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Nondescripts Cricket Club (also known by its initials NCC) is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The team plays at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground.[2]
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History
The club was founded in 1888. The name "Nondescripts" is derived from the fact it was intended to be open to anyone, unlike other Colombo-based clubs at the time such as Sinhalese Sports Club, Moors Sports Club and Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club which were aligned with a particular ethnic group.[3]
Honours
- P Saravanamuttu Trophy/Robert Senanayake Trophy/Lakspray Trophy/Premier Trophy (16)
1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2013–14
- Under 23 Trophy (2)
2008–09 2009–10
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Players with international caps are listed in bold. (Updated as of 24 July 2022)
Team records
- Highest team total – 538 vs Sinhalese Sports Club
- Best innings bowling figures – Lyndon Hannibal 8/38 vs MSC
- Hundred in first match – Prasad Padmasanka 106 vs PSC
- Hundred in each innings – Pradeep Hewage 168 & 123 vs Matara
- Highest individual score – Aravinda De Silva 222 vs SCC
- Partnership records –
- 1 – 233 RP Arnold & S Weerasinghe
- 2 – 226 RP Arnold & MN Nawaz
- 3 – 143 MN Nawaz & PA de Silva
- 4 – 285 HP Tillakaratne & CP Mapatuna
- 5 – 234* RP Arnold & CP Mapatuna
- 6 – 239* DA Gunawardene & HP Tillakaratne
- 7 – 153 PA de Silva & AGD Wickremasinghe
- 8 – 147* RS Kalpage & MTT Mirando
- 9 – 130 HP Tillakaratne & KR Pushpakumara
- 10 – 62 RS Kalpage & WS Sirimanne
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Other Nondescripts clubs
The name 'Nondescripts Cricket Club' derives from a 19th-century London-based team. The Nondescripts were a 'wandering' cricket club with no fixed ground and a team composed of players of all standards. A New Zealand Nondescripts Club was established in 1962 to promote "the principles of the game of Cricket, especially sportsmanship and high standards in dress, attitude and application." It too is a 'wandering' club drawn mainly from Wellington and Lower Hutt players; eight NZ internationals have played for the club, including Ewen Chatfield, John Reid and Bob Blair. In the 1980s, a Nondescripts Cricket Club played in the Brunei cricket league. Consisting largely of Sri Lankan expatriates, both Sinhalese and Tamil, it later merged with another club and changed its name.
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Notable players
Players who have represented Ceylon in cricket
Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket
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