Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the governing body for

cricket in Sri Lanka Cricket is the most popular sport in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is one of the twelve nations that take part in Test cricket and one of the six nations that has won a cricket World Cup. Cricket is played at professional, semi-professional and recreationa ...

. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan

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as the Board of Cricket for Sri Lanka (BCCSL) on 30 June 1975 as a national sports body. The board was renamed in 2003. The SLC operates all of the Sri Lankan national representative cricket sides, including the Men's,

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and Under-19 sides. The SLC is also responsible for organising and hosting Test tours and

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s with other nations, and scheduling the home international fixtures.

Shammi Silva Atulugamage Shammi Shiraj Silva ( si, අටුලුගමගේ ෂම්මි ශිරාජ් සිල්වා, born 7 August 1960) is a sports administrator and the current president (2019/2022) of Sri Lanka Cricket. Shammi was elect ...

was elected SLC President in 2019.

History

Cricket was brought to the nation when it was colonized by the British. As everywhere that the British arrived in numbers, cricket soon followed and it is reasonable to assume that the game was first played on the island by 1800. The earliest definite mention of cricket in Ceylon was a report in the ''Colombo Journal'' on 5 September 1832 which called for the formation of a cricket club. The

Colombo Cricket Club 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, and is headquartered at 31 Maitland Crescent, Colombo 7, close to the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket. Hi ...

was formed soon afterward and matches began in November 1833 when it played against the 97th Regiment. Throughout the 20th century, the game became increasingly popular in Sri Lanka. It was in the 1975 inaugural Cricket World Cup that they made their international debut. They lost to the West Indies by 9 wickets. They did however turn heads at the same tournament with an excellent display in their match against Australia. The

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won the

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in 1979. On 21 July 1981, Sri Lanka was admitted to full membership of the ICC and was awarded Test Match status. The inaugural Test was played at the

Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (Tamil: பாக்கியசோதி சரவணமுத்து மைதானம், si, පාකියසොති සර්වනමූත්තු ක්‍රීඩාංගනය) Colombo Oval o ...

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

in February 1982 against

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but Sri Lanka lost by 8 wickets. Sri Lanka won the

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by defeating Australia. Sri Lanka won the

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by defeating India.

Domestic competitions

Sri Lanka Cricket oversees the progress and handling of the major domestic competitions in the country: *

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* Lanka T10 *

Premier Trophy The Major League Tournament (formerly known as the Premier Trophy) is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1938 and has existed under a number of different names. Matches before the 1988–89 seas ...

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* Primer Twenty20 Tournament * National Super League 4Day * National Super League One Day * National Super League Twenty20 They also organize and host the

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, a competition focusing on provincial-level teams with pooled talent rather than on individual cricket clubs.

Leadership

Presidents

Vice-Presidents

* Shelley Wickramasinghe (mid-1980s) * Isuru Lakmal Rathnapala * Kasun Chamara Gunawardena *

Thilanga Sumathipala Uduwatuwage Janath Priya Thilanga Sumathipala MP (born 3 May 1964) (known as Thilanga Sumathipala) is a Sri Lankan politician who was the former deputy speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka since 2015 and former President of Sri Lanka Cricket ...

Aravinda de Silva Deshabandu Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva ( si, අරවින්ද ද සිල්වා; born 17 October 1965) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who has also played in English county cricket. de Silva helped Sri Lanka to win the ...

(2003–2004) * K. Mathivanan * Asanga Seneviratne * Jayantha Dharmadasa (2016–Present) * K. Mathivanan (2016–Present)

Secretaries

* Kushil Gunasekera (2002) *

Mohan de Silva Mohan De Silva was the chairman of the University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka. Early life and education De Silva received his primary school education at St. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa, before moving to Nalanda College, Colombo for his sec ...

(2003) * Lourence Amarasena (2004) * S. Liyanagama *

Michael de Zoysa Michael de Zoysa ( si, මෛකල් ඩි සොය්සා) (30 September 1946 – 29 September 2019) was a Sri Lankan cricketer, who served as the administrator of Sri Lanka Cricket and a veteran in the Ceylon Tea industry. He also se ...

Nishantha Ranatunga Nishantha Ranatunga (born 22 January 1966) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1993. An all-rounder of note in domestic cricket, he is the brother of former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanjeeva Ran ...

(March 2009 – July 2011) *

(2012–2015) *

(2016–Present)

Assistant Secretaries

Ravin Wickramaratne Ravin Wickramaratne (born 9 April 1962) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer. He played in one List A and nineteen first-class matches from 1989 to 1993. After his playing career, he became the Vice-President of Sri Lanka Cricket, and the tournament ...

(2004) * Hirvanamuthu Kulendran *

(2016–Present)

Treasurers

* Typhon Mirando (2002) * Nuski Mohamed (2004) * '' Sujeewa Rajapakse'' (January 2008 – July 2011) * Nuski Mohamed (2012–2013) *

(2016–Present)

Assistant Treasurers

* Lucian Merinnegre (2004) * Ajith Sivasamy (2012–2013) *

(2014–2015) * Lalith Rambukwella (2016–Present)

References

External links

Official website
{{Asian Cricket Council Cricket administration Cricket administration in Sri Lanka Cric