Moors Sports Club is a

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team based in

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History

Moors Sports Club was founded by members of Colombo Grand Mosque at New Moor Street in the

neighbourhood of

Pettah Pettah may refer to: * Pettah of Ahmednagar, a fortified town outside the Fort of Ahmednagar stormed by British soldiers in 1803 during Second Anglo-Maratha War * Pettah, Colombo, a neighborhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka located east of the City centr ...

. Like most clubs founded during the colonial era it was founded on ethno-religious lines and catered to the minority Moorish community. The club later moved to its present location at Muttiah Road in the neighbourhood of

Slave Island Slave Island ( si, කොම්පඤ්ඤ වීදිය, ta, கொம்பனித்தெரு) also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort. The suburb contain ...

. Sir Razik Fareed laid the foundation stone for a Club House on 25 September 1936 and Governor Sir Edward Stubbs declared open the pavilion on 27 February 1937. The first inter-club match at the venue was between the Moors SC and

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. In 1983 the first professional players were contracted with the advent of professional cricket and the

Sri Lanka national cricket team The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions ...

gaining

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status. In addition to cricket, other sports offered include tennis and billiards.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Team records

* Playing Record : Played : 209 Won : 52 Lost : 43 Drawn : 114 * Highest team total – 622 vs SLAF, Colombo (Moors), 2003–04 * Best innings bowling figures – HMRKB Herath 8/43 vs PSC, Colombo (Moors) 2003–04 * Highest individual score – WMB Perera 220* vs CCC, Colombo (Moors) 2002–03 * Partnership records – * 1st – 195 MNR Cooray & MS Sampan vs SSC, Colombo (CCC), 2001–02 * 2nd – 140 KD Gunawardene & DSNFG Jayasuriya vs Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo (Bloom), 2011–12 * 3rd – 161 MI Ghouse & WMB Perera vs Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo (PSS), 2011–12 * 4th – 222 S Kalavitigoda & PC de Silva vs Burgher Recreation Club, Colombo (Moors), 2010–11 * 5th – 260* MI Ghouse & LJP Gunaratne vs Colts Cricket Club, Colombo (Col), 2012–13 * 6th – 166 SI de Saram & LHD Dilhara vs Saracens Sports Club, Colombo (Moors), 2012–13 * 7th – 224 LJP Gunaratne & RS Wickramarachchi vs SLAF, Colombo (Moors), 2012–13 * 8th – 182 LHD Dilhara & HMRKB Herath vs NCC, Colombo (Moors), 2006–07 * 9th – 118* HMRKB Herath & PN Ranjith vs Galle Cricket Club, Colombo (Moors), 2002/03 * 10th – 96 UI Weerawarna & D Schaffter vs NCC, Colombo (NCC), 1994/95 Records current (as of 30 April 2013)

Honours

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 ...

(1) (2002–03)

2002–03 Championship

On 6 March 2003 Moors SC took on

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO () ...

in the Premier League final. Moors SC captain

Rangana Herath Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath ( si, රංගන හේරත්; ta, ரங்கன ஹெரத்; born 19 March 1978), known as Rangana Herath, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all forms of the game and a f ...

won the toss and chose to field first. Bloomfield were dismissed for 121 with Nandika Ranjith taking 5 for 39. An unbeaten 62 from Amila Weththasinghe helped his side gain a 67 run first innings lead having at one stage been at 5/96. Ranjith took another 5 wicket haul as Bloomfield were all out in their second inning for 172. This left Moors SC chasing 106 for their maiden trophy and after losing their first 4 wickets for just 16 they crawled home to win by 1 wicket.

Bathiya Perera Wagawattage Maithree Bathiya Perera (born 28 April 1977) is a former Sri Lankan first class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and part-time leg break bowler, he has represented Sri Lanka A at international level. Perera impressed in the unde ...

top scored with 31 and Thamara Abeyratne was the hero with 25 not out from number 9. The man of the match award went to Nandika Ranjith for his 10 wickets while

Chandika Hathurusingha Upul Chandika Hathurusingha ( si, උපුල් චන්දික හතුරුසිංහ; born 13 September 1968) is a former cricketer. He was also the former head coach of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. Hathurusingha also worke ...

was named as player of the tournament.

References

External links

Moors Sports Club
at CricketArchive

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