Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground

Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground

Ground information
Location	Maitland Place, Colombo
Country	Sri Lanka
Capacity	2,000
Owner	Nondescripts Cricket Club
Operator	Nondescripts Cricket Club
Tenants	Nondescripts Cricket Club
End names
SSC Ground End Tennis Court End
International information
First WODI	15 November 2010:   Sri Lanka v   England
Last WODI	19 February 2017:   Sri Lanka v   Bangladesh
First WT20I	19 November 2010:   Sri Lanka v   England
Last WT20I	30 March 2018:   Sri Lanka v   Pakistan
Team information
Nondescripts Cricket Club (1888-present)
As of 4 September 2020 Source: Cricinfo

Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, a Sri Lankan first-class cricket ground in Maitland Place, Colombo, is the home ground of the Nondescripts Cricket Club. In February 1926, it hosted the first first-class cricket match ever played in Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then called).

Location

The ground, which has a seating capacity for 2,000 spectators, is in the Cinnamon Gardens district of Colombo, next to the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and across Maitland Place from the Colombo Cricket Club Ground.

History

Nondescripts Cricket Club, founded in 1888, moved to the ground in 1910 after reclaiming it from swampland. ^[1] On 12 and 13 February 1926, it hosted Ceylon's first first-class cricket match, between the touring W. E. Lucas' Bombay XI and Dr. J. Rockwood's Ceylon XI; the Ceylon XI won by seven wickets. ^{[2] [3]}

The ground has been in constant use as a first-class venue since 1989. ^[4] Three One Day International matches were played there in 1986–87, and three Women's One Day Internationals in 2010–11. A new pavilion was opened in 2007. ^[5] As of mid-November 2025, 240 first-class matches and 184 List A matches had been played at the ground. ^{[4] [6]}

Records

The highest first-class score on the ground is 290 not out by Lahiru Udara for Nondescripts against Ragama in 2019–20. ^[7] The best bowling figures are 8 for 24 by Nimesh Perera for Sebastianites against Nondescripts in 2000–01. ^[8]

References

1. "Nondescripts Cricket Club". MCC. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
2. "Dr J Rockwood's Ceylon XI v WE Lucas's Bombay XI". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
3. The Association of Cricket Statisticians, A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in Sri Lanka, ACS, Nottingham, 1987, pp. 7–8, 15, 20.
4. "First-class matches played at Nondescripts Cricket Club". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
5. "The new pavilion at the Nondescripts Cricket Club". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
6. "List A Matches played on Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
7. "Double centuries at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
8. "Seven wickets in an innings at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

External links

• Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground at Cricinfo
• Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground at CricketArchive

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