Galle Marvels in 2024

Galle Marvels

2024 season
Coach	Graham Ford
Captain	Niroshan Dickwella
Tournament performance	Runners-up
Most runs	Tim Seifert (400)
Most wickets	Isuru Udana (14)
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The Galle Marvels (abbreviated as GM) is a franchise cricket team which competes in 2024 Lanka Premier League. The team is based in Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. The team was captained by Niroshan Dickwella and coached by Graham Ford.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold
• Ages as of the first match of the season

No.	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary (US$)	Notes
Batters
33	Lasith Croospulle	Sri Lanka	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 25)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2023	Retained
	Alex Hales	England	(1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 35)	Right handed	Right-arm medium	2024	Direct signing	Overseas
54	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka	(1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 32)	Left handed	Right-arm medium	2023	Retained
	Sadisha Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka	(2004-06-30)30 June 2004 (aged 20)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	5,000
	Pasindu Sooriyabandara	Sri Lanka	(1999-10-19)19 October 1999 (aged 24)	Right handed	—	2024	5,000
Wicket-keepers
48	Niroshan Dickwella	Sri Lanka	(1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 31)	Left handed	—	2024	Direct signing	Captain
43	Tim Seifert	New Zealand	(1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 29)	Right handed	—	2023	Retained	Overseas
All-rounders
	Sahan Arachchige	Sri Lanka	(1996-05-13)13 May 1996 (aged 28)	Left handed	Right-arm off break	2024	20,000
	Dhananjaya Lakshan	Sri Lanka	(1998-10-05)5 October 1998 (aged 25)	Left handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	10,000
17	Janith Liyanage	Sri Lanka	(1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 28)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	36,000
	Kavindu Nadeeshan	Sri Lanka	(2001-08-31)31 August 2001 (aged 22)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	5,000
29	Dwaine Pretorius	South Africa	(1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 35)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	30,000	Overseas
50	Malsha Tharupathi	Sri Lanka	(2004-11-04)4 November 2004 (aged 19)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	25,000
17	Isuru Udana	Sri Lanka	(1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 36)	Right handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2024	100,000
	Chamindu Wijesinghe	Sri Lanka	(2000-09-03)3 September 2000 (aged 23)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	5,000
14	Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	(1986-09-26)26 September 1986 (aged 37)	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	20,000	Overseas
Spin bowlers
77	Prabath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	(1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 32)	Right handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2024	10,000
—	Yuri Koththigoda	Sri Lanka	(2006-01-07)7 January 2006 (aged 18)	Left handed	Left-arm leg spin	2024	5,000
88	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan	(2001-03-28)28 March 2001 (aged 23)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	50,000	Overseas
61	Maheesh Theekshana	Sri Lanka	(2000-08-01)1 August 2000 (aged 23)	Right handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Direct signing	Local Icon Player; Vice Captain
46	Jeffrey Vandersay	Sri Lanka	(1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 34)	Right handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	30,000
Pace bowlers
19	Zahoor Khan	United Arab Emirates	(1989-05-25)25 May 1989 (aged 35)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	10,000	Overseas
8	Lahiru Kumara	Sri Lanka	(1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 27)	Left handed	Right-arm fast	2024	30,000
	Mohamed Shiraz	Sri Lanka	(1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 29)	Right handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	10,000

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	2	Jaffna Kings	Kings elected to bat.	Marvels won by 5 wickets	Alex Hales (GM)
3 July	5	Colombo Strikers	Strikers elected to bowl.	Marvels won by 7 runs	Isuru Udana (GM)
5 July	6	Jaffna Kings	Kings elected to bowl.	Kings won by 5 wickets	Azmatullah Omarzai (JK)
7 July	9	Kandy Falcons	Marvels elected to field.	Marvels won by 6 wickets	Isuru Udana (GM)
9 July	12	Dambulla Sixers	Marvels elected to field	Sixers won by 25 runs	Chamindu Wickramasinghe (DS)
10 July	14	Kandy Falcons	Marvels elected to field	Marvels won by 8 wickets	Prabath Jayasuriya (GM)
14 July	16	Dambulla Sixers	Sixers elected to field	Marvels won by super over	Maheesh Theekshana (GM)
15 July	19	Colombo Strikers	Strikers elected to field.	Strikers won by 7 wickets	Matheesha Pathirana (CS)
Play-offs
18 July	21 (Q1)	Jaffna Kings	Marvels elected to field.	Marvels won by 7 wickets	Dwaine Pretorius (GM)
21 July	24 (F)	Jaffna Kings	Kings elected to field.	Kings won by 9 wickets	Rilee Rossouw (JK)

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Graham Ford
Assistant coach	Chamara Kapugedera
Bowling and fielding coach	Anton Roux