Colombo Strikers in 2024

Colombo Strikers

2024 season
Coach	Carl Crowe
Captain	Thisara 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.

Squad

• Sources: ESPNcricinfo, ThePapare.com
• 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		(1997-08-22) 22 August 1997	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	5,000
11	Shevon Daniel		(2004-03-15) 15 March 2004	Left handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000
	Nipun Dhananjaya		(2000-09-28) 28 September 2000	Left handed	Right-arm off break	2023	Retained
	Sheshan Fernando		(1993-04-14) 14 April 1993	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
10	Muhammad Waseem		(1994-02-12) 12 February 1994	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	20,000	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
21	Rahmanullah Gurbaz		(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001	Right handed	—	2024	50,000	Overseas
23	Sadeera Samarawickrama		(1995-08-30) 30 August 1995	Right handed	—	2024	Direct signing
All-rounders
7	Shadab Khan		(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
29	Chamika Karunaratne		(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023	Retained
74	Angelo Perera		(1990-02-23) 23 February 1990	Right handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	20,000
1	Thisara Perera		(1989-04-03) 3 April 1989	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Direct signing	Captain
23	Glenn Phillips		(1996-12-06) 6 December 1996	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
1	Dunith Wellalage		(2003-01-09) 9 January 2003	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	50,000
Spin bowlers
4	Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar		(2007-07-15) 15 July 2007	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	10,000	Overseas
Pace bowlers
3	Taskin Ahmed		(1995-04-03) 3 April 1995	Left handed	Right-arm fast	2024	50,000	Overseas
71	Binura Fernando		(1995-07-12) 12 July 1995	Right handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2024	55,000
	Chamika Gunasekara		(1999-11-25) 25 November 1999	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	10,000
81	Matheesha Pathirana		(2002-12-18) 18 December 2002	Right handed	Right-arm fast	2024	120,000
	Garuka Sanketh		(2005-05-30) 30 May 2005	Left handed	Right-arm medium	2024	13,000
	Isitha Wijesundera		(1997-05-11) 11 May 1997	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

The 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

  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)
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)