Sinhalese Sports Club
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| One-day name: | Sinhalese Sports Club |
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| Captain: |  Thilina Kandamby |
| Coach: | Avishka Gunawardene |
| City: | Colombo |
| Founded: | March 27, 1899 |
| Home ground: | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| Capacity: | 10,000 |
| 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 |
| Official website: | www |
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.
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.[1]
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 * )
Notable players
Players who have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket
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- Duleep Mendis
- Roy Dias
- Arjuna Ranatunga
- Sanjeeva Ranatunga
- Dammika Ranatunga
- Ashantha de Mel
- Mithra Wettimuny
- Sidath Wettimuny
- Saliya Ahangama
- Guy de Alwis
- Asanka Gurusinha
- Pramodya Wickramasinghe
- Marvan Atapattu
- Piyal Wijetunge
- Jayantha Silva
- Suresh Perera
- Nuwan Zoysa
- Ruchira Perera
- Avishka Gunawardane
- Mahela Jayawardena
- Thilan Samaraweera
- Dilhara Fernando
- Kaushal Lokuarachchi
- Dhammika Prasad
- Thilan Thushara
- Tharanga Paranavitana
- Dimuth Karunaratne
- Kaushal Silva
- Sachithra Senanayake
Current squad
- Kaushal Silva (wkt)
- Thilan Samaraweera
- Dimuth Karunaratne
- Tharanga Paranavitana
- Thilina Kandamby (capt)
- Upul Bandara
- Charith Jayampathi
- Sachithra Senanayake
- Dasun Shanaka
- Danushka Gunathilaka
- Chathupama Gunasinghe
- Mahela Jayawardene
- Kaushal Lokuarachchi
- Dhammika Prasad
- Sanka Ramesh
- Kasun Madushanka
- Geeth Alwis
- Amil Prasad
- Vishva Wijeratne
References
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- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
External links
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