Singhalese Sports Club
The Singhalese Sports Club is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 31 times to 2013. Although the name is correctly spelt with the old spelling "Singhalese", the name is sometimes misspelt with the modern spelling "Sinhalese".
History
In 1899, 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. A decision was made to form an all-Sinhalese club, and thus Singhalese Sports Club was founded. The club leased a land in Victoria Park with sandy soil and covered with cinnamon trees.Honours
- Premier Trophy - 1938–39, 1939–40, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1985–86*, 1986–87, 1988–89*, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95*, 1997–98, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2012–13
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold
Notable players
Sinhalese players who have represented Sri Lanka in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket:- Saliya Ahangama
- Marvan Atapattu
- Ashantha de Mel
- Pubudu Dassanayake
- Guy de Alwis
- Roy Dias
- Binura Fernando
- Dilhara Fernando
- Nisal Fernando
- Danushka Gunathilaka
- Avishka Gunawardane
- Asanka Gurusinha
- Dinuka Hettiarachchi
- Mahela Jayawardena
- Dimuth Karunaratne
- Kaushal Lokuarachchi
- Duleep Mendis
- Tharanga Paranavitana
- Ruchira Perera
- Suresh Perera
- Nuwan Pradeep
- Dhammika Prasad
- Arjuna Ranatunga
- Dammika Ranatunga
- Sanjeeva Ranatunga
- Thilan Samaraweera
- Sachithra Senanayake
- Jayantha Silva
- Kaushal Silva
- Thilan Thushara
- Mithra Wettimuny
- Sidath Wettimuny
- Pramodya Wickramasinghe
- Piyal Wijetunge
- Nuwan Zoysa
Players who have represented the Singhalese Sports Club in top-level domestic cricket
- Dunil Abeydeera
- Ranil Abeynaike
- Sanka Abeyruwan
- Suraj Abeysekera
- Naresh Adikaram
- Saliya Ahangama
- Geeth Alwis
- Stefan Anthonisz
- Suranga Arunakumara
- Mohamed Aslam
- Marvan Atapattu
- Chaminda Bandara
- Rajitha Basnayake
- Minod Bhanuka
- Sohan Boralessa
- Chaminda Boteju
- N. Buddhasiri
- Asitha Costa
- Ian Daniel
- Gehan Dassanayake
- Pubudu Dassanayake
- Guy de Alwis
- Rohan de Silva
- Shamal de Silva
- Kavinda de Thissera
- Ranil Dhammika
- Mahesha Dissanayake
- Samantha Dodanwela
- Gamini Dushantha
- Thilina Embuldeniya
- Binura Fernando
- Chaminda Fernando
- Dilhara Fernando
- Hans Fernando
- Lasith Fernando
- Lilan Fernando
- Milan Fernando
- Muditha Fernando
- Nisal Fernando
- Radhive Fernando
- Sanjaya Fernando
- Sham Fernando
- Upekha Fernando
- Upul Fernando
- Wesley Fernando
- Ruwan Galappathy
- Lahiru Gamage
- Suresh Gunasekera
- Chathupama Gunasinghe
- Danushka Gunathilaka
- Aruna Gunawardene
- Avishka Gunawardene
- Asanka Gurusinha
- Mahinda Halangoda
- Suresh Harding
- Dinuka Hettiarachchi
- Mohamed Iftikhar
- Damith Indika
- Charith Jayampathi
- Mahela Jayawardene
- Prasanna Jayawardene
- Thilina Kandamby
- Chamara Kapugedera
- Dimuth Karunaratne
- Kaushal Lokuarachchi
- Kasun Madushanka
- Gayan Maneshan
- Ushan Manohara
- Duleep Mendis
- Jeevan Mendis
- Manjula Munasinghe
- Tharanga Paranavitana
- Suresh Perera
- Thisara Perera
- Nuwan Pradeep
- Amil Prasad
- Dhammika Prasad
- Brian Rajadurai
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa
- Sanka Ramesh
- Arjuna Ranatunga
- Dammika Ranatunga
- Nishantha Ranatunga
- Sanjeeva Ranatunga
- Suraj Randiv
- Thilan Samaraweera
- Sachithra Senanayake
- Dasun Shanaka
- Chamara Silva
- Jayantha Silva
- Kaushal Silva
- Sanjeewa Silva
- Don Somasiri
- Charith Sylvester
- Chaminda Vidanapathirana
- Hemantha Wickramaratne
- Pramodya Wickramasinghe
- Gayan Wijekoon
- Vishva Wijeratne
- Piyal Wijetunge
- Nuwan Zoysa