The 2010–11 Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament will be the third season of the official Limited overs domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It will be a shorter tournament compared to the previous one with only 13 matches, and all group matches being held at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and all three finals at the newly upgraded R. Premadasa Stadium also in Colombo. This edition featured the Uva cricket team's debut in the limited overs tournament of the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, having previously featured in the Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament. This season also saw the introduction of the Basnahira cricket team with the merger of Basnahira North and Basnahira South cricket teams. It will be the first time five different teams represent five different Provinces in the tournament.
This season comprised 10 regular matches, two semi finals and a grand final.
Round 1
11 January 2011 | Basnahira 217/9 (43 overs) | v | Wayamba 166/2 (29.1 overs) | Wayamba won by 47 runs (D/L method) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Tyron Wijewardene |
Tillakaratne Dilshan 58 (72) Chaminda Vaas 1/31 (7 overs) | Dinesh Chandimal 92* (83) Sachithra Senanayake 3/37 (9 overs) | |||
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12 January 2011 | Kandurata 268/6 (50 overs) | v | Ruhuna 115/7 (24.1 overs) | Kandurata won by 96 runs (D/L method) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Ranmore Martinesz |
Kumar Sangakkara 68 (109) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2/13 (4.1 overs) | Chamara Silva 34* (37) Suranga Lakmal 3/48 (9 overs) | |||
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Uva receives a bye for this round.
Round 2
13 January 2011 | Uva 200/2 (42.3 overs) | v | Wayamba 199 (44.5 overs) | Uva won by 8 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Rohitha Kottahachchi |
Mahela Udawatte 90 (125) Rangana Herath 2/37 (9 overs) | Dimuth Karunaratne 52 (82) Shaminda Eranga 3/31 (8.5 overs) | |||
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14 January 2011 | Basnahira 258 (50 overs) | v | Kandurata 199/5 (42 overs) | Basnahira won by 3 runs (D/L method) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Tyron Wijewardene |
TM Sampath 76 (71) Tillakaratne Dilshan 1/19 (7 overs) | Kumar Sangakkara 84 (93) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 3/41 (5 overs) | |||
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Ruhuna receives a bye for this round.
Round 3
15 January 2011 | Ruhuna 285/8 (50 overs) | v | Uva 131/7 (30 overs) | Ruhuna won by 95 runs (D/L method) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella and SH Sarathkumara |
Sanath Jayasuriya 97 (111) Chinthaka Jayasinghe 2/30 (9 overs) | Mahela Udawatte 50 (63) Malinga Bandara 4/50 (10 overs) | |||
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16 January 2011 | Kandurata 231 (49.1 overs) | v | Wayamba 251/8 (50 overs) | Wayamba won by 20 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Grashan Liyanage |
Chamara Kapugedera 46 (63) Chaminda Vidanapathirana 4/60 (10 overs) | Dinesh Chandimal 82 (102) Chanaka Welegedara 4/50 (9.1 overs) | |||
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Basnahira receives a bye for this round.
Round 4
17 January 2011 | Basnahira 214 (44.1 overs) | v | Ruhuna 283/7 (50 overs) | Ruhuna won by 69 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella and SH Sarathkumara |
Angelo Mathews 56 (62) Thisara Perera 5/51 (7 overs) | Sanath Jayasuriya 71 (67) Nuwan Pradeep 3/19 (7.1 overs) | |||
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18 January 2011 | Kandurata 274 (49.5 overs) | v | Uva 165 (39 overs) | Kandurata won by 109 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal and Ravindra Kottahachchi |
Sachith Pathirana 68 (70) Sohan Boralessa 3/33 (8 overs) | Tharanga Paranavitana 50 (68) Janaka Gunaratne 3/45 (10 overs) | |||
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Wayamba receives a bye for this round.
Round 5
19 January 2011 | Ruhuna 196 (47.4 overs) | v | Wayamba 197/5 (47.2 overs) | Wayamba won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Ranmore Martinesz |
Upul Tharanga 45 (50) Suraj Randiv 1/27 (10 overs) | Dimuth Karunaratne 97 (126) Sahan Wijeratne 3/34 (10 overs) | |||
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20 January 2011 | Basnahira 214 (46.3 overs) | v | Uva 208/8 (50 overs) | Basnahira won by 6 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Grashan Liyanage |
Thisara Perera 43 (42) Chaminda Vaas 4/13 (8 overs) | Shaminda Eranga 69 (80) Dinuka Hettiarachchi 3/35 (9 overs) | |||
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Kandurata receives a bye for this round.
Knockout Stage
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
23 January - R. Premadasa Stadium | |||||||
Wayamba | 152 (38.2 overs) | ||||||
Basnahira | 221/9 (50 overs) | ||||||
26 January - R. Premadasa Stadium | |||||||
Basnahira | 172 (41.3 overs) | ||||||
Kandurata | 225/6 (50 overs) | ||||||
24 January - R. Premadasa Stadium | |||||||
Kandurata | 142/3 (28.5 overs) | ||||||
Ruhuna | 141 (40.2 overs) |
Semi Final 1
23 January 2011 | Wayamba 152 (38.2 overs) | v | Basnahira 221/9 (50 overs) | Basnahira won by 69 runs R. Premadasa Stadium Umpires: Rohitha Kottahachchi and Prageeth Rambukwella |
Thilan Samaraweera 59 (60) Mahela Jayawardene 39 (66) Ajantha Mendis 3/39 (10 overs) Rangana Herath 2/32 (10 overs) | Tillakaratne Dilshan 62 (81) Angelo Mathews 32 (44) Dilruwan Perera 4/27 (8 overs) Chaminda Vaas 2/18 (7 overs) | |||
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Semi Final 2
24 January 2011 | Kandurata 142/3 (28.5 overs) | v | Ruhuna 141 (40.2 overs) | Kandurata won by 7 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Ranmore Martinesz |
Sachith Pathirana 47 (35) Yohan de Silva 32 (69) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/24 (6.2 overs) Sachith Pathirana 2/31 (9 overs) | Kaushal Silva 38 (70) Sachithra Serasinghe 35 (50) Suraj Randiv 1/41 (10 overs) Sachithra Serasinghe 1/28 (5 overs) | |||
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Final
26 January 2011 | Basnahira 172 (41.3 overs) | v | Kandurata 225/6 (50 overs) | Kandurata won by 53 runs R. Premadasa Stadium Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara |
Tillakaratne Dilshan 67 (90) Roshen Silva 31 (52) Sohan Boralessa 4/30 (8.3 overs) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/18 (8 overs) | Kumar Sangakkara 57 (75) Yohan de Silva 48 (88) Thisara Perera 2/42 (8 overs) Lasith Malinga 1/31 (8 overs) | |||
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