After the 2004 tsunami the Surrey County Cricket Club in England and the Sri Lanka Cricket Board combined to raise money to build a village for some of the Sri Lankan survivors . A Twenty20 match played by international cricketers at Surrey 's home ground , The Oval , on 20 June 2005 , raised about a million pounds for the project . An area was cleared of forest , and a village , called Surrey Village , was laid out with streets named after Surrey cricketers . Then the cricket ground was constructed
2004 tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Surrey Village Cricket Ground