Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is one of Sri Lanka's oldest cricket clubs founded in 1892 and competes in the Premier Trophy, which it has won eight times. Its ground, the Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, is in the Cinnamon Gardens district of Colombo, on Reid Avenue, opposite Royal College.
History The club was founded in 1892. It played its first first-class match in December 1994. At the start of February 2025, it has played 283 first-class matches, with 94 wins, 40 losses, 148 draws and one tie.
Current squad The club's players who have played for the Sri Lanka national cricket team are listed in bold. No Name Nat Age Batting style Bowling style Batsmen1 Lahiru Jayakody Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast6 Nipun Karunanayake (Captain) Left-handed Right-arm leg-break7 Adeesha Nanayakkara Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast– Chandimanthu Rodrigo Right-handed Right-arm off-break– Kasun Ekanayake Right-handed –– Sachin Jayawardena Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox– Nisal Francisco Left-handed Right-arm leg-break All-rounders5 Ramesh Mendis Right-handed Right-arm off-break11 Anuk Fernando Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast17 Pramud Hettiwatte Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Wicket-keepers2 Nipun Haggalla Right-handed –– Thiran Dhanapala Right-handed – Bowlers10 Imran Khan Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium36 Lahiru Fernando Right-handed Right-arm leg-break65 Kasun Rajitha Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast73 Lahiru Samarakoon Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium– Malith de Silva Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox– Koshan Dhanushka Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Honours P Saravanamuttu Trophy (3) 1963–64 1994–95 1996–97
Robert Senanayake Trophy (2) 1980–81 1981–82
Lakspray Trophy (1) 1982–83
Premier Trophy (2) 1998–99 2003–04
Bristol Trophy Under 25 (2) 1983 1984
Club Presidents Shelley Wickramasinghe (1972–73) Shelley Wickramasinghe (1976–77) Shelley Wickramasinghe (1979 to 2000)
References
External links Bloomfield Team on Batsman Cricinfo Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club at CricketArchive