Basnahira South cricket team

Basnahira South

One-day name	Basnahira South elevens
Personnel
Captain	Tillakaratne Dilshan
Team information
Founded	Western Province 1990-1991 Basnahira South 1992-2010 Basnahira 2011
Home ground	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground & Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Capacity	10,000
History
First-class debut	vs North Western Province in 1992 at Welagedara Stadium
IP FC wins	none
IP LO wins	none
IP T20 wins	none
Official website:	Sri Lanka Cricket

Basnahira South cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams which make up the Sri Lankan domestic cricket structure representing southern region of Western province. Basnahira South is based in Colombo.The cricket team participate in the two provincial tournaments: the first-class cricket competition known as the Inter-Provincial Tournament, and the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20. They also participated in the 2007/08 Inter-Provincial Limited Overs Tournament. The tournament is defunct now. The top 75 players of the Premier Limited Overs Tournament take part in the Inter-Provincial tournament.

The team plays their home matches in Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and Tyronne Fernando Stadium in Moratuwa.Lexmark, a global printing and imaging solutions corporation is the Basnahira South's sponsor.Tillakaratne Dilshan is the captain of the side.Prasanna Jayawardene, Malinda Warnapura and Chamara Silva are some of the other current Test cricketers in the side.

Basnahira South did not qualify for this year's finals Inter-Provincial Tournament. Although they did better in the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament. They had the chance to qualify for the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. Despite entering the finals unbeaten Basnhira South, collapsed from a strong position of 133 for 1, losing their last nine wickets for just eleven runs.Wayamba chased down the target with six balls remaining and qualified for the Twenty20 Champions League.

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