Nondescripts Cricket Club
 Nondescripts Cricket Club crest | |
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain |  Angelo Perera |
| Coach | Sajith Fernando |
| Team information | |
| City | Colombo |
| Colours | Blue [1] |
| Founded | 1888 (1888) |
| Home ground | Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| History | |
| No. of titles | 20 |
Premier Trophy wins | 16 |
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins | 5 |
Twenty20 Tournament wins | 0 |
| Notable players | Kumar Sangakkara Aravinda de Silva Russel Arnold Lasith Malinga Upul Tharanga Dinesh Chandimal |
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]
Contents
1 History
2 Honours
3 Current squad
4 Team records
5 Other Nondescripts clubs
6 Notable players
7 References
8 External links
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
- P Saravanamuttu Trophy/Robert Senanayake Trophy/Lakspray Trophy/Premier Trophy (16)
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
- Under 23 Trophy (2)
2008–09
2009–10
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold
| No | Name | Nat | Age | Batting Style | Bowling Style | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 4 | Bhanuka Rajapaksa | | 27 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 44 | Upul Tharanga | | 34 | Left-handed | – | |
| 59 | Mahela Udawatte | | 32 | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| – | Nimesha Gunasinghe | | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 23 | Angelo Perera (Captain) | | 29 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 28 | Farveez Maharoof | | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 50 | Chaturanga de Silva | | 29 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| – | Malinga Amarasinghe | | 21 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 36 | Dinesh Chandimal | | 29 | Right-handed | – | |
| 48 | Niroshan Dickwella | | 25 | Left-handed | – | |
| 52 | Sandun Weerakkody | | 25 | Left-handed | – | |
| – | Lahiru Udara | | 25 | Right-handed | – | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 5 | Dushmantha Chameera | | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 8 | Lahiru Kumara | | 22 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 10 | Sachintha Peiris | | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| 21 | Chamika Karunaratne | | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| 34 | Tharindu Kaushal | | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| 99 | Lasith Malinga | | 35 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| – | Nuwan Karunaratne | | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| – | Lasith Embuldeniya | | 22 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Team records
Highest team total - 538 vs Sinhalese Sports Club
Best innings bowling figures - Lyndon Hannibal 8/38 vs MSC
Hundred in first match - Prasad Padmasanka 106 vs PSC
Hundred in each innings - Pradeep Hewage 168 & 123 vs Matara
Highest individual score - Aravinda De Silva 222 vs SCC
Partnership records -- 1 - 233 RP Arnold & S Weerasinghe
- 2 - 226 RP Arnold & MN Nawaz
- 3 - 143 MN Nawaz & PA de Silva
- 4 - 285 HP Tillakaratne & CP Mapatuna
- 5 - 234* RP Arnold & CP Mapatuna
- 6 - 239* DA Gunawardene & HP Tillakaratne
- 7 - 153 PA de Silva & AGD Wickremasinghe
- 8 - 147* RS Kalpage & MTT Mirando
- 9 - 130 HP Tillakaratne & KR Pushpakumara
- 10 - 62 RS Kalpage & WS Sirimanne
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
- Carl Obeysekera
Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket
- Rumesh Ratnayake
- Russel Arnold
- Upul Chandana
- Dinesh Chandimal
- Aravinda de Silva
- Niroshan Dickwella
- Avishka Gunawardene
- Ranjan Madugalle
- Lasith Malinga
- Naveed Nawaz
- Ravindra Pushpakumara
- Kumar Sangakkara
- Upul Tharanga
- Hashan Tillakaratne
- Gamini Wickremasinghe
- Farveez Maharoof
References
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^ Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo - Cricinfo
^ "Descriptions of the Nondescripts" - Andrew Miller, Cricinfo
External links
- Brief history of Nondescripts Cricket Club
- Cricinfo
Nondescripts Cricket Club at CricketArchive
Nondescripts Cricket Club at Sri Lanka Cricket
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