Negombo Cricket Club

Negombo Cricket Club is a cricket team in Sri Lanka.[1] In March 2017, they made a legal challenge against Sri Lanka Cricket after they were removed from Tier B of the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament.[2] This prevented the 2016–17 Premier Limited Overs Tournament from taking place and it was replaced with the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament.[2]

Negombo Cricket Club
Personnel
CaptainDilshan Munaweera

They were one of the teams that took part in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[3] They finished fourth in Group A, with two wins and three losses from their five matches.[4] Following the conclusion of the Twenty20 tournament, they also took part in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament.[5] Negombo CC is one of the upcoming first class teams which has done extremely well over the years and gained a spot in the tier a segment and as a highlight achievement they qualified for the quarter-finals of the T20 domestic tournament led by well known Dilshan Munaweera.

Squad

The following players were part of the team's squad for the 2020/2021 SLC Twenty20 Tournament:

References
  1. "Negombo Cricket Club sues Sri Lanka Cricket". The Island. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. "SLC Indirectly Ignores Court Ruling". The Sunday Leader. 19 March 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. "SLC Twenty20 Tournament: Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. "Sri Lanka Domestic T20 Table – 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. "2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament: Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.


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