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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka cricket crest
Personnel
CaptainDinesh Chandimal (Tests)
Thisara Perera(ODI,T20I)
CoachChandika Hathurusingha
History
Test status acquired1982
International Cricket Council
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
Test 6th 2nd
ODI 8th 1st
T20I 8th 1st
Tests
First Testv  England at P. Sara Oval, Colombo; 17–21 February 1982
Last Testv  India at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi; 2–6 December 2017
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 267 84/100
(83 draws)
This year[3] 13 4/7 (2 draws)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv  West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester; 7 June 1975
Last ODIv  India at ACA-VDCA Stadium, Vizag; 17 December 2017
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 811 373/397
(5 ties, 36 no result)
This year[5] 29 5/23
(0 ties, 1 no result)
World Cup appearances11 (first in 1975)
Best resultChampions (1996)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  England at Rose Bowl, Southampton; 15 June 2006
Last T20Iv  India at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack; 20 December 2017
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 100 51/47
(1 tie, 1 no result)
This year[7] 13 5/8
(0 ties, 0 no result)
T20 World Cup appearances6 (first in 2007)
Best resultChampions (2014)

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 20 December 2017

The Sri Lanka national cricket team, nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in international Cricket. It is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One-Day International (ODI) status.[8] The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1982, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket. Dinesh Chandimal is the current captain in Tests and Thisara Perera in ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[9]

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.[10] The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket in the last two decades.

Sri Lanka have won the Cricket World Cup in 1996, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), and have won the ICC World Twenty20 championship in 2014. They 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 and 2012. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including the world record for highest team total in Tests. The ODI total was broken by England on 30 August 2016 and Twenty20 total was broken by Australia on 6 September 2016

History

Main article: History of the Sri Lankan cricket team

The Sri Lanka national cricket team began with the formation of the Colombo Cricket Club in 1832. By the 1880s a national team, the Ceylon national cricket team, was formed which began playing first-class cricket by the 1920s. The Ceylon national cricket team achieved associate member status of the International Cricket Council in 1965. Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, the national team first competed in top level international cricket in 1975, when they played against West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup; West Indies won the match by 9 wickets at the Old Trafford, Manchester, England.[11]

After Sri Lanka awarded Test status in 21 July 1981 as eighth Test playing nation, they had to wait until 6 September 1985, where Sri Lanka recorded their first Test win by beating India, in the second match of the series by 149 runs at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo.[12][13] They have also won the 2001-02 Asian Test Championship, defeating Pakistan in the final by an innings and 175 runs.[14]

Sri Lanka registered their first ODI win against India at Manchester, England, in 16 June 1979.[15] They also won the 1996 Cricket World Cup,[16] co-champions in 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and also became five times Asian champions in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 and 2014.

Sri Lanka played their first Twenty20 International (T20I) match at the Rose Bowl, on 15 June 2006, against England, winning the match by 2 runs.[17] In 2014, they won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, defeating India by 6 wickets.[18]

As of January 2016, Sri Lanka have faced all nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being Pakistan, playing 51 matches against them.[19] Sri Lanka have registered more wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh than any other team, with 14.[19] In ODI matches, Sri Lanka have played against 17 teams; they have played against India most frequently, with a winning percentage of 39.49 in 149 matches.[20] Within usual major ODI nations, Sri Lanka have defeated England on 34 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs.[20] The team have competed against 13 countries in T20Is, and have played 15 matches against New Zealand. Sri Lanka have defeated Australia and West Indies 6 occasions each.[21] Sri Lanka was the best T20I team in the world, where they ranked number one in more than 32 months, and reached World Twenty20 final in three times.

As of 14 January 2017, Sri Lanka have played 256 Test matches; they have won 80 matches, lost 95 matches, and 81 matches were drawn.[22] As of 10 February 2017, Sri Lanka have played 787 ODI matches, winning 368 matches and losing 379; they also tied 5 matches, whilst 35 had no result.[23] As of 19 February 2017, Sri Lanka have played 92 T20I matches and won 50 of them; 40 were lost and 1 tied and 1 no result match as well.[24]

From 8 July 2017 to 23 October 2017, Sri Lanka lost twelve consecutive ODI matches, which is their second longest losing run in ODIs.[25][26] In the meantime, Sri Lanka involved 5-0 whitewash in three times against South Africa, India and Pakistan in 2017.

