Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka became a British colony in 1802. 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. The earliest definite mention of cricket in Ceylon was a report in the Colombo Journal on 5 September 1832 which called for the formation of a cricket club. The Colombo Cricket Club was formed soon afterwards and matches began in November 1832. Since then, the sport has grown domestically with major events such as the Premier Trophy (starting 1938) and Premier Limited Overs Tournament (starting 1988-89). Sri Lanka's one day international debut came in the 1975 cricket world cup and were later awarded test cricket status in 1981, by the International Cricket Council
Sri Lanka Cricket oversees the progress and handling of the major domestic competitions: the First-class tournament Premier Trophy, the List A tournament Premier Limited Overs Tournament and the Twenty20 competition Twenty20 Tournament, in which all of the following First-class teams take part:

• Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club (Colombo)
• Burgher Recreation Club (Colombo)
• Chilaw Marians Cricket Club (Colombo)
• Colombo Cricket Club (Colombo)
• Colts Cricket Club (Colombo)
• Galle Cricket Club (Galle)
• Moors Sports Club (Colombo)
• Nondescripts Cricket Club (Colombo)
• Panadura Sports Club (Panadura)
• Ragama Cricket Club (Katunayake)
• Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club (Moratuwa)
• Sinhalese Sports Club (Colombo)
• Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club (Colombo)

They also organise and host the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, a competition where the above first-class do not take part but rather teams represent four different provinces of Sri Lanka:

• Basnahira - Western Province
• Kandurata - Central Province
• Ruhuna - Southern Province
• Wayamba - North Western Province
• Uturu-Meda- North Central Province

Courtesy Of wikipedia.com
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