Colts Cricket Club
කොල්ට්ස් ක්‍රිකට් සමාජය
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One Day nameColts Cricket Club
Personnel
CaptainSri Lanka Sadeera Samarawickrama
Team information
CityColombo
Colours  Chartreuse yellow[1]
Founded1873 (1873)
Home groundColts Cricket Club Ground
Capacity10,000
History
Premier Trophy wins6
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins1
Twenty20 Tournament wins0
Notable playersChaminda Vaas
Official websitewww.colombocolts.lk

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.

Notable former Colts cricketer Chaminda Vaas

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
Batsmen
28Avishka Fernando Sri Lanka25Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
49Priyamal PereraSri Lanka28Right-handedRight-arm off-break
43Hashan DuminduSri Lanka28Right-handedRight-arm off-break
69Sangeeth CooraySri Lanka28Left-handedRight-arm off-break
14Santhush GunathilakeSri Lanka24Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
All-rounders
47Dilruwan PereraSri Lanka41Right-handedRight-arm off-break
17Dhananjaya LakshanSri Lanka25Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
73 Jehan Daniel Sri Lanka 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
– Nalin Priyadarshana Sri Lanka 33 Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Wicket-keepers
23Sadeera Samarawickrama (Captain)Sri Lanka28Right-handed–
55Kusal PereraSri Lanka33Left-handed–
Bowlers
4Akila DananjayaSri Lanka30Right-handedRight-arm off-break
–Nipun RansikaSri Lanka24Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
77Nipun MalingaSri Lanka23Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
–Mahesh TheekshanaSri Lanka23Right-handedRight-arm off-break

Notable players

Home ground

Colts Cricket Club Ground is the club's primary venue for home matches.

References

  1. ↑ "Domestic Clubs#Colombo Colts Cricket Club". Srilankacricket.lk. Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sri Lanka domestic cricket. A brief history". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Silva, Sithija De (2020-01-28). "Photos: Colts Cricket Team Preview 2019/20". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.


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