Sri Lankan Cricket in the 19th Century - History of Cricket in Sri Lanka, Lord Hawke's XI Cricket Team in Ceylon and India in 1892-93, (Paperback)

Chapters: History of cricket in Sri Lanka, Lord Hawke's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1892-93, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article describes the history of cricket in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka national cricket team has played Test cricket from 1982. Domestic first-class cricket began in 1988. Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, has an age-old civilisation. 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. Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka in 1972. The earliest definite mention of cricket in Ceylon was a report in the Colombo Journal on 1832 which called for the formation of a cricket club. The Colombo Cricket Club was formed soon afterwards and matches began in November 1832 when it played against the 97th Regiment. In October 1882, Ivo Bligh's team played an odds game in Colombo en route to Australia, where they famously "recovered those Ashes." In 1888-89, an English team led by George Vernon toured Ceylon and India, including an 11-a-side game against All-Ceylon at Kandy. In 1890, the Australian team en route to England played in Colombo. First-class cricket in Ceylon became res...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=84787