In the parlour of cricket Matara stands for one thing only, the modern master blaster[tone] Sanath Jayasuriya.
Jayasuriya played his early cricket here, is revered in the area and from 2010 to 2015 was the MP for the Matara district.
Leading boys schools in Matara - Rahula, St. Servatius and St. Thomas Colleges have produced great cricketers, and some of them have played for the national team.
Sanath Jayasuriya, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Indiak de Saram, Suraj Randiv, Janak Gamage, Prabhath Nissanka, Kasun Rajitha are some of them.
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