Test Cricket

Sri Lanka were awarded Test cricket status in 1981 by the International Cricket Council. They played their first Test match against England at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, on 17 February 1982. Bandula Warnapura was the captain for Sri Lanka in that match, which England won by 7 wickets.[27]

Sri Lanka won their first Test match under the leadership of Duleep Mendis on 11 September 1985 against India, winning by 149 runs at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.[28] Eventually they won the three-match Test series, 1-0.[29] Sri Lanka had to wait more than seven years for their next series victory, which came against New Zealand in December 1992, when they won the two-match series 1-0.[30] This was immediately followed by a one-wicket victory against England in a one-Test series.[31]

Two years later, on 15 March 1995, Sri Lanka won their first overseas Test match under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga against New Zealand, when they beat them by 241 runs at Napier.[32] This win also resulted in their first overseas Test series victory, 1-0.[33] Their next series too was an overseas series, against Pakistan, and that one too resulted in Sri Lankan victory.[34]

On 11 September 1999, under the leadership of Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka won their first Test match against Australia, when they beat them by six wickets at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy.[35] Eventually they won the three-match Test series, 1-0.

On 14 June 2000, Sri Lanka played their 100th Test match. It was against Pakistan, at SSC, Colombo, under the leadership of Sanath Jayasuriya. Pakistan won by 5 wickets.[36]

On 4 August 2016, they played their 250th Test match when they played Australia in Galle.[37] They won the match by 229 runs,[38] and also won the Warne-Muralidharan trophy for the first time since its inception. On 17 August 2016, under the leadership of Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka whitewashed Australia 3-0 for the first time in Test cricket.[39]

Until 2017, Sri Lanka had whitewashed Zimbabwe three times, Bangladesh once and Australia once in Test cricket.

Sri Lanka played their first day-night Test match on 6 October 2017 against Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.[40][41][42] Under the captaincy of Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka convincingly won the match by 68 runs and sweep the series 2-0. In the match, Dimuth Karunaratne became the first Sri Lankan to score a fifty, a century and a 150 in a day-night Test. Lahiru Gamage, who debut in the match became the first Sri Lankan to take a wicket in a day-night Test, whereas Dilruwan Perera became the first Sri Lankan to take five-wicket haul in a day-night Test.[43]

Governing body

Main article: Sri Lanka Cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket (formerly the Board for Cricket Control or BCCSL), is the governing 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 organise and host the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, a competition where five teams take part and represent four different provinces of Sri Lanka.

International grounds

Main article: List of cricket grounds in Sri Lanka
Main article: List of international cricket five-wicket hauls in Sri Lanka cricket grounds
Main article: International record by Sri Lanka in Home Grounds
Sri Lanka national cricket team is located in Sri Lanka
Saravanamuttu
Saravanamuttu
SSC
SSC
CCC
CCC
R. Premadasa
R. Premadasa
Tyronne Fernando
Tyronne Fernando
Galle
Galle
Asgiriya
Asgiriya
Rangiri Dambulla
Rangiri Dambulla
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Welagedara
Welagedara
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Locations of all international grounds in Sri Lanka
Stadium City Tests ODIs T20Is
P. Sara Oval Colombo 21[44] 12[45] 2[46]
Asgiriya Stadium Kandy 21[47] 6[48] 0
SSC ground Colombo 43[49] 65[50] 2[51]
CCC ground Colombo 3[52] 0 0
R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo 9[53] 124[54] 27[55]
De Soysa Stadium Moratuwa 4[56] 6[57] 0
Galle International Stadium Galle 30[58] 9[59] 0
Pallekele Cricket Stadium Pallekele, Kandy 6[60] 21[61] 18[62]
Rangiri Dambulla Stadium Dambulla 0 51[63] 0
Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium Sooriyawewa, Hambantota 0 20[64] 7[65]

Updated 6 September 2017.

Team colours

In Test matches, the team wears cricket whites, with an optional sweater or sweater-vest with a dark blue and blue V-neck for use in cold weather, such as Australia, England, and New Zealand tours. The Sri Lankan flag is found in the left side of chest of the jersey and usually the Test cap number can be seen below the flag. The team's official sponsors have been Dilmah Tea since the 1996s until the 2000s. The sponsor's logo displayed on the right side of the chest and sleeve with the Sri Lankan Cricket logo deployed on the left in test cricket. Since 2000 to 2010, the sponsors have been changed from Ceylon Tea, Reebok, Mobitel Sri Lanka and Dialog Axiata.

