Matara Sports Club

Matara Sports Club was a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It played first-class cricket 1998 to 2001. It was demoted to Division II in 2002, and to Division III in 2014.[1]

Matara Sports Club
Team information
Founded1904
Home groundUyanwatta Stadium
History
Premier Trophy winsNone
Premier Limited Overs Tournament winsNone
Twenty20 Tournament winsNone

The Uyanwatte ground is home to Matara Cricket Club. In the parlour of cricket Matara stands for one thing only, the modern master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya. Jayasuriya played his early cricket here, is revered in the area and is now the MP for the Matara district.

History

The first official team was registered in 1904 and consisted of mainly European tea planters. Matara is a town in the southern province of Sri Lanka. Leading boys schools in Matara - Rahula, St. Servatius and St. Thomas Colleges have produced great cricketers, and some of them have played for the national team. Sanath Jayasuriya, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Indiak de Saram, Suraj Randiv, Janak Gamage, Prabhath Nissanka, Kasun Rajitha are some of them. Most of these cricketers started playing club cricket for Matara Sports Club. They won Div II Championship in 1989/90.

See also

References
  1. de Silva, P.D. "Toss of coin relegates Matara Sports Club to Division III". Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 October 2017. Matara Sports Club played in Sri Lanka Cricket’s Premier cricket tournament from 1998 to 2001.


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