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In 1899, a combined school cricket team, composed mainly of cricketers from Royal College, S. Thomas' College and Wesley College beat Colts Cricket Club by a one run. A decision was made to form an all-Sinhalese club, and thus Singhalese Sports Club was founded. [5] The club leased land in Victoria Park with sandy soil and covered with cinnamon ...
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. [4]
The Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground is one of the most famous cricket grounds of Sri Lanka. [1] It is the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. [2] The ground staged its first Test in 1984 against New Zealand. The first One Day International was played in 1982 against England.
Sri Lanka reached 410-6 at stumps on the second day, giving the hosts a 212-run first innings lead at the Sinhalese Sports Club. Mathews made 141 before before being hit wicket against leg spin ...
The Sinhalese Sports Club Ground is the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. [1] The ground is sometimes described as "the Lord's of Sri Lanka". [2] The first One Day International match played on the ground was in 1982 against England and it staged its first Test match in 1984 against the touring New ...
The R. Premadasa Stadium was also one of the three grounds in Sri Lanka that hosted matches for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The other two were the Asgiriya Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. [6] The R. Premadasa Stadium was the venue for the match in 1997 where Sri Lanka scored a record 952 runs for 6 wickets against India. [7]
The group winners were Colombo Cricket Club and Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club who contested the MLT Final at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, starting on 17 November 2022. [4] The match was drawn after four days play (extended from the scheduled three) and Colombo were declared the winners as they had the larger first innings total.
The country has eight grounds that have been used to host international cricket matches. CCC ground hosted only Test ... Sinhalese Sports Club Ground [4] 43: 20: 9 ...