2024 Colombo Strikers season

Colombo Strikers
2024 season
CoachCarl Crowe
CaptainThisara Perera
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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]

Squad

  • Sources: ESPNcricinfo,[2] ThePapare.com[3]
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
  • Ages of the first match of the season
No. Name Nat. Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary
(US$)		 Notes
Batters
Kavin Bandara  Sri Lanka 22 August 1997 (aged 26) Left handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 5,000
11 Shevon Daniel  Sri Lanka 15 March 2004 (aged 20) Left handed Right-arm off break 2024 10,000
Nipun Dhananjaya  Sri Lanka 28 September 2000 (aged 23) Left handed Right-arm off break 2023 Retained
Shehan Fernando  Sri Lanka 6 September 2000 (aged 23) left handed Right-arm off break 2024 5,000
10 Muhammad Waseem  United Arab Emirates 12 February 1994 (aged 30) Right handed Right-arm medium 2024 20,000 Overseas
Wicket-keepers
21 Rahmanullah Gurbaz  Afghanistan 28 November 2001 (aged 22) Right handed N/a 2024 50,000 Overseas
23 Sadeera Samarawickrama  Sri Lanka 30 August 1995 (aged 28) Right handed N/a 2024 Direct signing
All-rounders
7 Shadab Khan  Pakistan 4 October 1998 (aged 25) Right handed Right-arm leg break 2024 Direct signing Overseas
29 Chamika Karunaratne  Sri Lanka 29 May 1996 (aged 28) Right handed Right-arm medium-fast 2023 Retained
74 Angelo Perera  Sri Lanka 23 February 1990 (aged 34) Right handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2024 20,000
1 Thisara Perera  Sri Lanka 3 April 1989 (aged 35) Left handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 Direct signing Captain
23 Glenn Phillips  New Zealand 6 December 1996 (aged 27) Right handed Right-arm off break 2024 Direct signing Overseas
1 Dunith Wellalage  Sri Lanka 9 January 2003 (aged 21) Left handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2024 50,000
Spin bowlers
4 Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar  Afghanistan 15 July 2007 (aged 16) Right handed Right-arm off break 2024 10,000 Overseas
Pace bowlers
3 Taskin Ahmed  Bangladesh 3 April 1995 (aged 29) Left handed Right-arm fast 2024 50,000 Overseas
71 Binura Fernando  Sri Lanka 12 July 1995 (aged 28) Right handed Left-arm medium-fast 2024 55,000
Chamika Gunasekara  Sri Lanka 25 November 1999 (aged 24) Right handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 10,000
81 Matheesha Pathirana  Sri Lanka 18 December 2002 (aged 21) Right handed Right-arm fast 2024 120,000
Garuka Sanketh  Sri Lanka 30 May 2005 (aged 19) Left handed Right-arm medium 2024 13,000
Isitha Wijesundera  Sri Lanka 11 May 1997 (aged 27) Left handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 5,000

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Head Coach Carl Crowe
Bowling Coach Chaminda Vaas
Assistant Coach Simon Helmot

Season standing

League table

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

  denotes the winning team.
  denotes the losing team.
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

  1. ↑ Shadab Khan became the first bowler from the Colombo Strikers to take a hat-trick.

References

  1. ↑ "LPL 2024 to be played from July 1 to July 21". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Pathirana, Udana, Janat the most expensive picks in LPL 2024 auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "LPL 2024 Auction: Full Squads of all 5 Teams". ThePapare. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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