sentences:  In the mid-1890s, the most important match of the Rhodesian domestic cricket season was Salisbury v Bulawayo.The first English representative team, led by Lord Hawke, visited in 1898–99, with the match played on a matting wicket.First-class cricket was not established in the colony until the Rhodesian team began taking part in South Africa's Currie Cup competition from 1904–05.