The SSC has a membership of more than 6000 made up of several categories namely - Life, Ordinary, Outstation, Associate, Student and Juvenile.  The Club also provides expatriate membership to foreign nationals on temporary residence in Sri Lanka, and maintains reciprocal membership with a few overseas Cricket Clubs

A Member is considered an Absentee Member if he/she has duly notified the Secretary of the Club his/her impending absence for a period over 12 months from Sri Lanka in conformity with Section 11 (iv) of the Rules of the Club.

A Student Member on completing his 24^th birthday or is employed before completing the 24^th birthday and has had a continuous period of not less than 10 years shall on making a fresh application in the prescribed form, become an Ordinary, Outstation or Associate Member as the case may be and shall be called upon to pay 1/4 (25%) of the Entrance Fee applicable to the defined category of membership as at the time of submitting the application. 

A Student Member who does not have 10 years continuous Membership but on being elected an Ordinary or an Outstation or an Associate Member on making a fresh application in the prescribed form, shall either pay the difference in Entrance Fees applicable at the time or 1/4 of the Entrance Fees applicable to the defined category of membership whichever is higher.