The Colombo Stars (abbreviated as CS) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2021 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. In November 2021, the team changed their name to Colombo Stars after changing owners. The team was captained by Dhananjaya de Silva for few initial games as an acting captain until Angelo Mathews recover and coached by Ruwan Kalpage.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Ages given as of 5 December 2021, the date the first match was played in the tournament
No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes Batsman18 Pathum NissankaRight-handed—3Ashan PriyanjanRight-handedRight-arm off break50Sherfane RutherfordLeft-handedRight-arm fast-mediumOverseas player All-rounders69Angelo MathewsRight-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain75Dhananjaya de SilvaRight-handedRight-arm off break 96 David Wiese Right-handed Right-arm medium-fastOverseas player 41Seekkuge Prasanna Right-handed Right-arm leg break84Keemo PaulRight-handedRight-arm fast-mediumOverseas player27Thikshila de SilvaLeft-handedRight-arm fast-mediumJehan DanielRight-handedRight-arm medium-fastHimesh RamanayakeRight-handedRight-arm medium-fastRavindu FernandoRight-handedRight-arm off break Wicket-keepers55Kusal PereraLeft-handedRight-arm medium18Tom BantonRight-handed—Overseas player56Dinesh ChandimalRight-handedRight-arm off break Spin bowlers 85 Lakshan Sandakan Right-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin4Akila DananjayaRight-handedRight-arm off break46 Jeffrey VandersayRight-handedRight-arm leg break Pace bowlers5Dushmantha ChameeraRight-handedRight-arm fast14Ravi RampaulLeft-handedRight-arm fastOverseas player78Naveen-ul-HaqRight-handedRight-arm medium-fastOverseas playerShiran FernandoRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Season standings Points table
League matches
Playoffs
Eliminator
Statistics Most runs
Player Matches Runs High score Dinesh Chandimal 9 277 65* Angelo Mathews 5 191 73 Dhananjaya de Silva 9 147 40 Tom Banton 8 109 30 Kusal Perera 7 96 58 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets
Player Matches Wickets Best bowling Seekkuge Prasanna 8 13 3/31 Dushmantha Chameera 9 13 4/35 Jeffrey Vandersay 4 11 6/25 Naveen-ul-Haq 9 10 3/27 Ravi Rampaul 4 6 3/27 Source: ESPNcricinfo
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