Singhalese Sports Club

Singhalese Sports Club
Singhalese Sports Club logo
Personnel
CaptainSri Lanka Charith Asalanka
CoachSri Lanka Saman Jayantha
Fielding coachSri Lanka Vimukthi Deshapriya
Team information
CityColombo
ColoursWhite  [1]
Founded27 March 1899; 125 years ago (1899-03-27)
Home groundSinghalese Sports Club Cricket Ground
Capacity10,000
History
Premier Trophy wins32 (including 3 shared)
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins5
Twenty20 Tournament wins1 (2005–06)
Notable playersMahela Jayawardena
Thilan Samaraweera
Marvan Atapattu
Arjuna Ranatunga
Dasun Shanaka
Charith Asalanka

The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt with the old spelling "Singhalese", the name is sometimes misspelt with the modern spelling "Sinhalese". Three former Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka have been presidents of the club.[2]

A Test match between Sri Lanka and England at the SSC Ground, Colombo, March 2001.
  1. ^ "Domestic Clubs#Singhalese Sports Club". Srilankacricket.lk. Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. ^ "About SSC". Singhalese Sports Club (SSC). Retrieved 5 March 2021.