Colts Cricket Club
Sri Lankan cricket club
Cricket team
Chartreuse yellow[1]Colts Cricket Club [2] is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They have won 6 first class tournaments of Sri Lanka domestic league as in 1991/92, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2008/09 and 2011/12 and 2 Premier Limited Overs Tournament as in 1998/99 and 2010/11.
History
The club is officially known as Colombo Colts Cricket Club and was established in 1873 and re-organised in 1886. The club was originally based in Pettah, Colombo. The club has a first-class team and other teams like Club B, under-23 and under-25 as well as women's teams.
Honours
- P Saravanamuttu Trophy (1)
1991–92
- Premier Trophy (4)
1999–00 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12
Current squad
These players featured in matches for Colts CC in 2019/20[3]
Players with international caps are listed in bold
| No | Name | Nat | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | |
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| Batsmen | ||||||
| 28 | Avishka Fernando |  | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| 49 | Priyamal Perera | | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| 43 | Hashan Dumindu | | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| 69 | Sangeeth Cooray | | 29 | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| 14 | Santhush Gunathilake | | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 47 | Dilruwan Perera | | 41 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| 17 | Dhananjaya Lakshan | | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| 73 | Jehan Daniel | | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| – | Nalin Priyadarshana | | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 23 | Sadeera Samarawickrama (Captain) | | 28 | Right-handed | – | |
| 55 | Kusal Perera | | 33 | Left-handed | – | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 4 | Akila Dananjaya | | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
| – | Nipun Ransika | | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| 77 | Nipun Malinga | | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| – | Mahesh Theekshana | | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
Notable players
- Nuwan Kulasekara
- Angelo Mathews
- Thisara Perera
- Roshen Silva
- Chaminda Vaas
- Malinda Warnapura
- Roy Dias
- Gamini Goonesena
- Wirantha Fernando
Home ground
Colts Cricket Club Ground is the club's primary venue for home matches.
References
- ^ "Domestic Clubs#Colombo Colts Cricket Club". Srilankacricket.lk. Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka domestic cricket. A brief history". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ Silva, Sithija De (2020-01-28). "Photos: Colts Cricket Team Preview 2019/20". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
External links
- Cricinfo
- Colts Cricket Club at CricketArchive
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