| Singhalese Sports Club | |
| Captain: |  Charith Asalanka |
| Coach: | Saman Jayantha |
| Fielding Coach: | Vimukthi Deshapriya |
| City: | Colombo |
| Colours: | White [1] |
| Ground: | Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: | 10,000 |
| Title1: | Premier Trophy |
| Title1wins: | 32 (including 3 shared) |
| Title2: | Premier Limited Overs Tournament |
| Title2wins: | 5 |
| Title3: | Twenty20 Tournament |
| Title3wins: | 1 (2005–06) |
| Notable Players: | Mahela 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]
In 1899,[3] a combined school cricket team, composed mainly of cricketers from Royal College, S. Thomas' College and Wesley College beat Colts Cricket Club by a one run. The SSC was inaugurated the same year and established as a cricket club by a group of distinguished Ceylonese lawyers, legislators, businessmen, proprietary planters and civil society leaders of that time.
In 1900, the club leased a land in Victoria Park with sandy soil and covered with cinnamon trees.[4] This land was gradually leveled to a cricket ground and its first match was played the following year. The First President of the Club was Sir Harry Dias, First Hony. Secretary H.J.V.I. Ekanayake, First Treasurer Philip de Silva & First Cricket Captain – O.G. de Alwis. The Club attracted the best school boy players from Royal, S. Thomas', Wesley, St. Josephs & Trinity.
| President | Term of office |
|---|---|
| Harry Dias Bandaranaike | 1899–1901 |
| Sir Solomon C Obeysekera | 1901–1927 |
| James Peiris | 1927–1930 |
| D.S. Senanayake | 1899–1901 |
| Sir John Kotelawala | 1952–1980 |
| J.R. Jayawardene | 1980–1996 |
| Ryle de Soysa | 1997–1998 |
| Daya Perera | 1999–2008 |
| W.T. Ellawala | 2008 – present |
(Shared trophies designated a *)
Players with international caps are listed in bold
| No | Name | Nat | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 21 | Dimuth Karunaratne | | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 22 | Shammu Ashan | | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
| – | Kavindu Kulasekara | | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
| – | Pasindu Sooriyabandara | | Right-handed | – | ||
| 23 | Nuwanidu Fernando | | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 7 | Dasun Shanaka | | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 18 | Sachithra Senanayake (Captain) | | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
| 70 | Danushka Gunathilaka | | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
| 14 | Charith Asalanka (Vice-captain) | | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
| Wicketkeepers | ||||||
| 52 | Sandun Weerakkody | | Left-handed | – | ||
| 12 | Krishan Sanjula | | Right-handed | – | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 30 | Dhammika Prasad | | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| 63 | Nuwan Pradeep | | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| – | Himesh Ramanayake | | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| – | Kalana Perera | | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ||
| 5 | Kushan Weerakkody | | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| 46 | Jeffrey Vandersay | | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | ||
| 15 | Akash Senaratne | | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| 00 | Tharindu Rathnayake | | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox, Right-arm off-break | ||
Sinhalese players who have represented Sri Lanka in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket
(wicket-keeper; 2 matches in 1988–89)