Sri Lanka, March 9 -- On April 6, 2014, we won the World T20 beating India in Dhaka. So what we are experiencing today is a very recent development.In the first quarter of 19th century, while Planting Whites introduced Rugby in the highlands, their military counterparts played Cricket down in Colombo. Two centuries apart they are back for two tests. It's Cricket, where pride and passion reigns! Administered, mostly by politicians though, politics or business interests never interfered with the game, until recent times.

The Colombo Journal reported on September 5, 1832 issue the formation of an exclusively Whites cricket club called, The Colombo Cricket Club-they played their first match in 1833 against the 97th Regiment.

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