Matara Sports Club is a Division III
cricket
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team in
Matara, Sri Lanka
Matara ( si, මාතර, translit=Māthara, ta, மாத்தறை, translit=Māttaṟai) is a major city in Sri Lanka, on the southern coast of Southern Province. It is the second largest city in Southern Province. It is from Colombo. ...
. It played
first-class cricket
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1998 to 2001, before being demoted to Division II in 2002, and to Division III in 2014.
The
Uyanwatte ground is home to Matara Cricket Club. In the parlour of cricket Matara stands for one thing only, the modern master blaster
Sanath Jayasuriya
Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya ( si, සනත් ජයසූරිය, ta, சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a captain. He is credited for having revolutionized one-day in ...
. Jayasuriya played his early cricket here, is revered in the area and from 2010 to 2015 was the MP for the Matara district.
History
The first official team was registered in 1904 and consisted of mainly European tea planters. Leading boys schools in Matara - Rahula, St. Servatius and St. Thomas Colleges have produced great cricketers, and some of them have played for the national team. Sanath Jayasuriya, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Indiak de Saram, Suraj Randiv, Janak Gamage, Prabhath Nissanka,
Kasun Rajitha
Chandrasekara Arachchilage Kasun Rajitha (born 1 June 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all formats of the game in international level for Sri Lanka. He is an old boy of St. Servatius' College, Matara.
Early and domestic ...
are some of them. Most of these cricketers started playing club cricket for Matara Sports Club. They won Div II Championship in 1989/90.
See also
*
List of Sri Lankan cricket teams
This is a list of Sri Lankan cricket teams who have played all forms of the game, past and present.
Franchise teams
* Colombo Stars
* Dambulla Aura
* Galle Gladiators
* Jaffna Kings
* Kandy Falcons
Club teams Current major clubs
These are the c ...
References
External links
Matara Sports Clubat CricketArchive
Former senior cricket clubs of Sri Lanka
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