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Nondescripts Cricket Club
Nondescripts Cricket Club logo
Nondescripts Cricket Club crest
Personnel
CaptainSri Lanka Upul Tharanga
CoachSri Lanka Sajith Fernando
Team information
CityColombo
Founded1888; 136 years ago (1888)
Home groundNondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Capacity2,000
History
Premier Trophy wins16
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins4
Twenty20 Tournament wins0

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.

Honours

  • P Saravanamuttu Trophy (9)

1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1956–57 1957–58 1960–61 1969–70 1970–71 1975–76

  • Robert Senanayake Trophy (2)

1976–77 1978–79

  • Lakspray Trophy (2)

1985–86 1988–89

  • P Saravanamuttu Trophy (1)

1993–94

  • Premier Trophy (2)

2000–01 2013-14

  • Under 23 Trophy (2)

2008–09 2009–10

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

Notable players

See also: Category:Nondescripts Cricket Club cricketers

Players who have represented Ceylon in cricket

Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket

References

  1. ^ Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo - Cricinfo
  2. ^ "Descriptions of the Nondescripts" - Andrew Miller, Cricinfo


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