Chilaw Marians Cricket Club
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Chilaw Marians Cricket Club are a first-class cricket
team based in Colombo
, Sri Lanka
. They play their home games at Colombo Cricket Club Ground
. The club has won the one day Tournament in 2005 Sri Lankan first class competition.
More successful in limited overs cricket, Chilaw reached the final of the International 20:20 Club Championship
in 2005.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
team based in Colombo
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. They play their home games at Colombo Cricket Club Ground
Colombo Cricket Club Ground
Colombo Cricket Club Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is currently used mostly for domestic first-class cricket matches and for hosting warm up matches for touring teams. The stadium can hold 6,000 people and hosted its first Test match in 1984. It is one of the smallest...
. The club has won the one day Tournament in 2005 Sri Lankan first class competition.
More successful in limited overs cricket, Chilaw reached the final of the International 20:20 Club Championship
International 20:20 Club Championship
The International 20:20 Club Championship is an international Twenty20 competition for club cricket teams similar to football's FIFA Club World Championship....
in 2005.