Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sri Lanka (wanda ake kira Ceylon a lokacin) Biritaniya ta mallake ta a shekara ta 1796 kuma ta zama mulkin mallaka na Biritaniya a shekara ta 1815. Kamar yadda yake a duk wuraren da Birtaniyyawa suka isa da yawa, ba da daɗewa ba wasan kurket ya biyo baya kuma yana da kyau a ɗauka cewa an fara buga wasan a tsibirin a shekara ta 1800. Bayani na farko game da wasan kurket a Ceylon shine rahoto a cikin "Colombo Journal" a ranar 5 ga Satumba 1832 wanda ya yi kira da a kafa kulob din wasan kurket. An kafa Colombo Cricket Club ba da daɗewa ba kuma wasannin sun fara a watan Nuwamba 1832. Tun daga wannan lokacin, wasan ya girma a cikin gida tare da manyan abubuwan da suka faru kamar Premier Trophy (farawa a 1938) da Premier Limited Overs Tournament (farawa a 1988-89). Gasar cin kofin duniya ta Sri Lanka ta fito ne a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1975
kuma daga baya aka ba da matsayin wasan ƙwallon ƙwallo a cikin 1981, ta Hukumar Kula da Cricket ta Duniya.