Taking notes on the 250th -SLC
Firstly I would welcome me for blogging after quite a long time. I haven't thought about this post until I read Andrew Fernando's article about Sri Lanka's 250th test in Cricinfo. Actually it induced me to think a bit about Sri Lanka's test journey and its achievement on this special occasion because of the passion towards cricket specially towards Sri Lanka's cricket. Sri Lanka made the first appearance in test cricket on 17th of February 1982 in Colombo against England in which Sri Lanka lost the match by 7 wickets. The second test against Australia in Galle during 2016/17 season is their 250th test appearance which implies it took 34 years for them to play their 250th test match on 4th of August 2016. Perhaps this match was the 253rd test match for Sri Lanka officially but due to the cancellation of 3 matches during the period, effectively this became as the 250th test match. Sri Lanka could achieve their first test win in their 14th appearan...
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