Sri Lanka's cricket team were first admitted to Test status in which year?

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Sri Lanka were granted Test status and played their inaugural Test match in 1982 (against England at P Sara Oval, Colombo), but were admitted as Full Members of the ICC in 1981.

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60% of quiz players who faced this question picked 1981. That makes it harder than most Teams questions, where 68% get it right on average. The most popular wrong answer was 1996 (40%).

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