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Lankan Cricket Club

{{Short description|Cricket team of Sri Lanka}}

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|coach={{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Nuwan Shiroman

|captain={{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Chanaka Ruwansiri

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| title1 = Premier Trophy

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| title2 = Premier Limited Overs Tournament

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| title3 = Twenty20 Tournament

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Lankan Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka.

History

Lankan Cricket Club played in the Premier Trophy from 2005–06 to 2012–13. It was one of six clubs that lost their places when the competition was reduced from 20 teams to 14 for the 2013–14 season. It also lost its List A status at the same time. The club played at lower levels until the 2019–20 season when it was promoted back to the 'A' division of the Premier Trophy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/sri-lanka-first-class-cricket-season-2019-2020/|title=26-team first-class competition to begin on 31st January|last=Weerasinghe|first=Damith|date=2020-01-30|website=ThePapare.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-26}}

In its eight seasons of first-class cricket, Lankan Cricket Club played 74 matches, with 11 wins, 28 losses and 35 draws.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/SriLanka/Firstclass/LankanCricketClub/Team_Records/Playing_Record.html| title = Lankan Cricket Club first-class playing record| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 12 April 2015}} It played 59 matches of List A cricket, with 28 wins, 28 losses, one tie and two matches that did not reach a result.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/SriLanka/ListA/LankanCricketClub/Team_Records/Playing_Record.html| title = Lankan Cricket Club List A playing record| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 12 April 2015}}

Current squad

These players featured in matches for Lankan CC in the 2019/20 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/photos-lankan-cricket-club-team-previews-201920/|title=Photos: Lankan Cricket Club Team Previews 2019/20|last=Silva|first=Sithija De|date=2020-01-13|website=ThePapare.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-26}}

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

class="wikitable"

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!No

!Name

!Nat

!Age

!Batting Style

!Bowling Style

colspan="6" |Batsmen
–

|Sahan Peiris

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1997|9|19}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off-break

–

|Methsith Jayamanna

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1997|11|5}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium-fast

–

|Lahiru Dilshan

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1999|2|2}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off-break

–

|Kevin Perera

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|2000|4|20}}

|Left-handed

|Right-arm leg-break

colspan="6" |All-Rounders
24

|Damitha Silva

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1998|8|26}}

|Left-handed

|Slow left-arm orthodox

–

|Sahan Nanayakkare

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1995|8|19}}

|Left-handed

|Slow left-arm orthodox

–

|Geeth Kumara

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1988|5|15}}

|Left-handed

|Slow left-arm wrist-spin

–

|Chanaka Ruwansiri (Captain)

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1989|10|14}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off-break

colspan="6" |Wicket-Keepers
–

|Umesh Lakshan

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1999|10|11}}

|Left-handed

| –

–

|Kasun Abeyrathne

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1998|8|7}}

|Right-handed

| –

colspan="6" |Pace Bowlers
–

|Udith Madushan

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1997|6|15}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium-fast

colspan="6" |Spin Bowlers
–

|Keshan Wijerathne

|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}}

|{{Age|1996|3|28}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off-break

Records

The highest first-class score was 175 by Ashen Silva against Nondescripts Cricket Club in 2011–12.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/356/356241.html| title = Nondescripts Cricket Club v Lankan Cricket Club 2011–12| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 12 April 2015}} The best innings bowling figures were 8 for 58 by Ranil Dhammika against Panadura Sports Club in 2007–08.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/130/130717.html| title = Lankan Cricket Club v Panadura Sports Club 2007–08| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 12 April 2015}} Gayan Sirisoma took seven wickets in an innings five times;{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/SriLanka/Firstclass/LankanCricketClub/Bowling_Records/Best_Innings_Bowling_For.html| title = Most wickets in an innings for Lankan Cricket Club| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 14 April 2015}} in 27 matches for Lankan Cricket Club, he took 148 wickets at an average of 16.95.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/35/35565/f_Bowling_by_Team.html| title = Bowling for each team by Gayan Sirisoma| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 12 April 2015}}

Clubs with similar names

There is a Lankans Cricket Club in Toronto, and in England there are several clubs with similar names: Leicester Lankans Cricket Club and Midland Lankans Cricket Club, for example. There are also several instances around the world of a Sri Lankans Cricket Club and a Sri Lankan Cricket Club.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

References

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External links

  • [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/878/878.html Lankan Cricket Club] at CricketArchive
  • [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/team/3539.html Lankan Cricket Club] at Cricinfo

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