Completed the following sentence: Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) was occupied by the British in 1796 and became a British colony in 1815. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ The earliest definite mention of cricket in Ceylon was a report in the "Colombo Journal" on 5 September 1832 which called for the formation of a cricket club. The Colombo Cricket Club was formed soon afterwards and matches began in November 1832. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Sri Lanka's one day international debut came in the
1975 cricket world cup and were later awarded Test cricket status in 1981, by the International Cricket Council.