The Colombo Strikers (abbreviated as CS) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2024 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. The team was captained by Thisara Perera and coached by Carl Crowe.[1]
| 2024 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Carl Crowe | ||
| Captain | Thisara Perera | ||
| |||
Squad
edit- Sources: ESPNcricinfo,[2] ThePapare.com[3]
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year Signed | Salary (US$) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||||
| Kavin Bandara | 
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22 August 1997 | Left handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | 5,000 | ||
| 11 | Shevon Daniel |
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15 March 2004 | Left handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | 10,000 | |
| Nipun Dhananjaya |
|
28 September 2000 | Left handed | Right-arm off break | 2023 | Retained | ||
| Sheshan Fernando |
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14 April 1993 | Right handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | 5,000 | ||
| 10 | Muhammad Waseem | 
|
12 February 1994 | Right handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | 20,000 | Overseas |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 21 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 
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28 November 2001 | Right handed | — | 2024 | 50,000 | Overseas |
| 23 | Sadeera Samarawickrama |
|
30 August 1995 | Right handed | — | 2024 | Direct signing | |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 7 | Shadab Khan | 
|
4 October 1998 | Right handed | Right-arm leg break | 2024 | Direct signing | Overseas |
| 29 | Chamika Karunaratne |
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29 May 1996 | Right handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2023 | Retained | |
| 74 | Angelo Perera |
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23 February 1990 | Right handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2024 | 20,000 | |
| 1 | Thisara Perera |
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3 April 1989 | Left handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | Direct signing | Captain |
| 23 | Glenn Phillips | 
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6 December 1996 | Right handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | Direct signing | Overseas |
| 1 | Dunith Wellalage |
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9 January 2003 | Left handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2024 | 50,000 | |
| Spin bowlers | ||||||||
| 4 | Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar |
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15 July 2007 | Right handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | 10,000 | Overseas |
| Pace bowlers | ||||||||
| 3 | Taskin Ahmed | 
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3 April 1995 | Left handed | Right-arm fast | 2024 | 50,000 | Overseas |
| 71 | Binura Fernando |
|
12 July 1995 | Right handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2024 | 55,000 | |
| Chamika Gunasekara |
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25 November 1999 | Right handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | 10,000 | ||
| 81 | Matheesha Pathirana |
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18 December 2002 | Right handed | Right-arm fast | 2024 | 120,000 | |
| Garuka Sanketh |
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30 May 2005 | Left handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | 13,000 | ||
| Isitha Wijesundera |
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11 May 1997 | Left handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | 5,000 | ||
Administration and support staff
edit| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Carl Crowe |
| Bowling Coach | Chaminda Vaas |
| Assistant Coach | Simon Helmot |
Season standing
editLeague table
editThe top four teams qualified for the play-offs
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galle Marvels (R) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −0.059 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Jaffna Kings (C) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −0.392 | |
| 3 | Colombo Strikers (4th) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.583 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | Kandy Falcons (3rd) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0.033 | |
| 5 | Dambulla Sixers | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −0.269 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo
Matches
edit| Date | Match No. | Opponent | Toss | Result | Man of the match | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Stage | |||||||
| 2 July | 3 | Kandy Falcons | Falcons elected to field. | Strikers won by 51 runs | Shadab Khan (CS) | [a] | |
| 3 July | 5 | Galle Marvels | Strikers elected to bowl. | Marvels won by 7 runs | Isuru Udana (GM) | ||
| 6 July | 7 | Kandy Falcons | Falcons elected to field. | Strikers won by 2 runs | Matheesha Pathirana (CS) | ||
| 7 July | 10 | Dambulla Sixers | Sixers elected to field. | Sixers won by 8 wickets | Kusal Perera (DS) | ||
| 10 July | 13 | Jaffna Kings | Kings elected to field. | Kings won by 7 wickets | Rilee Rossouw (JK) | ||
| 14 July | 17 | Jaffna Kings | Strikers elected to field. | Strikers won by 9 wickets | Shadab Khan (CS) | ||
| 15 July | 19 | Galle Marvels | Strikers elected to field. | Strikers won by 7 wickets | Matheesha Pathirana (CS) | ||
| 16 July | 20 | Dambulla Sixers | Strikers elected to field. | Sixers won by 28 runs | Mohammad Nabi (DS) | ||
| Play-offs | |||||||
| 18 July | 22 (E) |
Kandy Falcons | Falcons elected to field. | Falcons won by 2 wickets | Kamindu Mendis (KF) | ||
Notes
edit- ^ Shadab Khan became the first bowler from the Colombo Strikers to take a hat-trick.
References
edit- ^ "LPL 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 21". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Pathirana, Udana, Janat the most expensive picks in LPL 2024 auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "LPL 2024 Auction: Full Squads of all 5 Teams". ThePapare. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.