SARI LANKA TEAM HISTORY
Cricket was brought to the nation when it was
colonized by the English. The first recorded cricket match was played in the
country as for back as 1832. although the country then known as Ceylon was
playing first class cricket in 1905,it was in the 1975 inaugural world cup that
they made their international debut. They were humbled here losing to the west
Indies by 9 wickets. They did however, turn heads at the same tour name at wit
an excellent display in their match against Australia . Sri
Lanka , formerly known as Ceylon , has an age-old
civilization. It came under European influence and control after Dutch
colonists arrived in the 17th century; although the interior hilly region of
the island remained independent for over a century with its capital at Kandy .
The British East India Company established control of the island in
1796, using war with France
as its excuse for commandeering Dutch territory. Ceylon
was declared a Crown Colony in 1802, but the island was never to
be officially connected with British India . The fall of the kingdom of Kandy
in 1815 unified the island under British rule.
As everywhere that the
British arrived in numbers, cricket soon followed and it is reasonable to
assume that the game was first played on the island by 1800.
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