Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club
{{short description|Sri Lankan first-class cricket club}}
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club
| league = Major League Tournament
| captain = Tillakaratne Sampath
| city = Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
| founded = 1970
| first_fc = vs Kalutara Town Club
| first_fc_year = 2020
| first_fc_venue = Aaron's Cricket Club Ground, Kalutara District
| title1 = ML
| title1wins = 0
| title2 = MC LO
| title2wins = 0
| title3 = MC T20
| title3wins = 0
}}
Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club, commonly abbreviated as NSWC, is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. It is one of the 14 affiliated clubs of Sri Lanka Cricket.{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2021 |url=https://srilankacricket.lk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Annual-Report-2021.pdf |website=srilankacricket.lk |publisher=Sri Lanka Cricket |access-date=12 October 2024 |page=65 |date=2021}} Tillakaratne Sampath is the current captain of the club.
History
Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club was founded in 1970. NSWC sought an interim injunction against the interim committee from preventing using the Board of Control for Cricket funds in Sri Lanka in 2001.{{cite news |title=Nugegoda Sports Club try to freeze BCCSL accounts |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nugegoda-sports-club-try-to-freeze-bccsl-accounts-106211 |access-date=12 October 2024 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=15 May 2001 |language=en}} Before its first-class debut, NSWC participated in the under-23 tournament since 2002.{{cite web |title=Under 23 Tournament (Division 1), 2002 Schedule |url=https://i.imgci.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2002/SL_LOCAL/U23/U23_2002_SCHEDULE.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 October 2024 |date=2002}} Nuwan Kulasekara played for NSWC in the under-23 tournament in the early days of his career.{{cite news |last1=Samarakoon |first1=Damith |title=The man with the mile-wide smile |url=https://www.thepapare.com/the-man-with-the-mile-wide-smile/ |access-date=12 October 2024 |work=ThePapare |date=6 June 2016}}
Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club made its first-class debut in 2020. NSWC played against Kalutara Town Club in Aaron's Cricket Club Ground in the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament Tier B. NSWC secured a 119-run win in its first match, and Denuwan Rajakaruna captained the side.{{cite web |title=KALTW vs NSWC Cricket Scorecard at Kaluthara, January 31 - February 01, 2020 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/plt-tier-b-2019-20-1214519/kalutara-town-club-vs-nugegoda-sports-welfare-club-1214590/full-scorecard |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 October 2024 |language=en}}
Honours
- Major League (0):
- Major Clubs Limited Overs (0):
- Major Clubs T20 (0):
Current squad
- Pulindu Perera
- Tillakaratne Sampath (c)
- Rahal Amarasinghe
- Avishka Perera
- Kevin Perera
- Rahul Gunasekera
- Supun Kavinda
- Akram Muthalib (wk)
- Manuja Chanthuka
- Dilshan Abeysinghe
- Sheshan Marasinghe
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Cricket in Sri Lanka}}
{{Sri Lanka first class cricket teams}}
Category:1970 establishments in Ceylon
Category:Sri Lankan first-class cricket teams
Category:Clubs and societies in Sri Lanka
Category:Cricket clubs established in 1970
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