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.Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo – Cricinfo
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."Descriptions of the Nondescripts" – Andrew Miller, Cricinfo
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
Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament (1) 2020–21
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 Left-handed Vice-captain Ahan Wickramasinghe Right-handed Kaveen Bandara Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Sandun Weerakkody Left-handed Pathum Nissanka Right-handed Kamil Mishara Left-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders Sahan Arachchige Left-handed Right-arm off break Chamika Karunaratne Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Asel Sigera Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Amshi de Silva Right-handed Right-arm medium Johanne de Zilva Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Wicket-keeper Lahiru Udara Right-handed Captain Niroshan Dickwella Left-handed Spin Bowlers Sachindu Colombage Right-handed Right-arm leg break Ashian Daniel Right-handed Right-arm off break Lasith Embuldeniya Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Yugeesha Dishan Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Wanuja Sahan Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Pace Bowlers Lahiru Kumara Left-handed Right-arm fast Chamika Gunasekara Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Dushmantha Chameera Right-handed Right-arm fast Sampath Nishshanka 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.
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
External links Brief history of Nondescripts Cricket Club Cricinfo Nondescripts Cricket Club at CricketArchive Nondescripts Cricket Club at Sri Lanka Cricket