| Nondescripts Cricket Club | |
| Captain: |  Lahiru Udara |
| Coach: | Sajith Fernando |
| City: | Colombo |
| Colours: | Blue [1] |
| Ground: | Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground |
| Capacity: | 2,000 |
| Title1: | Premier Trophy |
| Title1wins: | 16 |
| Title2: | Premier Limited Overs Tournament |
| Title2wins: | 5 |
| Title3: | Twenty20 Tournament |
| Title3wins: | 0 |
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.[2]
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.[3]
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
2008–09 2009–10
Players with international caps are listed in bold. (Updated as of 24 July 2022)
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||
| Upul Tharanga | Left-handed | Vice-captain | |||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Left-handed | |||||
| Sandun Weerakkody | Left-handed | ||||
| Pathum Nissanka | Right-handed | ||||
| Kamil Mishara | Left-handed | ||||
| All-rounders | |||||
| Left-handed | |||||
| Chamika Karunaratne | Right-handed | ||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Wicket-keeper | |||||
| Right-handed | Captain | ||||
| Niroshan Dickwella | Left-handed | ||||
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Right-handed | |||||
| Lasith Embuldeniya | Left-handed | ||||
| Left-handed | |||||
| Wanuja Sahan | Right-handed | ||||
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Lahiru Kumara | Left-handed | ||||
| Chamika Gunasekara | Right-handed | ||||
| Dushmantha Chameera | Right-handed | ||||
| Sampath Nishshanka | Left-handed | ||||
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.
Players who have represented Ceylon in cricket
Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket