Sri Lanka Cricket

History of Sri Lankan Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket has a long and eventful history since its inception in 1832 to their becoming the World Cup Champions in 1996. Sri Lanka Cricket has given stalwarts to this wonderful game. Sri Lanka played her first international cricket match in 1882 with England. Then Sri Lanka was called Ceylon. The first inter-club tournament in Sri Lanka cricket was played in 1937. It started as the Daily News Trophy, renamed P. Saravanamuttu Trophy1n 1950-51, and then as the Robert Senanayake Trophy in 1976-77. The trophy is presently known as the Premier trophy. Cricket in Sri Lanka made significant progress in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1970s Sri Lanka Cricket was aiming for gaining Test Match stature. Their spirited performance in the 1975 Prudential World Cup took the world by surprise. This performance helped Sri Lanka becoming a Test playing nation in 1981. Sri Lanka Cricket witnessed its first Test Series victory in 1985 at home against India. Sri Lanka Cricket made a tremendous impact in the one-day matches variety. The greatest moment of Cricket History of Sri Lanka is winning of the Wills World Cup in 1996, in Lahore by defeating Australia. Sri Lanka Cricket can boast of holding the highest team score in a Test match. In Colombo, in August 1997, Sri Lanka scored 952 nuns for the loss of 6 wickets against India. Sri Lanka has played 170 Tests, won 50, lost 63, and drew 57 matches. In one day internationals Sri Lanka has played 531 matches, won 242, lost 266, tied 3, with 20 matches having no results. In test es Sri Lanka Cricket is in the 5th position with 4134 points and a rating of 103. In one day internationals also it is ranked 5th with a rating of 110, and 6162 points. Cricket in Sri Lanka is played in the following cricket grounds: • Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo • P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo • Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo • R. Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo • Galle International Stadium, Galle • Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy • Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa History of Sri Lanka Cricket will remain incomplete without the mention of M. Sathavisam, Anura Tennekoon, Duleep Mendis, Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya and Mutthiah Muralitharan. They are legendary figures in shaping the Cricket History of Sri Lanka.