Singhalese Sports Club

In 1899,^[5] a combined school cricket team, composed mainly of cricketers from Royal College, S. Thomas' College and Wesley College beat Colts Cricket Club by 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 1900, the club leased a land in Victoria Park with sandy soil and covered with cinnamon trees.^[6] 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.^{[citation needed][7]}

• Premier Trophy (32) – 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, 2016-17, 2023-24

• Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament (1) – 2023–24

Players with international caps are listed in bold

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No	Name	Nat	Age	Batting style	Bowling style
Batsmen
21	Dimuth Karunaratne		38	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
22	Shammu Ashan		28	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Kavindu Kulasekara		31	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Pasindu Sooriyabandara		26	Right-handed	–
23	Nuwanidu Fernando		26	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
All-rounders
7	Dasun Shanaka		34	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
18	Sachithra Senanayake (Captain)		41	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
70	Danushka Gunathilaka		35	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
14	Charith Asalanka (Vice-captain)		29	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
Wicketkeepers
52	Sandun Weerakkody		32	Left-handed	–
12	Krishan Sanjula		27	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
30	Dhammika Prasad		43	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
63	Nuwan Pradeep		39	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Himesh Ramanayake		28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Kalana Perera		26	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
5	Kushan Weerakkody		32	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
46	Jeffrey Vandersay		36	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
15	Akash Senaratne		29	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
00	Tharindu Rathnayake		30	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox, Right-arm off-break

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Sinhalese players who have represented Sri Lanka in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket