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,
English cricket team in the West Indies in 1989–90 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 no results. When the Georgetown Test was washed out, two replacement One-Day Internationals were arranged for the scheduled