Singhalese Sports Club
![]() Singhalese Sports Club crest | |
Personnel | |
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Captain | ![]() |
Coach | ![]() |
Team information | |
City | Colombo |
Colours | White [1] |
Founded | March 27, 1899 |
Home ground | Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground |
Capacity | 10,000 |
History | |
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 |
The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 31 times to 2013. Although the name is correctly spelt with the old spelling "Singhalese", the name is sometimes misspelt with the modern spelling "Sinhalese".
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History
In 1899,[2] 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 Singhalese Sports Club was founded. The club leased a land in Victoria Park with sandy soil and covered with cinnamon trees.[3]
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 * )
Current squad
These players featured in matches for SSC in the 2019/20 season[4]
Players with international caps are listed in bold
No | Name | Nat | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | |
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Batsmen | ||||||
21 | Dimuth Karunaratne | ![]() |
36 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
22 | Shammu Ashan | ![]() |
26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
– | Kavindu Kulasekara | ![]() |
29 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
– | Pasindu Sooriyabandara | ![]() |
24 | Right-handed | – | |
23 | Nuwanidu Fernando | ![]() |
24 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
All-rounders | ||||||
7 | Dasun Shanaka | ![]() |
32 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
18 | Sachithra Senanayake (Captain) | ![]() |
39 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
70 | Danushka Gunathilaka | ![]() |
33 | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
14 | Charith Asalanka (Vice-captain) | ![]() |
27 | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
Wicketkeepers | ||||||
52 | Sandun Weerakkody | ![]() |
30 | Left-handed | – | |
12 | Krishan Sanjula | ![]() |
25 | Right-handed | – | |
Bowlers | ||||||
30 | Dhammika Prasad | ![]() |
41 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
63 | Nuwan Pradeep | ![]() |
37 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
– | Himesh Ramanayake | ![]() |
26 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
– | Kalana Perera | ![]() |
24 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |
5 | Kushan Weerakkody | ![]() |
30 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
46 | Jeffrey Vandersay | ![]() |
34 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | |
15 | Akash Senaratne | ![]() |
27 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
00 | Tharindu Rathnayake | ![]() |
28 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox, Right-arm off-break |
Notable players
Sinhalese players who have represented Sri Lanka in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket:
- Saliya Ahangama
- Marvan Atapattu
- Ashantha de Mel
- Pubudu Dassanayake
- Guy de Alwis
- Roy Dias
- Binura Fernando
- Dilhara Fernando
- Nisal Fernando
- Danushka Gunathilaka
- Avishka Gunawardane
- Asanka Gurusinha
- Dinuka Hettiarachchi
- Mahela Jayawardena
- Dimuth Karunaratne
- Kaushal Lokuarachchi
- Duleep Mendis
- Tharanga Paranavitana
- Ruchira Perera
- Suresh Perera
- Nuwan Pradeep
- Dhammika Prasad
- Arjuna Ranatunga
- Dammika Ranatunga
- Sanjeeva Ranatunga
- Thilan Samaraweera
- Sachithra Senanayake
- Jayantha Silva
- Kaushal Silva
- Thilan Thushara
- Mithra Wettimuny
- Sidath Wettimuny
- Pramodya Wickramasinghe
- Piyal Wijetunge
- Nuwan Zoysa
Players who have represented the Singhalese Sports Club in top-level domestic cricket
- Dunil Abeydeera
- Ranil Abeynaike
- Sanka Abeyruwan
- Suraj Abeysekera
- Naresh Adikaram
- Saliya Ahangama
- Geeth Alwis
- Stefan Anthonisz
- Suranga Arunakumara
- Mohamed Aslam
- Marvan Atapattu
- Chaminda Bandara
- Rajitha Basnayake
- Minod Bhanuka
- Sohan Boralessa
- Chaminda Boteju
- N. Buddhasiri
- (wicket-keeper; 2 matches in 1988–89)
- Asitha Costa
- Ian Daniel
- Gehan Dassanayake
- Pubudu Dassanayake
- Guy de Alwis
- Rohan de Silva
- Shamal de Silva
- Kavinda de Thissera
- Ranil Dhammika
- Mahesha Dissanayake
- Samantha Dodanwela
- Gamini Dushantha
- Thilina Embuldeniya
- Binura Fernando
- Chaminda Fernando
- Dilhara Fernando
- Hans Fernando
- Lasith Fernando
- Lilan Fernando
- Milan Fernando
- Muditha Fernando
- Nisal Fernando
- Radhive Fernando
- Sanjaya Fernando
- Sham Fernando
- Upekha Fernando
- Upul Fernando
- Wesley Fernando
- Ruwan Galappathy
- Lahiru Gamage
- Suresh Gunasekera
- Chathupama Gunasinghe
- Danushka Gunathilaka
- Aruna Gunawardene
- Avishka Gunawardene
- Asanka Gurusinha
- Mahinda Halangoda
- Suresh Harding
- Dinuka Hettiarachchi
- Mohamed Iftikhar
- Damith Indika
- Charith Jayampathi
- Mahela Jayawardene
- Prasanna Jayawardene
- Thilina Kandamby
- Chamara Kapugedera
- Dimuth Karunaratne
- Kaushal Lokuarachchi
- Kasun Madushanka
- Gayan Maneshan
- Ushan Manohara
- Duleep Mendis
- Jeevan Mendis
- Manjula Munasinghe
- Tharanga Paranavitana
- Suresh Perera
- Thisara Perera
- Nuwan Pradeep
- Amil Prasad
- Dhammika Prasad
- Brian Rajadurai
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa
- Sanka Ramesh
- Arjuna Ranatunga
- Dammika Ranatunga
- Nishantha Ranatunga
- Sanjeeva Ranatunga
- Suraj Randiv
- Thilan Samaraweera
- Sachithra Senanayake
- Dasun Shanaka
- Chamara Silva
- Jayantha Silva
- Kaushal Silva
- Sanjeewa Silva
- Don Somasiri
- Charith Sylvester
- Chaminda Vidanapathirana
- Hemantha Wickramaratne
- Pramodya Wickramasinghe
- Gayan Wijekoon
- Vishva Wijeratne
- Piyal Wijetunge
- Nuwan Zoysa
References
- ^ "Domestic Clubs#Singhalese Sports Club". Srilankacricket.lk. Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Test venues in Sri Lanka: The Oldies". The Papare. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Kumar Sangakkara (3 August 2003). "Sri Lanka cricket – serious winning business!". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ^ Kothalawala, Viraj (2020-01-29). "Photos: SSC Cricket Team Preview 2019/20". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)