Sport in Central Province, Sri Lanka
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Sport in the Central Province of Sri Lanka has produced sports people in Sri Lanka for a wide range of sports. Sport in the Central Province is mainly dominated by Kandy who have produced national captains of cricket and rugby, and athletes that play at the highest level of all sports.[1]
Team sports
Cricket
Cricket has been played in the
Ceylon's first unofficial test was played at Bogambara Grounds in 1889. The Kandy Sports Club was an exclusive European club however from 1920 onwards invited locals to play. In 1914 and 1916's Bogambara and Trinity College Grounds Asgiriya hosted overseas teams and in 1935 an Indian University Occasionals team met Up-Country cricket team.
16 August 1946 saw the revival of the
Central Province Cricket Association hosted many international teams including the 1st Commonwealth Team in 1950, 2nd Commonwealth Team in 1951, MCC in 1952, All India in 1956, Pakistan 1964, Hyderabad Blues 1966, State Bank of India 1967, MCC 1969, Australia 1969, MCC 1973, India 1974 and Pakistan 1976 played three matches against Board Presidents XI, while Joe Listers Team played a two-day match against the Government Services CA at the Campus Grounds Peradeniya.
Sri Lanka's test era in the Central Province in Kandy began with a five-day match on 22 February 1983
Netball
The first Netball game was played in Sri Lanka by Ceylon Girl Guide Company at Kandy High School in 1921.[3]
Rugby Union
References
- ^ Marikar, Hafiz. "A Look At Sports In Kandy". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ Marikar, Hafiz. "Kandy has served cricket well". Daily News. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Sri Lanka Netball 2010