Nondescripts Cricket Club
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| Captain: |  Upul Tharanga |
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| Coach: | Sajith Fernando |
| City: | Colombo |
| Founded: | 1888 |
| Home ground: | Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground |
| Capacity: | 2,000 |
| No. of titles | 20 |
| Premier Trophy wins: | 16 |
| Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins: | 4 |
| Twenty20 Tournament wins: | 0 |
| Notable players: | Kumar Sangakkara Aravinda de Silva Russel Arnold Lasith Malinga Upul Tharanga Dinesh Chandimal |
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]
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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
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Players who have represented Ceylon in cricket
Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket
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References
- ↑ Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo - Cricinfo
- ↑ "Descriptions of the Nondescripts" - Andrew Miller, Cricinfo
External links
- Brief history of Nondescripts Cricket Club
- Cricinfo
- Nondescripts Cricket Club at CricketArchive
- Nondescripts Cricket Club at Sri Lanka Cricket
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