Sri Lanka's One Day and Twenty 20 kits vary from year to year with the team wearing its bright blue colour in various shades from kit to kit with yellow stripes in shoulders and waist. Historically, Sri Lanka's kits have had shades of bright blue and golden yellow.

For official ICC tournaments such as ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC World Twenty20 and Asia Cup, 'Sri Lanka' is written on the front of the jersey in place of the sponsor logo, with the sponsor logo being placed on the sleeve. A remarkable change in the colour of the kit of Sri Lanka can be found during the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 edition in South Africa. The team coloured with pale silver and the kit has never seen since then in the team. Since then, Sri Lankan kit never changed from the usual brilliant blue colour and very fine yellow stripes. For 2016 ICC World Twenty20, orange and green colours in the flag also included in to the jersey. In 2017 ICC Champions Trophy pool game against India, the kit changed to mostly yellow colored shirt with stripes of blue and usual blue trousers.

However, for non-ICC tournaments and bilateral and tri-nation matches, the sponsor logo features prominently on the front of the shirt. Currently the main sponsors for Sri Lanka cricket are Ceylon Tea, Dialog Axiata, Huawei and MAS Holdings.

Sri Lanka's cricket team's logo is a golden lion with a sword bearing on the right arm and the background in bright blue in colour. The name "Sri Lanka Cricket" is written below the lion. In Test cricket, the logo in the cap is slightly changed, where the lion with a sword is covered by petals of lotus and then a blue circle covered the crest and yellow circle covers the blue circle.

History tour

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Sri Lanka

Key
Champions
Runners-up
Semi-finals
Quarter-finals

  Indicates tournaments hosted or co-hosted by Sri Lanka.

ICC World Test Championship

ICC World Test Championship record
Year League stage Final Host Final Final Position
Pos Matches Ded PC Pts PCT
P W L D T
2019-21[66] 7/9 12 2 6 4 0 0 720 200 27.8 Rose Bowl, England DNQ 7th
2021-23[67] 5/9 12 5 6 1 0 0 144 64 44.4 The Oval, England DNQ 5th

Cricket World Cup

Main article: Sri Lanka at the Cricket World Cup
World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 1975 Group Stage 7/8 3 0 3 0 0
England 1979 5/8 3 1 1 0 1
England Wales 1983 7/8 6 1 5 0 0
India Pakistan 1987 7/8 6 0 6 0 0
Australia New Zealand 1992 8/9 8 2 5 0 1
India Pakistan Sri Lanka 1996 Champions 1/12 8 8 0 0 0
England Republic of Ireland Netherlands Scotland Wales 1999 Group stage 10/12 5 2 3 0 0
South Africa Kenya Zimbabwe 2003 Semi-finals 4/14 10 5 4 0 1
Cricket West Indies 2007 Runners-up 2/16 11 8 3 0 0
Bangladesh India Sri Lanka 2011 Runners-up 2/14 9 6 2 0 1
Australia New Zealand 2015 Quarter-finals 7/14 8 4 3 0 1
England Wales 2019 Group stage 6/10 9 3 4 0 2
India 2023 Group stage 9/10 9 2 7 0 0
Total Champion (1996) 1 title 89 40 46 1 2

ICC T20 World Cup

World Twenty20 record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
South Africa 2007 Super 8s 6/12 5 3 2 0 0
England 2009 Runners-up 2/12 7 6 1 0 0
Cricket West Indies 2010 Semi-finals 3/12 6 3 3 0 0
Sri Lanka 2012 Runners-up 2/12 7 5 2 0 0
Bangladesh 2014 Champions 1/16 6 5 1 0 0
India 2016 Super 10s 8/16 4 1 3 0 0
United Arab Emirates Oman 2021 Super 12s 8/16 8 5 3 0 0
Australia 2022 Super 12s 7/16 8 4 4 0 0
Cricket West Indies United States 2024 Group stage 12/20 4 1 2 0 1
India Sri Lanka 2026 Qualified TBD/20 0 0 0 0 0
Total Champion (2014) 1 title 43 28 15 0 0

