Colts Cricket Club

Colts Cricket Club

කොල්ට්ස් ක්‍රිකට් සමාජය
Colts Cricket Club Crest
One Day name	Colts Cricket Club
Team information
City	Colombo
Colours	Chartreuse yellow [1]
Founded	1873;152 years ago (1873)
Home ground	Colts Cricket Club Ground
Capacity	10,000
History
Premier Trophy  wins	6
Premier Limited Overs Tournament  wins	1
Twenty20 Tournament  wins	0
Notable players	Chaminda Vaas
Official website	www.colombocolts.lk

Colts Cricket Club ^[2] is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They have won 6 first class tournaments of Sri Lanka domestic league as in 1991/92, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2008/09 and 2011/12 and 2 Premier Limited Overs Tournament as in 1998/99 and 2010/11.

Notable former Colts cricketer Chaminda Vaas

History

The club is officially known as Colombo Colts Cricket Club and was established in 1873 and re-organised in 1886. The club was originally based in Pettah, Colombo. The club has a first-class team and other teams like Club B, under-23 and under-25 as well as women's teams.

Honours

• P Saravanamuttu Trophy (1)

1991–92

• Premier Trophy (5)

1999–00, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2011–12

Current squad

These players featured in matches for Colts CC in 2019/20. ^[3]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No	Name	Nat	Age	Batting style	Bowling style
Batsmen
28	Avishka Fernando		26	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
49	Priyamal Perera		29	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
43	Hashan Dumindu		29	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
69	Sangeeth Cooray		30	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
14	Santhush Gunathilake		25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
All-rounders
47	Dilruwan Perera		42	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
17	Dhananjaya Lakshan		26	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
73	Jehan Daniel		25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Nalin Priyadarshana		34	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Wicket-keepers
23	Sadeera Samarawickrama (Captain)		29	Right-handed	–
55	Kusal Perera		34	Left-handed	–
Bowlers
4	Akila Dananjaya		31	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Nipun Ransika		25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
77	Nipun Malinga		25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Mahesh Theekshana		24	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break

Notable players

• Nuwan Kulasekara
• Angelo Mathews
• Thisara Perera
• Roshen Silva
• Chaminda Vaas
• Malinda Warnapura
• Roy Dias
• Gamini Goonesena
• Wirantha Fernando

Home ground

Main article: Colts Cricket Club Ground

Colts Cricket Club Ground is the club's primary venue for home matches.

References

1. "Domestic Clubs#Colombo Colts Cricket Club". Srilankacricket.lk. Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
2. "Sri Lanka domestic cricket. A brief history". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 27 October 2015.
3. Silva, Sithija De (2020-01-28). "Photos: Colts Cricket Team Preview 2019/20". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.

External links

• Cricinfo
• Colts Cricket Club at CricketArchive