# Nondescripts Cricket Club

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.

## 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.

## 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

## Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. (Updated as of 24 July 2022)
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||
| Upul Tharanga | 39 | Left-handed | | Vice-captain |
| Ahan Wickramasinghe | 23 | Right-handed | | |
| Kaveen Bandara | 27 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Sandun Weerakkody | 31 | Left-handed | | |
| Pathum Nissanka | 26 | Right-handed | | |
| Kamil Mishara | 23 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders |||||
| Sahan Arachchige | 28 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Chamika Karunaratne | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Asel Sigera | 25 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Amshi de Silva | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Johanne de Zilva | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Wicket-keeper |||||
| Lahiru Udara | 30 | Right-handed | | Captain |
| Niroshan Dickwella | 31 | Left-handed | | |
| Spin Bowlers |||||
| Sachindu Colombage | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Ashian Daniel | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | 27 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Yugeesha Dishan | 24 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Wanuja Sahan | 21 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||
| Lahiru Kumara | 27 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| Chamika Gunasekara | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| Sampath Nishshanka | 22 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |

## 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

## 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.

## Notable players

Players who have represented Ceylon in cricket
Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket
* Rumesh Ratnayake
* Russel Arnold
* Upul Chandana
* Dinesh Chandimal
* Aravinda de Silva
* Niroshan Dickwella
* Avishka Gunawardene
* Ranjan Madugalle
* Lasith Malinga
* Naveed Nawaz
* Ravindra Pushpakumara
* Kumar Sangakkara
* Upul Tharanga
* Hashan Tillakaratne
* Gamini Wickremasinghe
* Farveez Maharoof