ICC Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Bangladesh 1998 Semi-finals 3 or 4/9 2 1 1 0 0
Kenya 2000 Quarter-finals 5–8/8 2 1 1 0 0
Sri Lanka2002 Champions 1/12 4 3 0 0 1
England 2004 Round 1 8/12 2 1 1 0 0
India 2006 Round 1 8/10 6 4 2 0 0
South Africa 2009 Round 1 6/8 3 1 2 0 0
England 2013 Semi-finals 3 or 4/8 4 2 2 0 0
England 2017 Round 1 6/8 3 1 2 0 0
Pakistan 2025 Did not qualify
Total 7/7 1 title 26 14 11 0 1

Asia Cup

Asia Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
United Arab Emirates 1984 Second place 2/3 2 1 1 0 0
Sri Lanka 1986 Champions 1/3 3 2 1 0 0
Bangladesh 1988 Runners-up 2/4 4 3 1 0 0
India 1990–91 Runners-up 2/3 3 2 1 0 0
United Arab Emirates 1995 Runners-up 2/4 4 2 2 0 0
Sri Lanka 1997 Champions 1/4 4 4 0 0 0
Bangladesh 2000 Runners-up 2/4 4 2 2 0 0
Sri Lanka 2004 Champions 1/6 6 4 2 0 0
Pakistan 2008 Champions 1/6 6 5 1 0 0
Sri Lanka 2010 Runners-up 2/4 4 3 1 0 0
Bangladesh 2012 Round 1 4/4 3 0 3 0 0
Bangladesh 2014 Champions 1/5 5 5 0 0 0
Bangladesh 2016 Round 1 4/5 4 1 3 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2018 Round 1 6/6 2 0 2 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2022 Champions 1/6 6 5 1 0 0
Sri Lanka/Pakistan 2023 Runners up 2/6 6 4 2 0 0
India 2025 Qualified TBD/6 0 0 0 0 0
Total 16/16 6 titles 66 43 23 0 0


Other tournaments

Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Malaysia 1998 Fourth place 4/16 5 3 2 0 0
Total 1/1 0 Titles 5 3 2 0 0

Defunct tournaments

Asian Test Championship record
Year Round Position GP W L D NR
India Sri Lanka Bangladesh Pakistan 1998–99 Runners-up 2/3 3 0 1 2 0
Sri Lanka Bangladesh Pakistan 2001–02 Champions 1/3 2 2 0 0 0
Total 2/2 1 title 5 2 1 2 0


Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Sri Lanka since 1 September 2016 to present in all formats of the game.

