Uthuru cricket team also known as Uturu-Meda cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 team is one of the seven provincial cricket teams that take part in Sri Lankan Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament

Sri Lankan Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament

Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament is a domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It started as a First-class tournament in 1990 because of the general idea that Club cricket alone is would be not enough to keep Sri Lanka cricket competitive....

, representing Northern Province

Northern Province, Sri Lanka

The Northern Province is one of the 9 provinces of Sri Lanka. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Between 1988 and 2006 the province was...

. The team is based in Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Dambulla International Cricket Stadium is a 30,000 seat cricket stadium in Sri Lanka. The Stadium is situated in the Central Province, close to Dambulla on a 60 acre site leased from the Rangiri Dambulla Temple...

. It draws cricketers from Sri Lanka Premier Trophy

Premier Trophy

The Premier Trophy is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1938 and has existed under a number of different names. Matches before the 1988-89 season are not considered first-class.-List of winners:...

. Team colors are blue and yellow. Uthuru cricket team takes part in all three provincial tournaments: the first-class cricket

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 competition known as the Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament, the List A competition known as the Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament and the Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20.

Home ground

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Dambulla International Cricket Stadium is a 30,000 seat cricket stadium in Sri Lanka. The Stadium is situated in the Central Province, close to Dambulla on a 60 acre site leased from the Rangiri Dambulla Temple...

is the venue were Uthuru play its home games.