Burgher Recreation Club

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Burgher Recreation Club is a first-class cricket and hockey club based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

History

The club was founded on 26 December 1896 as the Bambalapitya Recreation Club,[1] with membership restricted to the Burgher community. The first president was A. W. Raffel, the honourary secretary O. H. Poppenback and the club captain V. O. Wright.[2] 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.[2][3] In 1925 the club was adjudged cricket champions. In 1947 B. R. Heyn was appointed the captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.[3] 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 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.[4]

The names of players with international caps are listed in bold

No Name Nat Age Batting style Bowling style
Batsmen
7 Raminda Wijesooriya Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed –
9 Lasith Lakshan Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm off-break
54 Bhanuka Rajapaksa Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
– Nisal Francisco Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Right-arm leg-break
– Shanuka Dulaj Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Right-arm leg-break
– Shehan Nissanka Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Right-arm leg-break
All-rounders
40 Hashen Ramanayake (Captain) Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
14 Deshan Dias Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed –
– Lisula Lakshan Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed –
Bowlers
36 Kevin Koththigoda Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Right-arm leg-break
– Sohaibullah Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast
– Malindu Shehan Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
34 Tharindu Kaushal Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm off-break
– Chameera Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
– Duvindu Tillakaratne Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
– Mohamed Shiraz Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "age". Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

Notable players

References

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External links

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