Ace Capital Cricket Club

Ace Capital Cricket Club, previously known as the Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club, is a first-class cricket team formerly sponsored by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). They have played in the Premier Trophy since 2011-12. Before 2011 the team played under the name Seeduwa Raddoluwa Cricket Club.^[1] In October 2020, it was announced that the SLPA had withdrawn from the club and transferred ownership back to the former owners. From the 2020–21 season, the club was renamed as the Ace Capital Cricket Club.^[2]

History[]

Seeduwa Raddoluwa joined the revamped Sri Lankan first-class competition in the 2008–09 season, becoming the 32nd team to take part in the competition. They played in the 2008-09, 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.

In 2011-12, under the new name of Sri Lanka Ports Authority Club, captained by Shantha Kalavitigoda, they competed in Tier B of the Premier Trophy. They won three matches, lost one and drew five, and finished fourth out of ten teams.^[3] Captained by Shanuka Dissanayake, they again finished fourth in 2012-13 in the group now named Group B, with three wins, three losses and three draws.^[4] In the restructured competition in 2013-14 they finished third in Group A, with two wins, two losses and two draws, and progressed to the Super Eight league, where they finished last, with one win, five losses and a draw.^[5] Ashan Priyanjan was captain in most matches.

Captained by Mahela Udawatte, and with Malinda Pushpakumara leading the Premier Trophy bowling with 70 wickets at an average of 16.72,^[6] they won the Premier Trophy in 2014-15, winning eight out of their 13 matches and losing only once. At the end of the season they had played 44 matches, with 17 wins, 12 losses and 15 draws.

At the end of the 2013-14 season the leading run-scorer is Gayan Maneshan with 1288 runs at an average of 53.66.^[7] The leading wicket-taker is Chanaka Komasaru with 76 wickets at 29.39.^[8] The highest score is 235 by Ashan Priyanjan against Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club in 2012-13.^[9] The best bowling figures are 7 for 58 by Isuru Udana against Sinhalese Sports Club in 2013-14.^[10]

Current squad[]

Players with international caps are listed in bold

No	Name	Nat	Age	Batting Style	Bowling Style
Batsmen
6	Gihan Rupasinghe (Captain)		36	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
7	Yashodha Lanka		29	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
14	Yohan de Silva		36	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
26	Shoaib Nasir		39	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
66	Nick Compton		38	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Ishan Rangana		28	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break
All-rounders
3	Maduka Liyanapathiranage		30	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
27	Charith Jayampathi		31	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
51	Adeel Malik		36	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
67	Ranesh Perera		36	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
–	Nisal Randika		39	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Ramesh Nimantha		–	–	–
Wicket-keepers
17	Prashan Wickramasinghe		29	Right-handed	–
41	Gayan Maneeshan		31	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
–	Chathura Milan		23	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
19	Hashan Vimarshana		27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
22	Chaminda Bandara		34	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
24	Anuk de Alwis		30	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
34	Akalanka Ganegama		40	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Chalanaka Weerasinghe		27	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Chanaka Komasaru		38	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Nalin Priyadarshana		31	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Malinga De Silva		26	Right-handed	–

References[]

External links[]

• Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club at CricketArchive