Galle International Stadium

Galle International Stadium is a cricket stadium in Galle, Sri Lanka, situated near the Galle fort and fringed on two sides by the Indian Ocean. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Galle (ගාල්ල in Sinhala; காலி in Tamil) (pronounced as one syllable in English gɔːl the same as "Gaul" and in Sinhalese Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Museum There is a museum inside the Dutch fort which is in a Dutch Colonial building in Church Street is the Cultural Museum adjoining the AmanGalla Hotel The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface

The ground hosted its first first-class match on 29 February 1984. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Test cricket was first played on the ground on 3 June 1998. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The ground favours spin bowling, and Sri Lanka have won six of the 11 Tests played here. Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the Sport of Cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national Cricket team representing Sri Lanka. Australia's Shane Warne took his record-breaking 500th Test wicket here in March 2004. The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 is a former Australian international Cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the

The ground was devastated by the tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea Earthquake that occurred at 005853 UTC on December 26 2004 with an Epicentre off the west coast of The ground was rebuilt with part of this money put in by former Aussie cricketer Shane Warne, as well as the city of Melbourne. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3

The ground reopened for the Third Test of England's tour of Sri Lanka in October 2007. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island

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