Jacob | John Jacob Astor | Jacob M. Appel | Jacob Epstein | Jacob Zuma | Jacob Obrecht | Richard Oram | Jacob Lawrence | Jacob Appel | John Jacob Astor IV | Irène Jacob | Jacob Jordaens | Paul Jacob | Meshullam ben Jacob | Jacob Riis | Jacob Grimm | Jacob Christian Schäffer | Jacob Appelbaum | Jannal Oram | Jacob Truedson Demitz | Jacob ter Veldhuis | Jacob's Ladder | Jacob's biscuits | Jacob's Award | Jacob Rothschild | Jacob L. Devers | Jacob Latimore | Jacob Kirkegaard | Jacob Kielland | Jacob J. Shubert |
The company sponsors many great former and current players like Inzamam ul Haq, Javed Miandad, Saeed Anwar, Moin Khan, Saleem Malik, Ijaz Ahmed, Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Brian Lara, Carl Hooper, Michael Bevan, Mahela Jayawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Jacob Oram and Shakib Al Hasan.
Mahela Jayawardene lasted 10 balls before he, too, was caught, and the three New Zealand seamers Shane Bond, Kyle Mills and Jacob Oram had a wicket each.
The team was one of only seven teams taking part in the inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League held in August 2012.During the first player Draft for the inaugural SLPL season, conducted in July 2012, the Uva team bought a number of contemporary star cricketers such as Chris Gayle, Umar Gul, Upul Tharanga, Jacob Oram, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Thilina Kandamby.