Nondescripts Cricket Club

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]

Nondescripts Cricket Club
Nondescripts Cricket Club crest
Personnel
Captain Angelo Perera
Coach Sajith Fernando
Team information
CityColombo
ColoursBlue  [1]
Founded1888 (1888)
Home groundNondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Capacity2,000
History
Premier Trophy wins16
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins5
Twenty20 Tournament wins0
Notable playersKumar Sangakkara
Aravinda de Silva
Russel Arnold
Lasith Malinga
Upul Tharanga
Dinesh Chandimal

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

These players featured in matches for Nondescripts in the 2019/20 season.[4]

Players with international caps are listed in bold

No Name Nat Age Batting Style Bowling Style
Batsmen
18Pathum Nissanka22Right-handed
21 Hasitha Boyagoda 22 Right-handed Right-arm off-break
44Upul Tharanga36Left-handed
59Mahela Udawatte34Left-handedRight-arm off-break
6Nimesha Gunasinghe25Right-handedRight-arm off-break
All-rounders
23Angelo Perera (Captain)30Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Malinga Amarasinghe23Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
50Chaturanga de Silva31Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
11Sahan Arachchige24 Left-handed Right-arm off-break
Ravindu Tillakaratne 24 Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin
Wicket-keepers
Kasun Caldera28Right-handed
48Niroshan Dickwella27Left-handed
27Lahiru Udara27Right-handed
Bowlers
5Dushmantha Chameera29Right-handedRight-arm fast
8Lahiru Kumara23Left-handedRight-arm fast
10Sachintha Peiris25Right-handedRight-arm off-break
29Chamika Karunaratne24Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
26 Chamika Gunasekara 21 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
52Sachindu Colombage22 Right-handed Right-arm leg-break
99Lasith Malinga37Right-handedRight-arm fast
89Dilesh Gunaratne31Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
96Lasith Embuldeniya24Left-handedSlow 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


Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket

References

  1. "| Sri Lanka Cricket". www.srilankacricket.lk. Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  2. Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo - Cricinfo
  3. "Descriptions of the Nondescripts" - Andrew Miller, Cricinfo
  4. Weerakkody, Hiran (2020-01-08). "Photos: Nondescripts Cricket Club Team Preview 2019/20". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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