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Burgher Recreation Club is a first-class cricket and hockey club based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

History

The club was founded on 26 December 1896 as the Bambalapitya Recreation Club, with membership restricted to the Burgher community. The first president was A. W. Raffel, the honourary secretary O. H. Poppenback and the club captain V. O. Wright. The club won its first cricket match on 9 November 1901.

In 1902 the club moved from Bambalapitiya to Havelock Park. On 31 May 1915 the club changed its name to the Burgher Recreation Club. In 1925 the club was adjudged cricket champions. In 1947 B. R. Heyn was appointed the captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. In the 1950s the club opened its membership to the wider community. The club won its first P. Saravanamuttu Trophy in the 1955–56 season.

The club competed at first-class level in the Premier Trophy from 1988–89 to 2012–13, but lost its first-class status when the number of teams in the competition was reduced from 20 to 14 after the 2012–13 season. It is eligible for promotion back to first-class status, depending on its results in non-first-class competitions.

Honours

• 1955–56 – P Saravanamuttu Trophy

Current squad

These players featured in matches for Burgher Recreation Club in 2019/20.

The names of players with international caps are listed in bold

No	Name	Nat	Age	Batting style	Bowling style
Batsmen
7	Raminda Wijesooriya		26	Left-handed	–
9	Lasith Lakshan		28	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
54	Bhanuka Rajapaksa		33	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Nisal Francisco		27	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
–	Shanuka Dulaj		29	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
–	Shehan Nissanka		31	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
All-rounders
40	Hashen Ramanayake (Captain)		29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
14	Deshan Dias		32	Left-handed	–
–	Lisula Lakshan		29	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
36	Kevin Koththigoda		26	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
–	Sohaibullah		28	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
–	Malindu Shehan		30	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
34	Tharindu Kaushal		31	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Chameera		29	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Duvindu Tillakaratne		28	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Mohamed Shiraz		29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

Notable players

• Ishara Amerasinghe
• Chinthaka Jayasinghe
• Lanka de Silva
• B. R. Heyn
• Jayantha Paranathala
• Nuwan Pradeep
• Anura Ranasinghe
• Andy Solomons
• Sajeewa Weerakoon
• Mohammed Shiraz

References

1. "| Sri Lanka Cricket". www.srilankacricket.lk. Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
2. Ferguson, Alistair MacKenzie (1968). Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. Vol. 110–112. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 1143.
3. ^ Perera, S. S.; Muthiah, S (Ed) (1999). The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket, 1832–1996. Janashakthi Insurance. p. 74.
4. ^ Bandara, Sampath (21 August 2009). "Burgher Recreation Club Website launched". Daily News. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
5. Lakmal, Waruna (2020-02-06). "Photos: BRC Team Preview 2019/20". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.

External links

• Burgher Recreation Club at CricketArchive
• Cricinfo
• Burgher Recreation Club

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