Nondescripts Cricket Club

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Nondescripts Cricket Club
Nondescripts Cricket Club logo.jpg
Nondescripts Cricket Club crest
Personnel
Captain Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Lahiru Udara
Coach Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sajith Fernando
Team information
City Colombo
ColoursBlue   [1]
FoundedMarch 19, 1888;137 years ago (1888-03-19)
Home ground Nondescripts 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]

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History

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

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

2008–09 2009–10

Current squad

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

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
Upul Tharanga 40Left-handedVice-captain
Ahan Wickramasinghe 24Right-handed
Kaveen Bandara 28Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Sandun Weerakkody 32Left-handed
Pathum Nissanka 27Right-handed
Kamil Mishara 24Left-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Sahan Arachchige 29Left-handedRight-arm off break
Chamika Karunaratne 29Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Asel Sigera 26Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Amshi de Silva 23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Johanne de Zilva 24Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keeper
Lahiru Udara 31Right-handedCaptain
Niroshan Dickwella 32Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Sachindu Colombage 27Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Ashian Daniel 24Right-handedRight-arm off break
Lasith Embuldeniya 28Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Yugeesha Dishan 25Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Wanuja Sahan22Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Lahiru Kumara 28Left-handedRight-arm fast
Chamika Gunasekara 25Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Dushmantha Chameera 33Right-handedRight-arm fast
Sampath Nishshanka23Left-handedLeft-arm medium

Team records

Other Nondescripts clubs

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

Players who have represented Ceylon in cricket


Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket

References

  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