Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club

Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club

League	Major League Tournament
Personnel
Captain	Tillakaratne Sampath
Team information
City	Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Founded	1970
History
First-class debut	vs Kalutara Town Club in 2020 at Aaron's Cricket Club Ground, Kalutara District
ML wins	0
MC LO wins	0
MC T20 wins	0

Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club, commonly abbreviated as NSWC, is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. It is one of the 14 affiliated clubs of Sri Lanka Cricket.^[1] Tillakaratne Sampath is the current captain of the club.^[2]

History

Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club was founded in 1970. NSWC sought an interim injunction against the interim committee from preventing using the Board of Control for Cricket funds in Sri Lanka in 2001.^[3] Before its first-class debut, NSWC participated in the under-23 tournament since 2002.^[4] Nuwan Kulasekara played for NSWC in the under-23 tournament in the early days of his career.^[5]

Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club made its first-class debut in 2020. NSWC played against Kalutara Town Club in Aaron's Cricket Club Ground in the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament Tier B. NSWC secured a 119-run win in its first match, and Denuwan Rajakaruna captained the side.^[6]

Honours

• Major League (0):
• Major Clubs Limited Overs (0):
• Major Clubs T20 (0):

Current squad

• Pulindu Perera
• Tillakaratne Sampath (c)
• Rahal Amarasinghe
• Avishka Perera
• Kevin Perera
• Rahul Gunasekera
• Supun Kavinda
• Akram Muthalib (wk)
• Manuja Chanthuka
• Dilshan Abeysinghe
• Sheshan Marasinghe

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[2]

References

1. "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). srilankacricket.lk. Sri Lanka Cricket. 2021. p. 65. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
2. "BRC vs NSWC Cricket Scorecard, Group B at Moratuwa, August 05, 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
3. "Nugegoda Sports Club try to freeze BCCSL accounts". ESPNcricinfo. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
4. "Under 23 Tournament (Division 1), 2002 Schedule". ESPNcricinfo. 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
5. Samarakoon, Damith (6 June 2016). "The man with the mile-wide smile". ThePapare. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
6. "KALTW vs NSWC Cricket Scorecard at Kaluthara, January 31 - February 01, 2020". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2024.