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| Personnel | |
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| Captain |  Ashan Priyanjan |
| Coach | Tharanga Dhammika |
| Team information | |
| Colours | Maroon [1] |
| Founded | 1863; 161 years ago (1863) |
| Home ground | Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 7 |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| History | |
| Premier Trophy wins | 6 |
| Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins | none |
| Twenty20 Tournament wins | 1 |
| Official website | gymkhanaclub |
The Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. It is the oldest in the country, having been formed in 1863,[2] and is headquartered at 31 Maitland Crescent, Colombo 7,[3] close to the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket.
The idea of a gentlemen's team for British colonists in Ceylon was first mooted among the patrons of the Colombo Club- a social club for the British upper class then located at the Galle Face Green (not to be confused with the 1871 club of the same name and location).[4] The beginnings of the club proper can then be traced back to a notice in the Colombo Journal of 5 September 1832, which called for "...gentlemen who may be inclined towards forming a Cricket Club..." to "...meet at the Library (located in the Pettah) at 2 o'clock precisely on the 8th instant".[5] Sources then differ as to the exact date of the formation of the club, some citing 8 September,[5] October,[6] or November[7] of the same year, with all sources agreeing that a cricket club was formed sometime in 1832.[8] The newly formed club was located in Slave Island, on the land that later became the Rifle Green (now the site of the Defence Services School).[8] The first officially recorded game of cricket in the country was that between the eventual CCC and a team fielded by the 97th Regiment of the British Army stationed in Ceylon at the time, in November 1832.[8][9][10] The club soon became a hub for cricketing activity in the country, becoming the de facto governing body for cricket in Ceylon.[11]
The Colombo Club went through an expansion phase in 1863, becoming the Colombo Gymkhana Club, a parent/umbrella organisation that acted as a social club while at the same time administering a number of different sports clubs- the CCC included (alongside the CH&FC for rugby and hockey in 1892 and the Queen's Club for tennis and squash in 1899).[4][8] The CCC is thought to have been formally named with its current name sometime in 1863, and moved to Galle Face Green sometime during this period as well.[4]
In 1894, the club moved again, this time to its present address at Maitland Crescent.[8] It remained a Europeans-only club until 1962,[12] and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013.[4][8]
Players with international caps are listed in bold. Updated as on 31 July 2022
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batsmen | ||||
| Lasith Abeyratne | 31 | Right-handed | Vice-captain | |
| Pavan Rathnayake | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Nimesha Gunasinghe | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Ashan Priyanjan | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Captain |
| Pawantha Weerasinghe | 23 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |
| Chamindu Wijesinghe | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Malinga Amarasinghe | 26 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Lahiru Madushanka | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Sonal Dinusha | 23 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Wicket-keeper | ||||
| Minod Bhanuka | 29 | Left-handed | ||
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| Malinda Pushpakumara | 37 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Lakshan Sandakan | 33 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm unorthodox | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Lahiru Gamage | 36 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Vishwa Fernando | 32 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| Nuwan Thushara | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
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