History of the Sri Lankan cricket team the long voyage to each other's country. Douglas Jardine's infamous "bodyline team" was there in 1932–33. Occasionally, teams representative of Ceylon played matches abroad, especially in India. English team Sir Julien Cahn's XI visited Ceylon in 1936–37. The India national cricket team visited Ceylon in April 1945 and played one first-class match against Ceylon at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. The match was drawn on account of bad weather. India's team was a strong one captained by Vijay Merchant and including notable players such as Shute Banerjee, Mushtaq Ali, Lala Amarnath, Vijay Hazare and Rusi Modi. Several Australian teams
English cricket team in the West Indies in 1989–90 fourth and fifth days of the match. These did not count towards the Cable and Wireless ODI Series. English cricket team in the West Indies in 1989–90 The England national cricket team toured the West Indies from January to April 1990 and played a five-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 2–1. England were captained by Graham Gooch; the West Indies by Viv Richards. In addition, the teams played a five-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which the West Indies won 3–0. West Indies won the Cable and Wireless Series 3-0, with two