| LANKA | Colombo, Sri ___ |
| LANKAN | Sri ___ (Indian Ocean native) |
| AUROBINDO | Sri ___ set up a famous Ashram in Pondicherry (9) |
| HERATH | H M R K B -, Sri Lanka Test cricketer who took 5-99 against Pakistan at Colombo in 2009 (6) |
| LAKMAL | R A S ___, Sri Lanka cricketer whose 2010 Test debut was against West Indies at Colombo (6) |
| DEHIWALAMOUNTLAVINIA | In which part of Colombo is Sri Lanka's National Zoological Gardens, one of Asia's largest? (8-5,7) |
| HADLEE | RJ, New Zealand Test cricketer who scored an innings of 151 n.o. against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 198 |
| JAYASURIYA | S T ___, Sri Lanka Test cricketer who scored 340 against India at Colombo in 1997 (10) |
| TILLAKARATNE | H P ?, Sri Lanka Test cricketer who hit an unbeaten 204 against West Indies in Colombo in 2001 (12) |
| MENDIS | B AW -, Sri Lanka Test cricketer who took 5-56 against India in Colombo in 2008 (6) |
| DEBRUYN | T B ?, South Africa Test cricketer who hit 101 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2018 |
| SURESH | India cricketer who made 120 against Sri Lanka on his 2010 Test debut in Colombo (6) |
| RAINA | India cricketer who made 120 against Sri Lanka on his 2010 Test debut in Colombo (5) |
| NICKYBOJE | South Africa Test cricketer who took 5-62 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2000 (5,4) |
| NGARAVA | Richard ....... , Zimbabwe bowler who took 5-32 in the 2nd ODI defeat by Sri Lanka in Colombo last month (7) |
| SILVA | Sri Lanka Test wicketkeeper who made 111 against India in Colombo in 1985 (5) |
| AMAL | Sri Lanka Test wicketkeeper who made 111 against India in Colombo in 1985 (4) |
| RASHID | England Test bowler who took 5-49 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2018; 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup player (4,6) |
| ADIL | England Test bowler who took 5-49 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2018; 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup player (4,6) |
| ABDULLAH | Pakistan Test opener who made 201 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2023 (8,8) |
