Galle Cricket Club
Appearance
Team information | |
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Founded | 1876 |
Home ground | Galle International Stadium |
Capacity | 35,000 |
History | |
Premier Trophy wins | none |
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins | none |
Twenty20 Tournament wins | none |
Galle Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team based in Galle, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at Galle International Stadium, which was reconstructed after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. In the 2016–17 season, they took part in the Premier Trophy, Sri Lankan cricket's first-class competition.[1]
Notable players
[edit]- Late Douglas Dias Jayasinha
- Lasith Malinga
- Nuwan Kulasekara
- Romesh Kaluwitharana
- Champaka Ramanayake
- Jayananda Warnaweera
- Malinga Bandara
- Asoka de Silva
Partnership records
[edit]- 1st – 104 HSS Fonseka & CM Withanage
- 2nd – 102 S Kodituwakku & TKD Sudarshana
- 3rd – 169* CM Withanage & WMPN Wanasinghe
- 4th – 183 S Kodituwakku & PD Rusintha
- 5th – 149 HSS Fonseka & DD Wickramasinghe
- 6th – 110 CRP Galappathy & CM Bandara
- 7th – 174 MKPB Kularatne & KMDN Kulasekara
- 8th – 154 PD Rusintha & LHD Dilhara
- 9th – 101 MMDPV Perera & MKPB Kularatne
- 10th – 87 DD Wickramasinghe & KG Perera
References
[edit]- ^ "Premier League Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
External links
[edit]- Galle Cricket Club at CricketArchive
- Galle Cricket Club website Archived 2 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine