The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket.
Sri Lanka's national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising from underdog status to winning the Cricket World Cup in 1996. Since then, the team has continued to be a force in international cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups consecutively. But they ended up being runners up in both those occasions. The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya (retired) and Aravinda de Silva (retired), backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan (retired) and Chaminda Vaas (retired), among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket during the last 15 years.
Sri Lanka have won the Cricket World Cup in 1996, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), have been consecutive runners up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners up in the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including world records for highest team totals in all three forms of the game, Test, ODI and Twenty20.
[edit] History of Sri Lankan international cricket
[edit] Early years
Ceylon, as the country was known before 1972, played its first first-class match under that name against Marylebone Cricket Club at Nomads Ground, Victoria Park, Colombo in 1926–27, losing by an innings.[1] The team's first win came against Patiala at Dhruve Pandove Stadium in 1932–33.[2] The Ceylonese side competed in the M. J. Gopalan Trophy games from the 1950s, through the change of name to Sri Lanka, well into the 1970s. Sri Lankan cricket team's One Day International debut came in the 1975 Cricket World Cup and their first One Day International win against a test cricket playing nation came in the 1979 Cricket World Cup against India. Sri Lanka were later awarded test cricket status in 1981, by the International Cricket Council.
[edit] Test status and beyond
As of December 2011, the Sri Lankan team has played 209 Test matches, winning 29.66%, losing 35.41% and drawing 34.93% of its games.[3] Sri Lankan cricket's greatest moment undoubtedly came during the aforementioned 1996 World Cup, when they defeated the top-ranked Australian team under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga in the final. Sri Lanka's game style over the course of the series revolutionized One Day International Cricket, and was characterized by highly aggressive batting of their openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana in the first fifteen overs of the innings in order to take advantage of the fielding restrictions imposed during this period. This strategy has since become a hallmark of One Day International cricket.
In 2004, Sri Lankan cricket team whitewashed South Africa 5–0 in an ODI series in Sri Lanka, which is the heaviest defeat of a South African cricket team in a bilateral One Day International series.[4] Sri Lanka whitewashed England 5–0 in the NatWest Series in 2006, which is England's heaviest home defeat in a bilateral ODI Series.[5] Sanath Jayasuriya was the Man of the Series. Sri Lanka also whitewashed Zimbabwe 5–0 in two ODI series, which took place in Zimbabwe in 2004 and 2008.
[edit] Milestones
- Sri Lanka is the only ICC Trophy winning team to have gone on to win the Cricket World Cup at a later date.
- Sri Lanka is the only team to have participated in every edition of the Asia Cup.
- Sri Lanka is the fourth nation to reach two consecutive World Cup Finals (2007 and 2011), after West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983), Australia (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007) and England (1987 and 1992).
[edit] 2009 shooting incident
On March 3, 2009, the Sri Lankan team's convoy was attacked in Lahore, Pakistan by gunmen. This led to the death of five policemen and injuries to seven cricketers and a member of the coaching team.[6] The team was on its way to the Gaddafi Stadium where they were scheduled to begin the third day of the Second Test. After the incident the test match was called off by the Sri Lankan Cricket board. Sri Lanka had agreed to tour Pakistan, replacing India who refused to do so citing security concerns.[7]
[edit] Governing body
Sri Lanka Cricket, formerly the Board for Cricket Control in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), is the controlling body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It operates the Sri Lankan cricket team and first-class cricket within Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Cricket oversees the progress and handling of the major domestic competitions: the First-class tournament Premier Trophy, the List A tournament Premier Limited Overs Tournament and the Twenty20 Tournament. Sri Lanka Cricket also organize and host the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, a competition where five teams take part and represent four different provinces of Sri Lanka.
[edit] International grounds
Locations of all international grounds in Sri Lanka
Listed in order of date first used for Test match
[edit] One Day International
| No |
Stadium name |
Location |
Capacity |
First used |
Matches |
| 1 |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
Colombo |
10,000 |
13 February 1982 |
59 |
| 2 |
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium |
Colombo |
15,000 |
13 April 1983 |
12 |
| 3 |
Tyronne Fernando Stadium (now not used) |
Moratuwa |
15,000 |
31 March 1984 |
6 |
| 4 |
Asgiriya Stadium |
Kandy |
10,300 |
2 March 1986 |
6 |
| 5 |
R. Premadasa Stadium |
Colombo |
35,000 |
5 April 1986 |
101 |
| 6 |
Galle International Stadium |
Galle |
35,000 |
25 June 1998 |
4 |
| 7 |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Dambulla |
16,800 |
23 March 2001 |
43 |
| 8 |
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium |
Hambantota |
35,000 |
20 February 2011 |
2 |
| 9 |
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
Pallekele, Kandy |
35,000 |
8 March 2011 |
3 |
| 10 |
Welagedara Stadium (Hasn't hosted a single match yet) |
Kurunegala |
10,000 |
- |
- |
[edit] Tournament history
[edit] Current Tournaments
[edit] ICC Tournaments
| World Cup record |
| Year |
Round |
Position |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
NR |
1975 |
Round 1 |
7/8 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1979 |
Round 1 |
5/8 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1983 |
Round 1 |
7/8 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
 1987 |
Round 1 |
7/8 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1992 |
Round 1 |
8/9 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1996 |
Champions |
1/12 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1999 |
Round 1 |
9/12 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2003 |
Semi finals |
3/14 |
12 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2007 |
Second place |
2/16 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2011 |
Second place[8] |
2/14 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2015 |
Qualified |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2019 |
Qualified |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Total |
12/12 |
1 title |
63 |
29 |
31 |
1 |
2 |
|
| Asia Cup record |
| Year |
Round |
Position |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
NR |
1984 |
Second place |
2/3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1986 |
Champions |
1/3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1988 |
Second place |
2/4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1990–91 |
Second place |
2/3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1993 |
Not Held |
1995 |
Second place |
2/4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1997 |
Champions |
1/4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2000 |
Second place |
2/4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2004 |
Champions |
1/6 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2008 |
Champions |
1/6 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2010 |
Second Place |
2/4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2012 |
Qualified |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
11/11 |
4 titles |
40 |
28 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Champions Trophy record |
| Year |
Round |
Position |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
NR |
1998 |
Semi-finals |
3 or 4/9 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2000 |
Quarter-finals |
5–8/8 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2002 |
Joint 1st |
1/12 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2004 |
Round 1 |
?/12 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2006 |
Round 1 |
8/10 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2009 |
Round 1 |
6/8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
6/6 |
1 title |
19 |
11 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
| World Twenty20 record |
| Year |
Round |
Position |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
NR |
2007 |
Super 8s |
6/12 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2009 |
Second place |
2/12 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2010 |
Semi-finals |
3/12 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2012 |
Qualified |
/12 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2014 |
Qualified |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
5/5 |
0 titles |
18 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Asia Games record |
| Year |
Round |
Position |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
NR |
2010 |
Bronze medal match |
4/9 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
1/1 |
0 titles |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
[edit] Defunct Tournaments
[edit] ICC Tournaments
[edit] Current squad
This lists all the players who play for Sri Lanka, and the forms in which they play.
Key
- S/N: Shirt number
- 1 Is also an All-Rounder
| Name |
Age |
Batting Style |
Bowling Style |
Domestic team |
Forms |
S/N |
| Captain and Batsman |
| Mahela Jayawardene |
34 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Medium |
Sinhalese |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
27 |
| Vice-Captain and All rounder |
| Angelo Mathews |
24 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Fast-Medium |
Colts |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
69 |
| Opening Batsmen |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan1 |
35 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Off-Break |
Bloomfield |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
23 |
| Tharanga Paranavitana |
29 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Off-Break |
Sinhalese |
Test |
|
| Upul Tharanga |
27 |
Left-Handed Bat |
|
Nondescripts |
ODI, Twenty20 |
44 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne |
22 |
Left-Handed Bat |
|
Ragama |
Test, ODI |
66 |
| Jeevantha Kulatunga |
38 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Medium |
Colts |
ODI, Twenty 20 |
06 |
| Malinda Warnapura |
32 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Off-Break |
Colts |
Test |
10 |
| Middle-Order Batsmen |
| Thilina Kandamby |
29 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Leg-Break |
Sinhalese |
ODI, Twenty20 |
25 |
| Chamara Kapugedera |
24 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Medium |
Colombo |
ODI, Twenty20 |
16 |
| Thilan Samaraweera |
35 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Off-Break |
Sinhalese |
Test, ODI |
03 |
| Chamara Silva |
32 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Leg-Break |
Bloomfield |
ODI, Twenty20 |
05 |
| Middle-Order Batsman and Wicketkeeper |
| Kumar Sangakkara |
34 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Medium |
Nondescripts |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
11 |
| Dinesh Chandimal |
22 |
Right-Handed Bat |
|
Nondescripts |
ODI, Twenty20 |
17 |
| Wicket-keepers |
| Prasanna Jayawardene |
32 |
Right-Handed Bat |
|
Bloomfield |
Test |
04 |
| All rounders |
| Chinthaka Jayasinghe |
33 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Medium |
Bloomfield |
Twenty20 |
18 |
| Dilruwan Perera |
29 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Off Spin |
Panadura |
ODI, Twenty20 |
15 |
| Thissara Perera |
22 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Medium-Fast |
Colts |
ODI, Test, Twenty20 |
01 |
| Jeevan Mendis |
29 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Left-Arm Legbreak |
Bloomfield |
ODI, Twenty20 |
09 |
| Muthumudalige Pushpakumara |
30 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Off-Break |
Tamil Union |
ODI, Twenty20 |
21 |
| Gihan Rupasinghe |
25 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Leg-Break |
Tamil Union |
Twenty20 |
|
| Kaushalya Weeraratne |
31 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Medium-Fast |
Ragama |
Twenty20 |
34 |
| Pace Bowlers |
| Dammika Prasad |
28 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Fast-Medium |
Sinhalese |
Test, ODI |
30 |
| Lasith Malinga |
28 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Fast |
Nondescripts |
ODI, Twenty20 |
99 |
| Thilan Thushara |
30 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Left-Arm Fast-Medium |
Sinhalese |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
97 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
29 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Medium-fast |
Colts |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
92 |
| Dilhara Fernando |
32 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Fast-Medium |
Sinhalese |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
26 |
| Suranga Lakmal |
24 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Fast-medium |
Tamil Union |
Test, ODI |
82 |
| Isuru Udana |
23 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Left-Arm Medium-Fast |
Tamil Union |
Twenty20 |
61 |
| Chanaka Welegedara |
30 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Left-Arm Fast-Medium |
Moors |
Test, ODI |
12 |
| Shaminda Eranga |
25 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Fast-medium |
Chilaw |
Test, ODI |
22 |
| Spin Bowlers |
| Seekkuge Prasanna |
26 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Leg-Break |
Sri Lanka Army |
Test, ODI |
06 |
| Malinga Bandara |
32 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Leg-Break |
Nondescripts |
ODI, Twenty20 |
72 |
| Rangana Herath |
33 |
Left-Handed Bat |
Slow Left-Arm Orthodox |
Moors |
Test, ODI |
14 |
| Ajantha Mendis |
26 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Off-Break, Leg-Break |
Sri Lanka Army |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
40 |
| Suraj Randiv |
27 |
Right-Handed Bat |
Right-Arm Off-Break |
Bloomfield |
Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
88 |
[edit] Statistics
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International Match Summary - Sri Lanka[9]
Note that career records are for Sri Lanka only. Muralitharan's statistics exclude match figures of 5-157 acquired for the ICC World XI against Australia at Sydney in 2005-06, therefore his overall aggregate for Tests is 800 wickets avge 22.72 (he was the sole Sri Lankan representative in this game). Last updated January 15, 2012.
