Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club

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.^[2] Its ground, the Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, is in the Cinnamon Gardens district of Colombo, on Reid Avenue, opposite Royal College.

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club

Personnel
Captain	Nipun Karunanayake
Coach	Taranga Dhammika
Team information
Colours	Emerald Green   [1]
Founded	1892
Home ground	BCAC Ground
History
Premier Trophy wins	8
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins	5
Twenty20 Tournament wins	none

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.^[3]

Sanath Jayasuriya began playing for BC&AC in the 1994/95 season

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

No	Name	Nat	Age	Batting style	Bowling style
Batsmen
1	Lahiru Jayakody		31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
6	Nipun Karunanayake (Captain)		34	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
7	Adeesha Nanayakkara		34	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Chandimanthu Rodrigo		35	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Kasun Ekanayake		28	Right-handed	–
–	Sachin Jayawardena		30	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Nisal Francisco		28	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
All-rounders
5	Ramesh Mendis		30	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
11	Anuk Fernando		30	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
17	Pramud Hettiwatte		30	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
2	Nipun Haggalla		27	Right-handed	–
–	Thiran Dhanapala		29	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
10	Imran Khan		33	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
36	Lahiru Fernando		31	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
65	Kasun Rajitha		32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
73	Lahiru Samarakoon		28	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
–	Malith de Silva		30	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Koshan Dhanushka		32	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)