Lankan Cricket Club

Lankan Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka.

Lankan Cricket Club

Personnel
Captain	Chanaka Ruwansiri
Coach	Nuwan Shiroman
Team information
City	Colombo
Colours	Blue  , Yellow
History
Premier Trophy wins	none
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins	none
Twenty20 Tournament wins	none

History

Lankan Cricket Club played in the Premier Trophy from 2005–06 to 2012–13. It was one of six clubs that lost their places when the competition was reduced from 20 teams to 14 for the 2013–14 season. It also lost its List A status at the same time. The club played at lower levels until the 2019–20 season when it was promoted back to the 'A' division of the Premier Trophy.^[1]

In its eight seasons of first-class cricket, Lankan Cricket Club played 74 matches, with 11 wins, 28 losses and 35 draws.^[2] It played 59 matches of List A cricket, with 28 wins, 28 losses, one tie and two matches that did not reach a result.^[3]

Current squad

These players featured in matches for Lankan CC in the 2019/20 season.^[4]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No	Name	Nat	Age	Batting Style	Bowling Style
Batsmen
–	Sahan Peiris		27	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Methsith Jayamanna		27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Lahiru Dilshan		26	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Kevin Perera		25	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
All-Rounders
24	Damitha Silva		26	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Sahan Nanayakkare		29	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Geeth Kumara		37	Left-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin
–	Chanaka Ruwansiri (Captain)		35	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Wicket-Keepers
–	Umesh Lakshan		25	Left-handed	–
–	Kasun Abeyrathne		27	Right-handed	–
Pace Bowlers
–	Udith Madushan		28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Spin Bowlers
–	Keshan Wijerathne		29	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break

Records

The highest first-class score was 175 by Ashen Silva against Nondescripts Cricket Club in 2011–12.^[5] The best innings bowling figures were 8 for 58 by Ranil Dhammika against Panadura Sports Club in 2007–08.^[6] Gayan Sirisoma took seven wickets in an innings five times;^[7] in 27 matches for Lankan Cricket Club, he took 148 wickets at an average of 16.95.^[8]

Clubs with similar names

There is a Lankans Cricket Club in Toronto, and in England there are several clubs with similar names: Leicester Lankans Cricket Club and Midland Lankans Cricket Club, for example. There are also several instances around the world of a Sri Lankans Cricket Club and a Sri Lankan Cricket Club.^{[citation needed]}