<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sri Lanka yainzi Ceylon panguva iyoyo yakatorwa neBritain muna 1796 uye yakava nyika yaitongwa neBritain muna 1815. Kufanana nenzvimbo dzose uko vaBritain vakasvika muzviverengero zvikuru, kiriketi yakakurumidza kutevera uye kune mufungo kufunga kuti mutambo wacho wakatanga kuridzwa pachitsuwa panosvika 1800. Kutaura kwokutanga kwakajeka kwekiriketi muCeylon kwakanga kuri mushumo mu Colombo Journal musi wa5 September 1832 uyo akadaidzira kuumbwa kwekiriketi kirabhu. Colombo Cricket Club yakaumbwa nokukurumidza pashure pacho uye mitambo yakatanga muna November 1832. Kubvira ipapo, mutambo uyu wakakura munyika nemitambo mikuru yakadai sePremier Trophy kutanga muna 1938 nePremier Limited Overs Tournament kutanga muna 1988-89. Kutanga kweSri Lanka kwezuva rimwe chete kwenyika yose kwakauya mu 1975 cricket world cup  <response>: uye gare gare vakapiwa Test cricket chinzvimbo muna 1981, neInternational Cricket Council. 