| Playing Record |
| Format |
M |
W |
L |
T |
D/NR |
Inaugural Match |
| Test Matches |
210 |
62 |
75 |
0 |
73 |
February 17th, 1982 |
| One-Day Internationals |
645 |
302 |
314 |
3 |
26 |
June 7th, 1975 |
| Twenty20 Internationals |
38 |
23 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
June 15th, 2006 |
[edit] Test Matches
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Most Test runs for Sri Lanka[10]
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Most Test wickets for Sri Lanka[11]
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Test record versus other nations[12]
Records complete to Test#2028. Last updated January 15, 2012.
| vs Test nations |
| Opponent |
M |
W |
L |
T |
D |
First win |
v England |
24 |
6 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
March 18th, 1993 |
v Pakistan |
40 |
9 |
16 |
0 |
15 |
March 18th, 1986 |
v India |
35 |
6 |
14 |
0 |
15 |
September 11th, 1985 |
v New Zealand |
26 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
10 |
December 9th, 1992 |
v Australia |
23 |
1 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
September 11th, 1999 |
v South Africa |
20 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
July 23rd, 2000 |
v West Indies |
15 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
November 17th, 2001 |
v Zimbabwe |
15 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
September 14th, 1996 |
v Bangladesh |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
September 8th, 2001 |
[edit] One-Day International
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Most ODI runs for Sri Lanka[13]
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Most ODI wickets for Sri Lanka[14]
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ODI record versus other nations[15]
Records complete to ODI#3226. Note that career records are for Sri Lanka only and exclude matches for ICC World XI and Asia XI. Last updated January 15, 2012.
| vs Test nations |
| Opponent |
M |
W |
L |
T |
NR |
First win |
v West Indies |
49 |
20 |
26 |
0 |
3 |
October 19th, 1989 |
v Australia |
77 |
24 |
50 |
0 |
3 |
April 13th, 1983 |
v Pakistan |
126 |
47 |
75 |
1 |
3 |
March 12th, 1982 |
v New Zealand |
74 |
34 |
35 |
1 |
4 |
June 18th, 1983 |
v India |
129 |
50 |
68 |
0 |
11 |
June 18th, 1979 |
v England |
50 |
24 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
February 14th, 1982 |
v Bangladesh |
29 |
27 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
April 2nd, 1986 |
v Zimbabwe |
47 |
39 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
February 23rd, 1992 |
v South Africa |
48 |
22 |
24 |
1 |
1 |
March 2nd, 1992 |
| v {Associate Members} |
16 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
March 6th, 1996 |
[edit] Twenty20 International
|
Most T20I runs for Sri Lanka[16]
|
Most T20I wickets for Sri Lanka[17]
|
T20I record versus other nations[18]
Records complete to T20I#216. Last updated December 14, 2011.
| vs Test nations |
| Opponent |
M |
W |
L |
T |
NR |
First win |
v England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
June 15th, 2006 |
v New Zealand |
9 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
December 22nd, 2006 |
v Pakistan |
7 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
October 13th, 2008 |
v Bangladesh |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
September 18th, 2007 |
v Australia |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
June 8th, 2009 |
v Zimbabwe |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
October 10th, 2008 |
v India |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
December 9th, 2009 |
v West Indies |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
June 10th, 2009 |
| v {Associate Members} |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
September 14th, 2007 |
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[edit] Records by Sri Lanka
[edit] National Records by Sri Lanka
Records are bold if it is a World Record.
[edit] Batting records
Test Matches
ODI Matches
Twenty20 Matches
- Highest team total – 260/6 against Kenya on 14 September 2007.
- Highest winning margin – 172 runs against Kenya in 14 September 2007.
[edit] Bowling records
Test Matches
ODI Matches
Twenty20 Matches
[edit] World Cup Records by Sri Lanka
[edit] Other Records
[edit] See also
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