| Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | ||||
| SSC Ground, Maitland Place | ||||
 A Test match in March 2001 between Sri Lanka v England. |
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| Ground information | ||||
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| Location | Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo | |||
| Establishment | 1952 | |||
| Seating capacity | 10,000 | |||
| Owner | Sinhalese Sports Club | |||
| Tenants | Sri Lanka Cricket | |||
| End names | Tennis Courts End South End |
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| International information | ||||
| First Test | 16 March 1984: Sri Lanka v New Zealand | |||
| Last Test | 23 July 2008: Sri Lanka v India | |||
| First ODI | 13 February 1982: Sri Lanka v England | |||
| Last ODI | 22 August 2006: Sri Lanka v India | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1974 – present | SSC | |||
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As of 28 April, 2009 |
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The Sinhalese Sports Club is one the most famous cricket grounds of Sri Lanka.[1] It is the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka.[2] The Ground often cited as the Lord's of Sri Lanka, hosting most domestic finals and one of preeminent international cricket venues.[3] The ground staged its first test in 1984 against touring New Zealand team. The first One Day International played in 1982 against the England team. Sri Lankan team has an impressive test record here. Out of 31 matches played winning 16 matches, losing only 6 matches while drawing 9 matches.
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History
In 1899, after a combined school cricket team, comprised mainly of Sinhala cricketers from Royal College, S. Thomas' College and Wesley College beating Colts Cricket Club by a one run decided form an all-Sinhalese club, and thus found Sinhalese Sports Club. The club leased a land in Victoria park with sandy soil and covered with cinnamon trees.[4] The ground was next to the Lawn club and by the side of National Museum of Colombo and National Arts Gallery.[5] In 1952 again club crown leased another 20 acres and shifted in to present location in maitland place, which was used as an aerodrome by the allied forces in world war II.[6]
Ground
The pavilion of the ground was build in 1956 with the sponsorship of Donovan Andree, a leading nightclub entrepreneur.[4] A giant scoreboard and sightscreens were built in mid-70s. Later the current scoreboard was built. The ground also has a media center and commentary box with modern facilities. Various sponsors including Lankabell, Seylan Bank and HSBC have built stands bearing their brands. There are two grass embankments for the spectators.
Highlights
In 1992 Australian tour of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka lost the SSC Test match to Australia by 16 runs after being set a target of only 181 runs.[7] This is one of Sri Lanka's narrowest defeats in Test cricket. Shane Warne picked 3 wickets in thirteen balls and this was his first notable performance in Test cricket.
In the 2001-02 Asian Test Championship, Mohammed Ashraful of Bangladesh become the youngest cricketer to score a Test hundred,[8] a one day before his 17th birthday. However Bangladesh went on to lose the match by an innings and 137 runs.
Chaminda Vaas took 8 wickets for 19 runs in 2001/02 against Zimbabwe, the best bowling performance in a one day international match.[9] The Zimbabwean total of 38 was the lowest team innings total in ODIs at that point of time.[10]
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene shared a partnership of 624 runs against South Africa in 2006/07 season, the highest partnership for any wicket in Test and first class cricket.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (Maitland Place)". cricket.yahoo.com. Yahoo Cricket. http://cricket.yahoo.com/ground-profile/Sinhalese-Sports-Club-Ground_147. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ "Sinhalese Sports Club". www.cricinfo.com. Cricinfo. http://content.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/ground/59308.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ "Sinhalese Sports Club Ground". http://uk2.cricket.org/db/NATIONAL/SL/SLC/VENUES/SSC.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ a b Kumar Sangakkara (Sunday, 03 August 2003). "Sri Lanka cricket - serious winning business!". Sunday Observer. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2003/08/03/spo11.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ de Mel, Ronnie (28 march,1999). "Sinhalese Sports Club in the 1940's and 1950's in retrospect". The Island. http://lakdiva.com/island/i990328/sports.htm. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ Andrew, McGlashan. "Profile". Cricinfo. http://content.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/ground/59308.html#Profile. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ "SRI LANKA v AUSTRALIA 1992-93". Wisden. http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/153615.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ Austin, Charlie (September 8, 2001). "Dream comes true for Bangladeshi teenager". Cricinfo. http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/110265.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ Austin, Charlie (December 8, 2001). "Chaminda Vaas starts LG Abans tri-series with record-breaking bonanza". Cricinfo. http://content.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/97644.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ "Lowest innings totals". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283987.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ Austin, Charlie. "Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2006". Wisden. http://content.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/291123.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
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