Nondescripts Cricket Club

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 one particular ethnic group or another.

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. (Updated as of 24 July 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

• Rumesh Ratnayake
• Russel Arnold
• Upul Chandana
• Dinesh Chandimal
• Aravinda de Silva
• Niroshan Dickwella
• Avishka Gunawardene
• Ranjan Madugalle
• Lasith Malinga
• Naveed Nawaz
• Ravindra Pushpakumara
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Upul Tharanga
• Hashan Tillakaratne
• Gamini Wickremasinghe
• Farveez Maharoof

References

References

1. "{{!}} Sri Lanka Cricket".
2. [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/current/ground/59300.html Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo – Cricinfo]
3. [http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/610828.html "Descriptions of the Nondescripts" – Andrew Miller, Cricinfo]