Singhalese Sports Club
First-class cricket club in Colombo, Sri Lanka / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt with the old spelling "Singhalese", the name is sometimes misspelt with the modern spelling "Sinhalese". Three former Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka have been presidents of the club.[2]
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Personnel | |
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Captain | Charith Asalanka |
Coach | Saman Jayantha |
Fielding coach | Vimukthi Deshapriya |
Team information | |
City | Colombo |
Colours | White [1] |
Founded | 27 March 1899; 125 years ago (1899-03-27) |
Home ground | Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground |
Capacity | 10,000 |
History | |
Premier Trophy wins | 32 (including 3 shared) |
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins | 5 |
Twenty20 Tournament wins | 1 (2005–06) |
Notable players | Mahela Jayawardena Thilan Samaraweera Marvan Atapattu Arjuna Ranatunga Dasun Shanaka Charith Asalanka |
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