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It is the oldest cricket match series in the central province and the second oldest in Sri Lanka, having been played since 1893. [11] [12] The Battle of the Blues (Matara) has been played between St. Thomas' College, Matara, and St. Servatius' College Matara since 1900. [13] [14] [15] Over the years, many other Big Matches have been established.
The Sri Lanka national cricket team played their first Test match on 17 February 1982, against England, and recorded their first victory on 6 September 1985, in a match against India. [5] Since then, they have played nearly 300 matches, against every other Test-playing nation. [ 6 ]
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 March 1996 ‡ Scorecard: 4 381/3 Afghanistan: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 9 February 2024: Scorecard: 5 377/8 Ireland: Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland 18 June 2016: Scorecard: Last updated: 09 February 2024 [12]
Sri Lanka (214/6) v Bangladesh (215/5) Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka: 10 March 2018: 4 417/11 Sri Lanka (206/7) v India (211/4) Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India: 12 December 2009: 5 415/11 Afghanistan (209/5) v Sri Lanka (206/6) Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka: 21 February 2024
First test match of England tour of Sri Lanka 2021, Mathews scored his 6000 test runs. In the second innings, he scored his 36th test half-century. He scored 71 runs facing 219 balls and 344 minutes on the crease just hitting four boundaries. His patient innings helped to take a lead to Sri Lanka but England won the match by 7 wickets. [77 ...
Cricket was introduced in Sri Lanka during the 19th century by the British. [1] A Sri Lankan school was the first to play cricket in 1864, primarily against small clubs. With the arrival of English cricketer Ashley Walker and the founding of Royal College, Colombo, Sri Lanka's first inter-school match took place between S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia and Royal College in 1880.
The name of the country changed from Ceylon to Sri Lanka on 22 May 1972. Sri Lanka's performance in its two matches against Pakistan in 1973-74 led the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan, A. H. Kardar, to urge the International Cricket Conference (ICC) to consider promoting Sri Lanka to Test status. [23]
Sri Lankan English (SLE) is the English language as it is used in Sri Lanka, a term dating from 1972. [1] Sri Lankan English is principally categorised as the Standard Variety and the Nonstandard Variety, which is called as "Not Pot English". The classification of SLE as a separate dialect of English is controversial.