Colombo Commandos cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams which make up the

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n domestic

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structure representing mainly three districts of Western Province, Sri Lanka, the

Colombo District Colombo District ( si, කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''kol̠am̆ba distrikkaya''; ta, கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் ''Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam'') is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level ...

, the Gampaha District and the

Kalutara district Kalutara District ( si, කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය; ta, களுத்துறை மாவட்டம் ''Kaḷuttuṟai Māvaṭṭam'') is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative ...

, and with some nearby provinces. In previous occasions, the province was divided into two halves as Basnahira North and Basnahira South, which was combined in this season as Colombo Commandos. The cricket team's first participation came during the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 2016 season which was known as Super T20 Provincial Tournament. The team plays their home matches in Colombo

R. Premadasa Stadium The R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium (RPS) ( si, ආර්. ප්‍රේමදාස ක්‍රීඩාංගනය, ta, ஆர். பிரேமதாச அரங்கம்; also known as Khettarama Stadium, Ranasinghe Prem ...

, Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and Tyronne Fernando Stadium in

Moratuwa Moratuwa ( si, මොරටුව, ta, மொறட்டுவை) is a large suburb of Colombo, on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. It is situated on the Galle–Colombo (Galle road) main highway, south o ...

Milinda Siriwardene Tisse Appuhamilage Milinda Siriwardana, commonly as Milinda Siriwardana (born 4 December 1985) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for limited over formats. He is a left-hand batsman and a left-arm spinner. He is playing Test, ODI ...

is the captain of the side. Shehan Jayasuriya, Shaminda Eranga and Niroshan Dickwella are some of the other notable current Test cricketers and

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ers in the national side. Colombo Commandos won the 2016 Super T20 Provincial Tournament by defeating

Galle Guardians Galle Guardians cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams which make up the Sri Lankan domestic cricket structure representing mainly Galle District of Southern Province, Sri Lanka, and with some nearby provinces. In previous occas ...

in the final.

Current squad

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Nadeera Nawela Nadeera Nawela (born 4 October 1984) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who plays for Bloomfield Sports Club. References External links * 1984 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Ampara District cricketers Badureliya Spor ...

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Ramith Rambukwella Ramith Rambukwella (born 8 September 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who plays for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and Twenty20 Internationals for Sri Lanka national side. His father Keheliya Rambukwella is a minist ...

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References

{{Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Provincial Twenty20 teams Sport in Colombo Cricket clubs established in 2016 Sports clubs and teams in Sri Lanka Cricket in Colombo