History of cricket in Sri Lanka the All-Ceylon and native Ceylonese teams they played against, but they easily defeated a European team, thus proving that the standard of the Ceylonese players exceeded that of the Europeans. For many years first-class cricket was restricted to games by Ceylon against visiting touring teams, notably the English and Australian teams who used the island as a stopover on the long voyage to each other's country. Douglas Jardine's "bodyline" team was there in 1932–33. The first visit by a New Zealand team was in October 1937 to play a one-day match in Colombo. In the aftermath of World War II,
Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1975–76 dominance of Test Cricket for the next 20 years. Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1975–76 The India national cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1975–76 cricket season. They played four Test matches against the West Indian cricket team, with the West Indies winning the series 2–1. This Test Series proved to be very eventful and controversial. In many respects its outcome was shaped by the events that preceded it. Earlier in the 1975/6 Season the West Indies had toured Australia and played a six-test series that was billed as an unofficial World Championship between the