Saracens Sports Club

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Saracens SC
One Day nameSaracens SC
Personnel
Captain Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Milinda Siriwardana
Coach Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ayesh De Silva
History
Premier Trophy  wins1
Premier Limited Overs Tournament  winsnone
Twenty20 Tournament  winsnone

The Saracens Sports Club (Saracens SC) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricket team that competes in the Premier Trophy.

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Honours

2008–09 (Tier B)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

NoNameNatAgeBatting styleBowling style
Batsmen
57 Milinda Siriwardana Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 38Left-handedLeftt-arm Slow left-arm orthodox
14 Ruvindu Gunasekera Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 32Left-handedRight-arm leg-break
15 Ashen Bandara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 25Right-handedRight-arm leg-break
27 Gamindu Kanishka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 36Right-handedRight-arm medium
Mishen Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 25Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Minhaj Jaleel Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 28Right-handedRight-arm off-break
Atif Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg 39Right-handedRight-arm off-break
All-rounders
Rizwan Haider Flag of Pakistan.svg 38Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
29 Andy Solomons Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 36Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
78 Saliya Saman Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 38Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
2 Thanuka Dabare Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 25Left-handed
10 Harsha Cooray (Captain) Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 40Right-handedRight-arm off-break
18 Navindu Vithanage Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 25Right-handed
Promod Maduwantha Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 26Left-handed
Bowlers
1 Sachithra Perera Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 31Right-handedRight-arm leg-break
7 Chathura Randunu Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 39Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
98 Roshan Jayatissa Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 34Right-handedRight-arm off-break
Chanaka Devinda Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 26Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Ranitha Liyanarachchi Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 29Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Mohomed Dilshad Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 31Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium

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