Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground

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Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Ground information
LocationMaitland Place, Colombo
Capacity2,000
OwnerNondescripts Cricket Club
OperatorNondescripts Cricket Club
TenantsNondescripts Cricket Club
End names
SSC Ground End
Tennis Court End
International information
First WODI15 November 2010:
 Sri Lanka v  England
Last WODI19 February 2017:
 Sri Lanka v  Bangladesh
First WT20I19 November 2010:
 Sri Lanka v  England
Last WT20I30 March 2018:
 Sri Lanka v  Pakistan
Team information
Nondescripts Cricket Club (1888-present)
As of 4 September 2020
Source: Cricinfo

Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, a first-class cricket ground in Maitland Place, Colombo, is the home ground of the Nondescripts Cricket Club.

Location[edit]

The ground, which has a seating capacity for 2,000 spectators, is in the Cinnamon Gardens district of Colombo, next to the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and across Maitland Place from the Colombo Cricket Club Ground.

History[edit]

Nondescripts Cricket Club, founded in 1888, moved to the ground in 1910 after reclaiming it from swampland.[1] It first hosted first-class cricket in 1926, and has been in constant use as a first-class venue since 1989.[2] Three One Day International matches were played there in 1986–87, and three Women's One Day Internationals in 2010–11. A new pavilion was opened in 2007.[3]

As of early December 2021, 223 first-class matches and 155 List A matches had been played at the ground.[2][4]

Records[edit]

The highest first-class score on the ground is 290 not out by Lahiru Udara for Nondescripts against Ragama in 2019–20.[5] The best bowling figures are 8 for 24 by Nimesh Perera for Sebastianites against Nondescripts in 2000–01.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nondescripts Cricket Club". MCC. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b "First-class matches played at Nondescripts Cricket Club". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. ^ "The new pavilion at the Nondescripts Cricket Club". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ^ "List A Matches played on Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Double centuries at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Seven wickets in an innings at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

External links[edit]

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