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Nondescripts Cricket Club
	Nondescripts Cricket Club crest
Personnel
Captain	Lahiru Udara
Coach	Sajith Fernando
Team information
City	Colombo
Colours	Blue
Founded	1888; 137 years ago
Home ground	Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Capacity	2,000
History
Premier Trophy wins	16
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins	5
Twenty20 Tournament wins	0

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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)

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Upul Tharanga	39	Left-handed		Vice-captain
Ahan Wickramasinghe	23	Right-handed
Kaveen Bandara	27	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Sandun Weerakkody	31	Left-handed
Pathum Nissanka	26	Right-handed
Kamil Mishara	23	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Sahan Arachchige	28	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Chamika Karunaratne	28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Asel Sigera	25	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Amshi de Silva	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Johanne de Zilva	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keeper
Lahiru Udara	31	Right-handed		Captain
Niroshan Dickwella	31	Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Sachindu Colombage	26	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Ashian Daniel	23	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Lasith Embuldeniya	28	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Yugeesha Dishan	25	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wanuja Sahan	21	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Lahiru Kumara	27	Left-handed	Right-arm fast
Chamika Gunasekara	25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Dushmantha Chameera	32	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Sampath Nishshanka	22	Left-handed	Left-arm medium

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.