Nondescripts Cricket Club

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]

• 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

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
18	Pathum Nissanka		22	Right-handed	–
21	Hasitha Boyagoda		22	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
44	Upul Tharanga		36	Left-handed	–
59	Mahela Udawatte		34	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
6	Nimesha Gunasinghe		25	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
All-rounders
23	Angelo Perera (Captain)		30	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Malinga Amarasinghe		23	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
50	Chaturanga de Silva		31	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
11	Sahan Arachchige		24	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Ravindu Tillakaratne		24	Left-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin
Wicket-keepers
–	Kasun Caldera		28	Right-handed	–
48	Niroshan Dickwella		27	Left-handed	–
27	Lahiru Udara		27	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
5	Dushmantha Chameera		29	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
8	Lahiru Kumara		23	Left-handed	Right-arm fast
10	Sachintha Peiris		25	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
29	Chamika Karunaratne		24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
26	Chamika Gunasekara		21	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
52	Sachindu Colombage		22	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
99	Lasith Malinga		37	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
89	Dilesh Gunaratne		31	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
96	Lasith Embuldeniya		24	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

• 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

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.

Players who have represented Ceylon in cricket

Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket

• Brief history of Nondescripts Cricket Club
• Cricinfo
• Nondescripts Cricket Club at CricketArchive
• Nondescripts Cricket Club at Sri Lanka Cricket