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Cricket was introduced to Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) in the first quarter of the 19th century, following colonisation of the island by the British. The earliest known match was recorded in 1832 and the earliest first-class one in 1926. The national team has played Test cricket from 1982.
The History of the Sri Lanka national cricket team began with the formation of the Colombo Cricket Club in 1832. By the 1880s a national team, the Ceylon national cricket team, was formed which began playing first-class cricket by the 1920s.
The team first played One day international cricket in the 1975 Cricket World Cup and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. The Sri Lankan team transformed themselves from the underdog status to a leading cricketing nation during the 1990s.
Sri Lanka first competed in top-level international cricket in 1975, when they played against the West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup; the West Indies won the match by 9 wickets at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. [23] Pakistan toured Sri Lanka in January 1976 to play three first-class and two limited overs matches.
Jun 8, 2021 · History. The first match on Sri Lankan (then called Ceylon) ground was played by the British. The earliest reported match in Sri Lanka took place on 5 September 1832, this match began the cricket club’s formation in the country.
Mar 21, 2020 · Sri Lanka not only orbited into a new planet by creating history in winning cricket’s biggest pot of gold, the cricket world cup in 1995-96, but as a hitherto little known entity in the ICC fold doing it in style by bringing down the very might of the world Australia, who was the No.1 cricketing country in the world was a phenomenal achievement.
Aug 14, 2022 · The history of Sri Lankan cricket after 1996 is inevitably better known, that of a side that increased in stature and produced a number of players who touched greatness in any currency. It was, I suppose, inevitable that there would then be a correction and An Island’s Eleven closes on that note.
