Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the governing body for
cricket in Sri Lanka. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan
Ministry of Sports 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,
Women's
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and
Under-19 sides. The SLC is also responsible for organising and hosting
Test tours and
one day international
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s with other nations, and scheduling the home international fixtures.
Shammi Silva 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 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
national team won the
ICC Trophy 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 in
Colombo
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in February 1982 against
England
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but Sri Lanka lost by 8 wickets.
Sri Lanka won the
1996 Cricket World Cup by defeating Australia. Sri Lanka won the
2014 ICC World Twenty20 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 Premier League
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Lanka T10
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Premier Trophy
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Premier Limited Overs Tournament
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Primer Twenty20 Tournament
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National Super League 4Day
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National Super League One Day
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National Super League Twenty20
They also organize and host the
Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, a competition focusing on
provincial-level teams with pooled talent rather than on individual cricket clubs.
Leadership
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
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Shelley Wickramasinghe (mid-1980s
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* Isuru Lakmal Rathnapala
* Kasun Chamara Gunawardena
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Thilanga Sumathipala
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Aravinda de Silva (2003–2004)
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K. Mathivanan
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Asanga Seneviratne
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Jayantha Dharmadasa (2016–Present)
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K. Mathivanan (2016–Present)
Secretaries
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Kushil Gunasekera (2002)
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Mohan de Silva (2003)
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Lourence Amarasena (2004)
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S. Liyanagama
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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 ...
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Nishantha Ranatunga
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(March 2009 – July 2011)
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Nishantha Ranatunga
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(2012–2015)
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Mohan de Silva (2016–Present)
Assistant Secretaries
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Ravin Wickramaratne (2004)
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Hirvanamuthu Kulendran
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Ravin Wickramaratne (2016–Present)
Treasurers
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Typhon Mirando (2002)
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Nuski Mohamed (2004)
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Sujeewa Rajapakse'' (January 2008 – July 2011)
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Nuski Mohamed (2012–2013)
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Shammi Silva (2016–Present)
Assistant Treasurers
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Lucian Merinnegre (2004)
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Ajith Sivasamy (2012–2013)
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Shammi Silva (2014–2015)
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Lalith Rambukwella (2016–Present)
References
External links
Official website
{{Asian Cricket Council
Cricket administration
Cricket administration in Sri Lanka
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