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

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

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Johanne de Zilva21Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Ahan Wickramasinghe20Right-handedVice-captain
Dineth Jayakody20Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Hasitha Boyagoda23Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pawan Sandesh18Right-handedRight-arm medium
Kaveen Bandara24Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Kamil Mishara21Left-handedRight-arm off break
Pathum Nissanka23Right-handed
All-rounders
Praveen de Silva21Right-handedLeft-arm fast
Chaturanga de Silva32Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Thiwanka Kekulawala25Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Sahan Arachchige25Left-handedRight-arm off break
Angelo Perera32Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxCaptain
Wicket-keeper
Lahiru Attanayake22Right-handed
Lahiru Udara28Right-handed
Niroshan Dickwella28Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Yugeesha Dishan22Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Kavinda Ishwara20Right-handedRight-arm off break
Ashian Daniel21Right-handedRight-arm off break
Sachindu Colombage24Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Lasith Embuldeniya25Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Nipun Ransika22Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Chamika Karunaratne25Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Chamika Gunasekara22Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Dushmantha Chameera30Right-handedRight-arm fast

Updated on 18 March 2022

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
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