Commonwealth XI cricket team in Ceylon in 1950-51

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A Commonwealth XI cricket team visited Ceylon in February and March of 1951.

The team played two matches at the Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo against an All-Ceylon XI and against a Ceylon-India-Pakistan Combined XI. The tourists won the second match by 120 runs; the first match was drawn.

Captained by Les Ames, who also kept wicket, the team had several well-known players including Frank Worrell, Derek Shackleton, Sonny Ramadhin and Jack Ikin.

[edit] External sources

CricketArchive

[edit] References

• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• Playfair Cricket Annual
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2006

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