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Sri Lanka inaugural Test match 1981/82. A selection of items relating to Sri Lanka’s first ever Test match, v England at Colombo, 17th- 21st February 1982. Includes two official press passes issued to V. and D. Selwood for the first day’s play, one signed to the verso by Bob Taylor. Three copies of the commemorative cover with accompanying leaflet issued in Sri Lanka 17th February 1982, one cover signed to the front by fifteen members of the England touring party including Dilley, Allott, Emburey, Botham, Taylor, Willis, Gooch, Tavare, Gower, Gatting, Underwood, Lever etc. Also signed to the verso by sixteen of the Sri Lankan team including Wettimuny, Madugalle, de Mel, Dias, Ranatunga, Kaluperuma etc. Sold with an official ‘The Cricketer’ folding itinerary for the ‘Tour to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, February 1982’. Good condition.