Burgher Recreation Club

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Burgher Recreation Club
One Day nameBurgher Recreation Club
Personnel
Captain Hashen Ramanayake
Coach Reza Tahir
Team information
ColoursMaroon   [1]
Founded1896
Home ground Havelock Park
History
Premier Trophy  wins1
Premier Limited Overs Tournament  winsnil
Inter-Provincial Twenty20  winsnil
Official website www.brcclub.net

Burgher Recreation Club is a first-class cricket and hockey club based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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History

The club was founded on 26 December 1896 as the Bambalapitya Recreation Club, [2] with membership restricted to the Burgher community. The first president was A. W. Raffel, the honourary secretary O. H. Poppenback and the club captain V. O. Wright. [3] The club won its first cricket match on 9 November 1901.

In 1902 the club moved from Bambalapitiya to Havelock Park. On 31 May 1915 the club changed its name to the Burgher Recreation Club. [3] [4] In 1925 the club was adjudged cricket champions. In 1947 B. R. Heyn was appointed the captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. [4] In the 1950s the club opened its membership to the wider community. The club won its first P. Saravanamuttu Trophy in the 1955–56 season.

The club competed at first-class level in the Premier Trophy from 1988–89 to 2012–13, but lost its first-class status when the number of teams in the competition was reduced from 20 to 14 after the 2012–13 season. It is eligible for promotion back to first-class status, depending on its results in non-first-class competitions.

Honours

Current squad

These players featured in matches for Burgher Recreation Club in 2019/20. [5]

The names of players with international caps are listed in bold

NoNameNatAgeBatting styleBowling style
Batsmen
7 Raminda Wijesooriya Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 26Left-handed–
9 Lasith Lakshan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 29Right-handedRight-arm off-break
54 Bhanuka Rajapaksa Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 33Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
– Nisal Francisco Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 27Left-handedRight-arm leg-break
– Shanuka Dulaj Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 30Left-handedRight-arm leg-break
– Shehan Nissanka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 31Left-handedRight-arm leg-break
All-rounders
40 Hashen Ramanayake (Captain) Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 29Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
14 Deshan Dias Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 33Left-handed–
– Lisula Lakshan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 29Right-handed–
Bowlers
36 Kevin Koththigoda Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 26Left-handedRight-arm leg-break
– Sohaibullah Flag of Pakistan.svg 28Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
– Malindu Shehan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 30Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
34 Tharindu Kaushal Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 32Right-handedRight-arm off-break
– Chameera Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 29Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
– Duvindu Tillakaratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 28Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
– Mohamed Shiraz Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 30Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ "| Sri Lanka Cricket". www.srilankacricket.lk. Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  2. ↑ Ferguson, Alistair MacKenzie (1968). Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. Vol. 110–112. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 1143.
  3. 1 2 Perera, S. S.; Muthiah, S (Ed) (1999). The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket, 1832–1996. Janashakthi Insurance. p. 74.
  4. 1 2 Bandara, Sampath (21 August 2009). "Burgher Recreation Club Website launched". Daily News . Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Lakmal, Waruna (2020-02-06). "Photos: BRC Team Preview 2019/20". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.


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