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{{Short description|Cricket and hockey club based in Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{Use Sri Lankan English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox cricket team
|name=Burgher Recreation Club
|image=
|oneday_name=Burgher Recreation Club
|coach=[[Reza Tahir]]
|captain= [[Hashen Ramanayake]]
|founded=1896
|ground=[[Havelock Park]]
|colours= Maroon {{color box|#78000a}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.srilankacricket.lk/domestic-cricket/local-clubs|title={{!}} Sri Lanka Cricket|website=www.srilankacricket.lk|language=en-US|access-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707215012/http://www.srilankacricket.lk/domestic-cricket/local-clubs|archive-date=7 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|capacity=
|first_fc=
|first_fc_year=
|first_fc_venue=
|         title1 = [[Premier Trophy]]
|     title1wins = 1
|         title2 = [[Premier Limited Overs Tournament]]
|     title2wins = nil
|         title3 = [[Inter-Provincial Twenty20#Twenty20 Tournament|Inter-Provincial Twenty20]]
|     title3wins = nil
|website ={{URL|www.brcclub.net/}}
}}

'''Burgher Recreation Club''' is a [[first-class cricket]] and [[Field hockey|hockey]] club based in [[Colombo]], Sri Lanka.

==History==
The club was founded on 26 December 1896 as the Bambalapitya Recreation Club,<ref>{{cite book|title=Ferguson's Ceylon Directory|author=Ferguson, Alistair MacKenzie|publisher=Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited|date=1968|volume=110–112|page=1143}}</ref> with membership restricted to the [[Burgher people|Burgher]] community. The first president was A. W. Raffel, the honourary secretary O. H. Poppenback and the club captain V. O. Wright.<ref name="Perera">{{cite book|title=The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket, 1832–1996|author1=Perera, S. S.|author2=Muthiah, S (Ed)|publisher=Janashakthi Insurance|date=1999|page=74}}</ref> The club won its first cricket match on 9 November 1901.

In 1902 the club moved from [[Bambalapitiya]] to [[Havelock Park]]. On 31 May 1915 the club changed its name to the Burgher Recreation Club.<ref name="Perera"/><ref name="DN">{{cite news|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2009/08/21/spo23.asp|title=Burgher Recreation Club Website launched|last=Bandara|first=Sampath|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]|date=21 August 2009|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> In 1925 the club was adjudged cricket champions. In 1947 [[Bertram Heyn|B. R. Heyn]] was appointed the captain of the [[Sri Lanka national cricket team]].<ref name="DN"/> In the 1950s the club opened its membership to the wider community. The club won its first P. Saravanamuttu Trophy in the 1955–56 season.

The club competed at first-class level in the [[Premier Trophy]] from 1988 to 1989 to 2012–13, but lost its [[first-class cricket|first-class]] status when the number of teams in the competition was reduced from 20 to 14 after the 2012–13 season. It is eligible for promotion back to first-class status, depending on its results in non-first-class competitions.

==Honours==
* 1955–56 – '''P Saravanamuttu Trophy'''

==Current squad==
These players featured in matches for Burgher Recreation Club in 2019/20.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/photos-brc-team-preview-201920/|title=Photos: BRC Team Preview 2019/20|last=Lakmal|first=Waruna|date=6 February 2020|website=ThePapare.com|language=en-US|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>

The names of players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" width="50%"
|-
! style="background: #de0000; color:white" align="centre" | No
! style="background: #de0000; color:white" align="centre" | Name
! style="background: #de0000; color:white" align="centre" | Nat
! style="background: #de0000; color:white" align="centre" | Age
! style="background: #de0000; color:white" align="centre" | Batting style
! style="background: #de0000; color:white" align="centre" | Bowling style
|-
! colspan="6" style="backgroun1515151DC" align="right" | Batsmen
|-
| style="text-align:center" |7||[[Raminda Wijesooriya]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1998|3|18|df=y}}|| Left-handed ||–
|-
| style="text-align:center" |9||[[Lasith Lakshan]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1996|2|1|df=y}}|| Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break|off-break]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |54||'''[[Bhanuka Rajapaksa]]'''|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1991|10|24|df=y}}|| Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |–
|[[Nisal Francisco]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1997|7|1|df=y}}|| Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break|leg-break]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |–
|[[Shanuka Dulaj]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1995|3|4|df=y}}|| Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break|leg-break]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |–||[[Shehan Nissanka]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1993|11|10|df=y}}|| Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break|leg-break]]
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="right" | All-rounders
|-
| style="text-align:center" |40||[[Hashen Ramanayake]] ([[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]) || style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1995|4|18|df=y}}|| Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="right" | Wicket-keepers
|-
| style="text-align:center" |14||[[Deshan Dias]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1992|3|12|df=y}}|| Left-handed ||–
|-
| style="text-align:center" |–||[[Lisula Lakshan]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1995|9|13|df=y}}|| Right-handed ||–
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="right" | Bowlers
|-
| style="text-align:center" |36||[[Kevin Koththiigoda|Kevin Koththigoda]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1998|10|4|df=y}}|| Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break|leg-break]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |–||[[Sohaibullah]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Pakistan}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1996|3|20|df=y}}|| Left-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |–||[[Malindu Shehan]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1994|5|19|df=y}}|| Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |34||'''[[Tharindu Kaushal]]'''|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1993|3|5|df=y}}|| Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break|off-break]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |–||[[Chameera]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1995|12|10|df=y}}|| Right-handed ||[[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |–||[[Duvindu Tillakaratne]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1996|9|9|df=y}}|| Right-handed ||[[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]]
|-
| style="text-align:center" |–||[[Mohamed Shiraz]]|| style="text-align:center" |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}}|| style="text-align:center" |{{Age|1995|02|13|df=y}}|| Right-handed ||[[Right-arm medium-fast]]
|}

==Notable players==
* [[Ishara Amerasinghe]]
* [[Chinthaka Jayasinghe]]
* [[Lanka de Silva]]
* [[Bertram Heyn|B. R. Heyn]]
* [[Jayantha Paranathala]]
* [[Nuwan Pradeep]]
* [[Anura Ranasinghe]]
* [[Andy Solomons]]
* [[Sajeewa Weerakoon]]
* [[Mohammed Shiraz]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/52/52.html Burgher Recreation Club] at CricketArchive
* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/261477.html Cricinfo]
* [http://www.brcclub.net Burgher Recreation Club]

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[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Colombo]]


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