Colombo Cricket Club

The Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. It is the oldest in the country, having been formed in 1863,[2] and is headquartered at 31 Maitland Crescent, Colombo 7,[3] close to the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket.

Colombo Cricket Club
Personnel
CaptainSri Lanka Ashan Priyanjan
CoachSri Lanka Tharanga Dhammika
Team information
ColoursMaroon  [1]
Founded1863 (1863)
Home groundColombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 7
Capacity6,000
History
Premier Trophy wins6
Premier Limited Overs Tournament winsnone
Twenty20 Tournament winsnone
Official websitegymkhanaclub.lk

History

The idea of a gentlemen's team for British colonists in Ceylon was first mooted among the patrons of the Colombo Club- a social club for the British upper class then located at the Galle Face Green (not to be confused with the 1871 club of the same name and location).[4] The beginnings of the club proper can then be traced back to a notice in the Colombo Journal of 5 September 1832, which called for "...gentlemen who may be inclined towards forming a Cricket Club..." to "...meet at the Library (located in the Pettah) at 2 o'clock precisely on the 8th instant".[5] Sources then differ as to the exact date of the formation of the club, some citing 8 September,[5] October,[6] or November[7] of the same year, with all sources agreeing that a cricket club was formed sometime in 1832.[8] The newly formed club was located in Slave Island, on the land that later became the Rifle Green (now the site of the Defence Services School).[8] The first officially recorded game of cricket in the country was that between the eventual CCC and a team fielded by the 97th Regiment of the British Army stationed in Ceylon at the time, in November 1832.[8][9][10] The club soon became a hub for cricketing activity in the country, becoming the de facto governing body for cricket in Ceylon.[11]

The Colombo Club went through an expansion phase in 1863, becoming the Colombo Gymkhana Club, a parent/umbrella organisation that acted as a social club while at the same time administering a number of different sports clubs- the CCC included (alongside the CH&FC for rugby and hockey in 1892 and the Queen's Club for tennis and squash in 1899).[4][8] The CCC is thought to have been formally named with its current name sometime in 1863, and moved to Galle Face Green sometime during this period as well.[4]

In 1894, the club moved again, this time to its present address at Maitland Crescent.[8] It remained a Europeans-only club until 1962,[12] and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013.[4][8]

Honours
  • Premier Trophy
    • Winners (5): 1979–80, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2012, 2021

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. Updated as on 31 July 2022

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Lasith Abeyratne30Right-handedVice-captain
Pavan Rathnayake21Right-handedRight-arm off spin
Nimesha Gunasinghe28Right-handedRight-arm off spin
All-rounders
Ashan Priyanjan34Right-handedRight-arm off spinCaptain
Pawantha Weerasinghe22Left-handedRight-arm off spin
Wanindu Hasaranga26Right-handedRight-arm leg spin
Chamindu Wijesinghe23Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Malinga Amarasinghe25Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Lahiru Madushanka31Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Sonal Dinusha22Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keeper
Minod Bhanuka28Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Malinda Pushpakumara36Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Lakshan Sandakan32Left-handedSlow left-arm unorthodox
Pace Bowlers
Lahiru Gamage35Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Vishwa Fernando32Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
Nuwan Thushara29Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast

References
  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
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  2. "Test venues in Sri Lanka: The Oldies". The Papare. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "Colombo Cricket Club". Sri Lankans Cricketers' Association. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  4. "The 'Gymkhana' For All Reasons Celebrates Its 150 Year Rhapsody". Serendib. Serendib Magazine/SriLankan Airlines. October 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  5. Mangan, J.A. (2005). "Imperial Origins: Christian Manliness, Moral Imperatives and Pre-Sri Lankan Playing Fields- Beginnings". In Hong, Fan; Mangan, J.A. (eds.). Sport in Asian Society: Past and present. Taylor & Francis e-Library. ISBN 0-203-49742-2.
  6. Marikar, Hafiz (1 December 2012). "Cricket in Sri Lanka during the good old days". Dailynews.lk. Daily News Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  7. Lorgat, Haroon (20 November 2012). A New Dawn- Confidential Report for SLC Executive Committee (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. Pathiravithana, S.R. (10 November 2013). "CHOGM, CCC and the cricket legacy". SundayTimes.lk. The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  9. Perera, Ajith C S (2 November 2003). "A Peep in to Sri Lankan Cricket History". Thinking Cricket with Ajith C S Perera. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  10. "97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot". Famous Units. National Army Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  11. Little, Charles (2012). "Cricket, Sri Lanka". In Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (eds.). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-59884-301-9.
  12. Gunawardena, Charles (2005). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Sterling Publishers. p. 94. ISBN 9781932705485.
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