Key

S/N = Shirt number

S/N Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style Forms Domestic Team
Test cricket captain
36 Dinesh Chandimal 34 Right-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break Test, ODI, T20I N.C.C
Limited over captain
1 Thisara Perera 35 Left-Handed Right-Arm Medium-Fast ODI, T20I S.S.C
Opening Batsmen
21 Dimuth Karunaratne 36 Left-Handed Right-Arm Medium Test S.S.C
120 Kaushal Silva 38 Right-Handed Test S.S.C
24 Dilshan Munaweera 35 Right-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break ODI, T20I CCC
52 Sandun Weerakkody 30 Left-Handed ODI Under-19s
44 Upul Tharanga 39 Left-Handed Test, ODI, T20I Nondescripts
Middle-Order Batsmen
16 Chamara Kapugedera 37 Right-Handed Right-Arm Medium ODI, T20I C.C.C
70 Danushka Gunathilaka 33 Left-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break Test, ODI S.S.C
14 Asela Gunaratne 38 Right-Handed Right-Arm Medium Test, ODI, T20I Army
66 Lahiru Thirimanne 35 Left-Handed Right-Arm Medium ODI Ragama
3 Ashan Priyanjan 35 Right-Handed Right-Arm Medium T20I Tamil Union
59 Mahela Udawatte 38 Left-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break T20I Chilaw Marians
Roshen Silva 35 Right-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break Test Ragama
Wicket-Keepers
08 Kusal Perera 33 Left-Handed Test, ODI, T20I C.C.C
2 Kusal Mendis 29 Right-Handed Right-Arm Leg-Break Test, ODI, T20I Bloomfield
48 Niroshan Dickwella 31 Left-Handed Test, ODI, T20I Nondescripts
23 Sadeera Samarawickrama 29 Right-Handed Test, ODI, T20I Colts
All-Rounders
69 Angelo Mathews 37 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-medium Test, ODI, T20I C.C.C
18 Sachithra Senanayake 39 Right-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break T20I S.S.C
41 Seekkuge Prasanna 39 Right-Handed Right-Arm Leg-Break ODI, T20I Army
57 Milinda Siriwardana 38 Left-Handed Left-Arm Off-Break ODI, T20I Chilaw Marians CC
75 Dhananjaya de Silva 32 Right-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break Test, ODI, T20I Tamil Union
7 Dasun Shanaka 32 Right-Handed Right-arm medium fast Test, ODI, T20I S.S.C
10 Sachith Pathirana 35 Left-Handed Slow Left-Arm Orthodox ODI, T20I C.C.C
31 Shehan Jayasuriya 32 Left-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break ODI Moors
27 Thikshila de Silva 30 Left-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium T20I Chilaw Marians
50 Chaturanga de Silva 34 Left-Handed Slow left-Arm orthodox ODI, T20I Chilaw Marians
45 Lahiru Madushanka 31 Right-Handed Right-Arm fast-medium ODI Bloomfield
49 Wanidu Hasaranga 27 Right-Handed Right-Arm Leg-Break ODI C.C.C
Fast Bowlers
99 Lasith Malinga 40 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast ODI, T20I Nondescripts
5 Dushmantha Chameera 32 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast Test, ODI, T20I N.C.C
82 Suranga Lakmal 37 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium Test, ODI, T20I Tamil Union
92 Nuwan Kulasekara 42 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium ODI, T20I C.C.C
63 Nuwan Pradeep 37 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium Test, ODI, T20I Bloomfield
17 Isuru Udana 36 Right-Handed Left-Arm Fast-Medium T20I Tamil Union
Kasun Rajitha 31 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium T20I Badureliya
68 Vishwa Fernando 32 Right-Handed Left-Arm Fast-Medium Test, ODI Bloomfield
97 Lahiru Kumara 27 Left-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium Test, ODI Under-19s
58 Vikum Sanjaya 32 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium T20I C.C.C
34 Asitha Fernando 27 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium ODI Under-19s
91 Lahiru Gamage 36 Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium Test, ODI C.C.C
Spin Bowlers
14 Rangana Herath 46 Left-Handed Slow Left-Arm Orthodox Test Tamil Union
46 Jeffrey Vandersay 34 Right-Handed Right-Arm Leg-Break ODI S.S.C
15 Dilruwan Perera 42 Right-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break Test, ODI Colts
85 Lakshan Sandakan 33 Right-Handed Slow Left-arm chinaman Test, ODI, T20I Saracens
32 Amila Aponso 31 Right-Handed Slow Left-Arm Orthodox ODI Ragama
04 Akila Dananjaya 30 Right-Handed Right-Arm Off-Break ODI, T20I Colts
89 Malinda Pushpakumara 37 Right-Handed Slow Left-Arm Orthodox Test, ODI Moors

Coaching staff

Records and statistics

Main article: Sri Lankan cricket team records
Main article: Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent

Head to head record

International match Summary – Sri Lanka[68][69][70]

Playing Record
Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural Match
Test matches 267 84 100 0 83 17 February 1982
One-Day Internationals 811 373 397 5 36 7 June 1975
Twenty20 Internationals 99 51 46 1 1 15 June 2006

Updated 17 December 2017

Performance in International Arena

Since gaining Test Status in 1982, the Sri Lanka cricket team has achieved numerous milestones, some of these include

Team milestones

  • Sri Lanka is the only team to hold highest scores of all formats at one time.
  • Sri Lanka currently holds the record for Highest Team Total of Test cricket.
  • Sri Lanka currently holds the record for Highest successful run chase in Test cricket in Asian soil.
  • 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 was the first team to win the ICC cricket World Cup in home continent(Asia)
  • Sri Lanka was also the first team to win the ICC Cricket World Cup by chasing the total.
  • 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).
  • Sri Lanka is the only team to have played 150 ODIs against two nations in the history (v India and Pakistan).
  • Between 8 years (2007–2015) Sri Lanka have played five ICC Finals 2007 Cricket World Cup , 2009 ICC World Twenty20, 2011 Cricket World Cup , 2012 ICC World Twenty20, and 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

See also

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