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Beginnings[edit] 

Cricket was brought to the country when it was colonized by the English. The initially recorded cricket match was played in the nation concerning back as 1832. despite the fact that the nation then known as Ceylon was playing five star cricket in 1905,it was in the 1975 inaugural world container that they made their universal introduction. They were humbled here losing toward the west Indies by 9 wickets. They did on the other hand, blow some people's minds at the same visit name at mind a fabulous show in their match against Australia. Sri Lanka, previously known as Ceylon, has an age-old human advancement. It went under European impact and control after Dutch pioneers landed in the seventeenth century; despite the fact that the inside uneven locale of the island stayed autonomous for over a century with its capital at Kandy. The British East India Company created control of the island in 1796, utilizing war with France as its reason for enlisting Dutch domain. Ceylon was announced a Crown Colony in 1802, yet the island was never to be authoritatively joined with British India. The fall of the kingdom of Kandy in 1815 bound together the island under British principle. 

As all around that the British landed in numbers, cricket soon took after and it is sensible to expect that the amusement was initially played on the island by 1800. 

Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka in 1972 

Early developments[edit] 

The soonest distinct notice of cricket in Ceylon was a report in the Colombo Journal on 5 September 1832 which required the arrangement of a cricket club. The Colombo Cricket Club was structured soon thereafter and matches started in November 1833 when it played against the 97th Regiment.[1] 

In October 1882, Ivo Bligh's group played a chances amusement in Colombo[2] on the way to Australia, where they "recuperated those Ashes". In 1888–89, an English group drove by George Vernon visited Ceylon and India, including a 11-a-side amusement against All-Ceylon at Kandy. In 1890, the Australian group on the way to England played in Colombo. 

Five star cricket in Ceylon got to be confined to amusements against going to visiting groups, strikingly the English and Australian groups who utilized Ceylon as a stopover on the long voyage to one another's nation. Douglas Jardine's scandalous "bodyline group" was there in 1932–33. Periodically, groups illustrative of Ceylon played matches abroad, particularly in India. 

From 1953–4 until 1975-6, the Ceylon Cricket Association played a five star match against Madras (recently renamed Tamil Nadu) for the Gopalan Trophy. This installation was played in Colombo generally at regular intervals, with one further apparatus in 1982-3, exchanging with the installation being held in 

Global cricket[edit] 

All through the twentieth century, the amusement got to be progressively mainstream in Sri Lanka and the national group won the ICC Trophy in 1979. On 21 July 1981, Sri Lanka was confessed to full participation of the ICC and was granted Test Match status. The inaugural Test was played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo in February 1982 against England however Sri Lanka lost by 8 wickets. 

Sri Lanka won the 1996 Cricket World Cup by vanquishing Australia. 

Sri Lanka won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 by vanquishing India. 

Local cricket[edit] 

Chief Trophy[edit] 

Fundamental article: Premier Trophy 

In 1938, the first local rivalry was secured when 12 groups vied for the Daily News Trophy.[3] The competition's title was changed to the P Saravanamuttu Trophy in 1950–51 and afterward the Robert Senanayake Trophy in 1976–77. After Sri Lanka started playing Test cricket in 1982, the inescapable patrons went ahead prepare to leave and the competition was rebranded as the Lakspray Trophy for the 1988–89 season when, shockingly, it was assigned top of the line. 

Hence, the title of P Saravanamuttu Trophy was restored from 1990 and since 1998 it has been known as the Premier Trophy. 

The Sinhalese Sports Club has won the competition a record 29 times to 2006. 

For a full rundown of champs from 1938, see : Premier Trophy. 

Head Limited Overs tournament[edit] 

Primary article: Premier Limited Overs Tournament 

The initially restricted overs cricket competition in Sri Lanka was the Brown's Trophy in 1988–89.[4] Only four groups contended in the inaugural rivalry: Sinhalese Sports Club (victors); Nondescripts Cricket Club (runners-up); Galle Cricket Club; Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club. The competition was renamed the Hatna Trophy in 1990–91 and afterward issued its current name Premier Limited Overs Tournament in 1998–99. 

The opposition to date has been overwhelmed by three groups: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club has won five times; Sinhalese Sports Club and Nondescripts Cricket Club have won four times each. 

For a full rundown of champs from 1988, see : Premier Limited Overs Tournament. 

Driving players via season[edit] 

The rundowns underneath give the main runscorers and wicket–takers in every residential season. 

