Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 1981

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured England in the 1981 season and played thirteen first-class matches, mostly against county teams. The Sri Lankans also played two one-day matches and finished their tour with a visit to the Netherlands where they played two minor games.[1] During the tour Sri Lanka was awarded Test cricket status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and played their inaugural Test match the following year.[2]

References

Cricket Archive – Sri Lanka in England 1981
Doward, Oliver. "Colombo 1982: Sri Lanka's inaugural Test remembered". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

International cricket tours of England

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1893 1896 1899 1902 1905 1909 1912 1921 1926 1930 1934 1938 1948 1953 1956 1961 1964 1968 1972 1975 1977 1980 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2010 2012 2013 2015 2018 2019 2020
Bangladesh	2005 2010
India	1932 1936 1946 1952 1959 1967 1971 1974 1979 1982 1986 1990 1996 2002 2004 2007 2011 2014 2018 2021
Ireland	2017 2019 2020
New Zealand	1931 1937 1949 1958 1965 1969 1973 1978 1983 1986 1990 1994 1999 2004 2008 2013 2015 2021
Pakistan	1954 1962 1967 1971 1974 1978 1982 1987 1992 1996 2001 2006 2010 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021
South Africa	1907 1912 1924 1929 1935 1947 1951 1955 1960 1965 1994 1998 2003 2008 2012 2017
Sri Lanka	1984 1988 1991 1998 2002 2006 2011 2014 2016 2021
West Indies	1928 1933 1939 1950 1957 1963 1966 1969 1973 1976 1980 1984 1988 1991 1995 2000 2004 2007 2009 2011 2012 2017 2020
Zimbabwe	2000 2003

Major tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1912 1975 1979 1983 1999 2001 2004 2009 2013 2017 2019

Other tours

Australian	1868 1878 1919 1945 1988 2009 2018
Canadian	1954
Indian	1911
Multi-team	1932 1970 1972 1987
New Zealand	1927 1945
Parsees	1886 1888
Philadelphian	1884 1889 1897 1903 1908
South African	1894 1901 1904 1961
Sri Lankan	1975 1979 1981 1990
West Indian	1900 1906 1923 1964
Zimbabwean	1982 1985 1986 1990 1993

Other tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1979 1982 1986 2018

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