Moors Sports Club Explained

Moors Sports Club
Captain: Chamara Silva
Coach: Eric Upashantha
City:Colombo
Ground:Moors Sports Club Ground
Num Titles:1
Title1:Premier Trophy
Title1wins:1
Title2:Premier Limited Overs Tournament
Title2wins:0
Title3:Twenty20 Tournament

Moors Sports Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

History

Moors Sports Club was founded by members of Colombo Grand Mosque at New Moor Street in the Colombo neighbourhood of Pettah. Like most clubs founded during the colonial era it was founded on ethno-religious lines and catered to the minority Moorish community.[1] The club later moved to its present location at Muttiah Road in the neighbourhood of Slave Island. Sir Razik Fareed laid the foundation stone for a Club House on 25 September 1936 and Governor Sir Edward Stubbs declared open the pavilion on 27 February 1937. The first inter-club match at the venue was between the Moors SC and Kalutara Town Club. In 1983 the first professional players were contracted with the advent of professional cricket and the Sri Lanka national cricket team gaining Test status. In addition to cricket, other sports offered include tennis and billiards.[2]

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

NoNameNatAgeBatting styleBowling style
Batsmen
0Right-handed Right-arm off-break
5Chamara Silva (Captain)Right-handed Right-arm leg-break
13Left-handed Right-arm leg-break
22Left-handed Left-arm medium
100Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Right-handed Right-arm medium
Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Left-handed Right-arm leg-break
All-rounders
10Kosala Kulasekara Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
8Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
27Right-handed
Right-handed
Bowlers
1Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
77Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
78Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
99Sajeewa Weerakoon Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
202Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

Team records

Records current (as of 30 April 2013)

Honours

2002–03 Championship

On 6 March 2003 Moors SC took on Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the Premier League final. Moors SC captain Rangana Herath won the toss and chose to field first. Bloomfield were dismissed for 121 with Nandika Ranjith taking 5 for 39. An unbeaten 62 from Amila Weththasinghe helped his side gain a 67 run first innings lead having at one stage been at 5/96. Ranjith took another 5 wicket haul as Bloomfield were all out in their second inning for 172. This left Moors SC chasing 106 for their maiden trophy and after losing their first 4 wickets for just 16 they crawled home to win by 1 wicket. Bathiya Perera top scored with 31 and Thamara Abeyratne was the hero with 25 not out from number 9.

The man of the match award went to Nandika Ranjith for his 10 wickets while Chandika Hathurusingha was named as player of the tournament.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Politics of Conflict and Peace in Sri Lanka. P.. Sahadevan. Neil. DeVotta. Manak Publications. 2006.
  2. Web site: The History of Moors Sports Club. moorssc.org.