Sinhalese Sports Club

Sinhalese Sports Club
	Sinhalese Sports Club crest
Personnel
Captain	Sachithra Senanayake
Coach	Avishka Gunawardene
Team information
City	Colombo
Colours	White [1]
Founded	March 27, 1899
Home ground	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Capacity	10,000
History
No. of titles	37
Premier Trophy wins	31 (including 3 shared)
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins	5
Twenty20 Tournament wins	1 (2005–06)
Notable players	Mahela Jayawardena ; Thilan Samaraweera ; Marvan Atapattu ; Arjuna Ranatunga

The Sinhalese Sports Club is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Sinhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 31 times to 2013.

A Test match between Sri Lanka and England at the SSC Ground, Colombo, March 2001.

History

In 1899, a combined school cricket team, composed mainly of cricketers from Royal College, S. Thomas' College and Wesley College beat Colts Cricket Club by a one run. A decision was made to form an all-Sinhalese club, and thus Sinhalese Sports Club was founded. The club leased a land in Victoria Park with sandy soil and covered with cinnamon trees.^[2]

Honours

Premier Trophy (31) – 1938–39, 1939–40, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1985–86*, 1986–87, 1988–89*, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95*, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2012–13

(Shared trophies designated a * )

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

No	Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style
Batsmen
16	Chamara Kapugedera	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
21	Dimuth Karunaratne	30	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Shammu Ashan	20	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Dilan Jayalath	21	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
–	Kavindu Kulasekara	23	Right-handed	–
All-rounders
1	Thisara Perera	29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
7	Dasun Shanaka	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
18	Sachithra Senanayake (Captain)	33	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
57	Milinda Siriwardana	32	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
70	Danushka Gunathilaka	27	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Charith Asalanka	21	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
Wicketkeepers
–	Kaushal Silva	32	Right-handed	–
–	Minod Bhanuka	23	Left-handed	–
Bowlers
30	Dhammika Prasad	35	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
46	Jeffrey Vandersay	28	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
63	Nuwan Pradeep	31	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Kasun Madushanka	27	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Akthab Cader	23	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
–	Vimukthi Perera	28	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
–	Akash Senaratne	22	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

Players who have represented the Sinhalese club in top-level domestic cricket

(wicket-keeper; 2 matches in 1988–89)

References

↑ "Domestic Clubs#Sinhalese Sports Club". Srilankacricket.lk. Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
↑ Kumar Sangakkara (3 August 2003). "Sri Lanka cricket – serious winning business!". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-23.

Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)

External links

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[1] "Domestic Clubs#Sinhalese Sports Club". Srilankacricket.lk. Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[observer-2] Kumar Sangakkara (3 August 2003). "Sri Lanka cricket – serious winning business!". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-23.