Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club crest
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| One-day name: | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club |
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| Captain: |
 Jeevan Mendis
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| City: | Colombo |
| Founded: | December 2, 1899 |
| Home ground: | Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium |
| Capacity: | 15,000 |
| No. of titles | 3 |
| Premier Trophy wins: | 2 |
| Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins: | 1 |
| Twenty20 Tournament wins: | 0 |
| Notable players: |
Muttiah Muralitharan Tillakaratne Dilshan Rangana Herath |
| Official website: | tamilunioncricket |
Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.
The club can trace its roots back to the final years of the 19th century in which two pre-existing rival clubs amalgamated to form the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. The Club's embryonic years benefited from its stewardship by some of the country's most eminent Tamil Lawyers, Politicians and Civil Servants (see below). The first of these clubs was known as the Lanka Sports Club which was established in 1895 had its base in Price Park. In 1898, the first available mention of office bearers lists D. Muthuswamy (president), G. N. C. Ponnambalam (secretary), future Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Sir Waithilingam Duraiswamy (club Captain) as the Club committee. Duraiswamy would later hold the position of President (1937–48) while G.N.C Ponnambalam that of Captain (1905) in the amalgamated Tamil Union and Athletic Club. A second Tamil sports club was established in March of 1899, in a meeting that was called with the objective of organizing a second Tamil Sports Club in Colombo. This meeting was duly held at the City College Hall and presided over by the Hon. P. Coomaraswamy, former Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon (forerunner of the Parliament of Sri Lanka). During the meeting the club elected its governing committee which included Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, Mr T Muttu Coomaraswamy, Mr A. E. Strong and Mr E. Sellayah. Sir Ponnambalam’s elder brother Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, former Solicitor General of Sri Lanka later became President of the amalgamated Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club while Mr E. Sellayah’s eldest son (W.M.) Sri Lanka's first full-time Registrar of Companies, later became Honorary General Secretary, while another son (L.W.) went on to captain the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and All-Ceylon teams in hockey and later served as a national administrator.
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