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2007–08 Inter Provincial Twenty20

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Cricket format
  
Twenty20

Player of the series
  
Chinthaka Jayasinghe

Matches played
  
18

Participants
  
6

Administrator
  
Sri Lanka Cricket

2007–08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20

Tournament format(s)
  
Round-robin and Knockout

Champions
  
Wayamba elevens (1st title)

Most runs
  
Jeevantha Kulatunga 182 (128 balls)

Most wickets
  
Sujeewa de Silva 13 (23.3 overs, 138 runs)

The 2007–08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 is the 1st season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. Six teams in total, five representing four provinces of Sri Lanka and a Sri Lanka Schools XI team participating in the competition. The competition began on 17 April 2008, when Basnahira North elevens played the Wayamba elevens at Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo.

This season comprised 15 regular matches, two semi finals and a grand final.

Rules and regulations

Teams received 4 points for a win, 2 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss. At the end of the regular matches the teams ranked two and three play each other in the preliminary final. The winner of the preliminary final earns the right to play the first placed team in the final at the home venue of the first placed team. In the event of several teams finishing with the same number of points, standings are determined by most wins, then net run rate (NRR). All finals were played at Welagedara Stadium.

References

2007–08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Wikipedia