Batsmen[edit] 

1988–89 – DSBP Kuruppu – 339 @ 113.00 (HS 126) 

1989–90 – WAA Wasantha – 519 @ 57.66 (HS 134) 

1990–91 – UNK Fernando – 656 @ 65.60 (HS 160) 

1991–92 – MC Mendis – 551 @ 78.71 (HS 177*) 

1992–93 – PA de Silva – 591 @ 53.72 (HS 143) 

1993–94 – MAR Samarasekera – 701 @ 50.07 (HS 191) 

1994–95 – MS Atapattu – 1302 @ 93.00 (HS 181) 

1995–96 – RP Arnold – 1430 @ 79.44 (HS 217*) 

1996–97 – RS Kaluwitharana – 1172 @ 73.25 (HS 179) 

1997–98 – MS Atapattu – 868 @ 96.44 (HS 223) 

1998–99 – TM Dilshan – 1027 @ 51.35 (HS 194) 

1999–00 – DA Gunawardene – 711 @ 41.82 (HS 140) 

2000–01 – RPAH Wickramaratne – 830 @ 51.87 (HS 139) 

2001–02 – DPMD Jayawardene – 1426 @ 89.12 (HS 274) 

2002–03 – SKL de Silva – 938 @ 42.63 (HS 133) 

2003–04 – TM Dilshan – 1284 @ 51.36 (HS 151) 

2004–05 – S Kalavitigoda – 885 @ 49.16 (HS 152) 

2005–06 – WMG Ramyakumara – 993 @ 62.06 (HS 150*) 

2006–07 – BARS Priyadarshana – 822 @ 43.26 (HS 140) 

2007–08 – NT Paranavitana – 1059 @ 81.46 (HS 236) 

2008–09 – AD Mathews – 1038 @ 79.84 (HS 270) 

2009–10 –AD MATHEWS 

Bowlers[edit] 

1988–89 – SD Anurasiri – 24 @ 13.12 (BB 8–53) 

1989–90 – KPJ Warnaweera – 71 @ 13.47 (BB 7–16) 

1990–91 – FS Ahangama – 39 @ 14.89 (BB 5–44) 

1991–92 – GP Wickramasinghe – 38 @ 13.10 (BB 10–41) 

1992–93 – CM Hathurusingha – 35 @ 16.65 (BB 8–40) 

1993–94 – AMN Munasinghe – 46 @ 16.43 (BB 9–38) 

1994–95 – SD Anurasiri – 78 @ 15.67 (BB 8–90) 

1995–96 – M Jayasena – 67 @ 21.41 (BB 5–72) 

1996–97 – ADB Ranjith – 70 @ 16.40 (BB 9–29) 

1997–98 – UC Hathurusingha – 35 @ 16.17 (BB 7–55) 

1998–99 – PP Wickramasinghe – 76 @ 13.01 (BB 8–47) 

1999–00 – D Hettiarachchi – 55 @ 15.09 (BB 5–20) 

2000–01 – S Weerakoon – 80 @ 12.97 (BB 7–51) 

2001–02 – M Muralitharan – 87 @ 13.47 (BB 9–51) 

2002–03 – PN Ranjith – 69 @ 17.10 (BB 6–27) 

2003–04 – M Muralitharan – 96 @ 14.40 (BB 7–46) 

2004–05 – S Weerakoon – 52 @ 20.80 (BB 7–81) 

2005–06 – SADU Indrasiri – 60 @ 13.55 (BB 7–61) 

2006–07 – RMGK Sirisoma – 60 @ 15.50 (BB 7–42) 

2007–08 – BAW Mendis – 68 @ 10.51 (BB 7–37) 

2008–09 – S Weerakoon – 71 @ 20.35 (BB 7–40) and S Prasanna – 71 @ 20.70 (BB 8–59) 

2009–10 – 

Pretest period International voyages through Sri Lanka[edit] 

Australia[edit] 

A few Australian groups ceased and played matches in Ceylon while heading out to England and back. 

In the outcome of World War II, came the Australian Services cricket group in Ceylon and India in 1945-46, emphasizing Keith Miller who scored a century in Colombo. Mill operator returned as a component of the Australian cricket group in England in 1948 which played a diversion in Colombo amid a stopover on their voyage to England. 

It was not until 1969–70 that another Australian group landed in Ceylon. This group played one five star match against the national Ceylon group before going ahead to India for a five-Test arrangement. 

The 1981 Australians to England played a match in Colombo against Sri Lanka just months before Sri Lanka attained to Test status. 

Amid Sri Lanka's Test time, there have been five Australian voyages through the nation, four of which emphasized Test cricket. The guests in 1996 were there to make up the numbers in an One Day International (LOI) tri-arrangement against India and Sri Lanka. Australia came to the last of the tri-arrangement yet lost by 50 rushes to Sri Lanka. 

England[edit] 

By 1911, there had been five English groups in Ceylon. Those were driven by Ivo Bligh in 1882–83; George Vernon in 1889–90; WG Grace in 1891–92; Lord Hawke in 1892–93; and Andrew Stoddart in 1894–95. The Bligh, Grace and Stoddart groups were in transit to Australia while the Vernon and Hawke wanders took in Ceylon as a component of visits to India. 

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) groups have gone by on