Burgher Recreation Club is a first-class cricket and hockey club based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
History The club was founded on 26 December 1896 as the Bambalapitya Recreation Club, with membership restricted to the Burgher community. The first president was A. W. Raffel, the honorary secretary O. H. Poppenback and the club captain V. O. Wright. The club won its first cricket match on 9 November 1901.
In 1902 the club moved from Bambalapitiya to Havelock Park. On 31 May 1915 the club changed its name to the Burgher Recreation Club. In 1925 the club was adjudged cricket champions. In 1947 B. R. Heyn was appointed the captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. In the 1950s the club opened its membership to the wider community. The club won its first P. Saravanamuttu Trophy in the 1955–56 season.
The club competed at first-class level in the Premier Trophy from 1988 to 1989 to 2012–13, but lost its first-class status when the number of teams in the competition was reduced from 20 to 14 after the 2012–13 season. It is eligible for promotion back to first-class status, depending on its results in non-first-class competitions.
Honours 1955–56 – P Saravanamuttu Trophy
Current squad These players featured in matches for Burgher Recreation Club in 2019/20.
The names of players with international caps are listed in bold No Name Nat Age Batting style Bowling style Batsmen7Raminda Wijesooriya Left-handed –9Lasith Lakshan Right-handed Right-arm off-break54Bhanuka Rajapaksa Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast–Nisal Francisco Left-handed Right-arm leg-break–Shanuka Dulaj Left-handed Right-arm leg-break–Shehan Nissanka Left-handed Right-arm leg-break All-rounders40Hashen Ramanayake (Captain) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Wicket-keepers14Deshan Dias Left-handed ––Lisula Lakshan Right-handed – Bowlers36Kevin Koththigoda Left-handed Right-arm leg-break–Sohaibullah Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast–Malindu Shehan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast34Tharindu Kaushal Right-handed Right-arm off-break–Chameera Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox–Duvindu Tillakaratne Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox–Mohamed Shiraz Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Notable players Ishara Amerasinghe Chinthaka Jayasinghe Lanka de Silva B. R. Heyn Jayantha Paranathala Nuwan Pradeep Anura Ranasinghe Andy Solomons Sajeewa Weerakoon Mohammed Shiraz
References
External links Burgher Recreation Club at CricketArchive Cricinfo Burgher Recreation Club