Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground

Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground
Ground information
Location Maitland Place, Colombo
Capacity 2,000
Owner Nondescripts Cricket Club
Operator Nondescripts Cricket Club
Tenants Nondescripts Cricket Club
End names
SSC Ground End
Tennis Court End
Team information
Nondescripts Cricket Club (1888-present)
As of 8 September 2015
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

The ground 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

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 late March 2015, 197 first-class matches and 121 List A matches had been played at the ground.

Records

The highest first-class score on the ground is 285 by Kumar Sangakkara for Nondescripts against Moors in 2007-08.[4] The best bowling figures are 8 for 24 by Nimesh Perera for Sebastianites against Nondescripts in 2000-01.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Nondescripts Cricket Club". MCC. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "First-class matches played at Nondescripts Cricket Club". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "The new pavilion at the Nondescripts Cricket Club". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Double centuries at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Seven wickets in an innings at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

Coordinates: 6°54′21.34″N 79°52′09.83″E / 6.9059278°N 79.8693972°E / 6.9059278; 79.8693972

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