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Nondescripts Cricket Club

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Nondescripts Cricket Club
Nondescripts Cricket Club logo
Nondescripts Cricket Club crest
Personnel
CaptainSri Lanka Lahiru Udara
CoachSri Lanka Sajith Fernando
Team information
CityColombo
ColoursBlue  [1]
Founded1888; 136 years ago (1888)
Home groundNondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Capacity2,000
History
Premier Trophy wins16
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins5
Twenty20 Tournament wins0

Nondescripts Cricket Club (also known by its initials NCC) is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The team plays at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground.[2]

History

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The club was founded in 1888. The name "Nondescripts" is derived from the fact it was intended to be open to anyone, unlike other Colombo-based clubs at the time such as Sinhalese Sports Club, Moors Sports Club and Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club which were aligned with a particular ethnic group.[3]

Honours

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  • P Saravanamuttu Trophy/Robert Senanayake Trophy/Lakspray Trophy/Premier Trophy (16)

1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2013–14

  • Under 23 Trophy (2)

2008–09 2009–10

Current squad

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Players with international caps are listed in bold. (Updated as of 24 July 2022)

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Upul Tharanga 39 Left-handed Vice-captain
Ahan Wickramasinghe 23 Right-handed
Kaveen Bandara 27 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Sandun Weerakkody 31 Left-handed
Pathum Nissanka 26 Right-handed
Kamil Mishara 23 Left-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Sahan Arachchige 28 Left-handed Right-arm off break
Chamika Karunaratne 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Asel Sigera 25 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Amshi de Silva 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Johanne de Zilva 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keeper
Lahiru Udara 30 Right-handed Captain
Niroshan Dickwella 31 Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Sachindu Colombage 26 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Ashian Daniel 23 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Lasith Embuldeniya 28 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Yugeesha Dishan 25 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Wanuja Sahan 21 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Lahiru Kumara 27 Left-handed Right-arm fast
Chamika Gunasekara 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Dushmantha Chameera 32 Right-handed Right-arm fast
Sampath Nishshanka 22 Left-handed Left-arm medium

Team records

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Other Nondescripts clubs

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The name 'Nondescripts Cricket Club' derives from a 19th-century London-based team. The Nondescripts were a 'wandering' cricket club with no fixed ground and a team composed of players of all standards. A New Zealand Nondescripts Club was established in 1962 to promote "the principles of the game of Cricket, especially sportsmanship and high standards in dress, attitude and application." It too is a 'wandering' club drawn mainly from Wellington and Lower Hutt players; eight NZ internationals have played for the club, including Ewen Chatfield, John Reid and Bob Blair. In the 1980s, a Nondescripts Cricket Club played in the Brunei cricket league. Consisting largely of Sri Lankan expatriates, both Sinhalese and Tamil, it later merged with another club and changed its name.

Notable players

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See also: Category:Nondescripts Cricket Club cricketers

Players who have represented Ceylon in cricket


Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket

References

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  1. ^ "| Sri Lanka Cricket". www.srilankacricket.lk. Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  2. ^ Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo – Cricinfo
  3. ^ "Descriptions of the Nondescripts" – Andrew Miller, Cricinfo
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