Singhalese Sports Club

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".

A Test match between Sri Lanka and England at the SSC Ground, Colombo, March 2001.
Singhalese Sports Club
Singhalese Sports Club crest
Personnel
Captain Sachithra Senanayake
Coach Avishka Gunawardene
Team information
CityColombo
ColoursWhite     [1]
FoundedMarch 27, 1899 (1899-03-27)
Home groundSinghalese Sports Club Cricket Ground
Capacity10,000
History
Premier Trophy wins31 (including 3 shared)
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins5
Twenty20 Tournament wins1 (2005–06)
Notable playersMahela Jayawardena
Thilan Samaraweera
Marvan Atapattu
Arjuna Ranatunga

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
Batsmen
21Dimuth Karunaratne32Left-handedRight-arm medium
22Shammu Ashan22Right-handedRight-arm off-break
– Kavindu Kulasekara 24 Right-handed Right-arm off-break
– Pasindu Sooriyabandara 20 Right-handed –
23 Nuwanidu Fernando 20 Right-handed Right-arm off-break
All-rounders
7Dasun Shanaka28Right-handedRight-arm medium
18Sachithra Senanayake (Captain)35Right-handedRight-arm off-break
70Danushka Gunathilaka29Left-handedRight-arm off-break
14Charith Asalanka (Vice-captain)23Left-handedRight-arm off-break
Wicketkeepers
52 Sandun Weerakkody 26 Left-handed –
12Krishan Sanjula21Right-handed–
Bowlers
30Dhammika Prasad37Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
63Nuwan Pradeep33Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
– Himesh Ramanayake 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
– Kalana Perera 20 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast
5 Kushan Weerakkody 26 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
46Jeffrey Vandersay30Right-handedRight-arm leg-break
15Akash Senaratne23Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
00 Tharindu Rathnayake 24 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:

Players who have represented the Singhalese Sports Club in top-level domestic cricket
(wicket-keeper; 2 matches in 1988–89)

References
  1. "Domestic Clubs#Singhalese Sports Club". Srilankacricket.lk. Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. "Test venues in Sri Lanka: The Oldies". The Papare. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Kothalawala, Viraj (2020-01-29). "Photos: SSC Cricket Team Preview 2019/20". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
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