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Which of the following former British colonies was not a cricket playing nation?

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Sri Lanka

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India

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Malaysia

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Kenya

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The correct option is C Malaysia
In these colonies, cricket was established as a popular sport either by white settlers (as in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies and Kenya) or by local elites who wanted to copy the habits of their colonial masters, as in India.

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