Sri Lanka national cricket team

Sri Lanka

Nickname(s)	The Lions
Association	Sri Lanka Cricket
Personnel
Test captain	Dhananjaya De Silva
One Day captain	Charith Asalanka
T20I captain	Charith Asalanka
Coach	Sanath Jayasuriya
History
Test status acquired	1981
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate Member (1965) Full Member (1981)
ICC region	Asia
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever Test 5th 2nd (August 2009)[1] ODI 6th 2nd (October 1996)[2] T20I 8th 1st (2012)
Tests
First Test	v  England at P. Sara Oval, Colombo; 17–21 February 1982
Last Test	v  New Zealand at Galle International Stadium, Galle; 26–29 September 2024
Tests Played Won/Lost Total[4] 321 106/123 (92 draws) This year[5] 8 6/2 (0 draws)
World Test Championship appearances	2 (first in 2021)
Best result	5th place (2023)
One Day Internationals
First ODI	v  West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester; 7 June 1975
Last ODI	v  West Indies at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele; 26 October 2024
ODIs Played Won/Lost Total[6] 924 425/453 (6 ties, 40 no results) This year[7] 15 10/3 (1 tie, 1 no result)
World Cup appearances	13 (first in 1975)
Best result	Champions (1996)
World Cup Qualifier appearances	2 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champions (1979, 2023)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v  England at The Rose Bowl, Southampton; 15 June 2006
Last T20I	v  West Indies at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla; 17 October 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[8] 198 88/103 (5 ties, 2 no results) This year[9] 18 9/8 (1 tie, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances	8 (first in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2014)
Test kit ODI kit T20I kit
As of 26 October 2024

The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, romanized: Shri Lanka Jathika Crikat Kandayama; Tamil: இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions,^[10] represents Sri Lanka in men's international cricket. It is a full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status. The team first played first class cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926–27 and became an associate member of the ICC in 1965. They made their international debut in the 1975 Cricket World Cup and were later awarded the 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, under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga. 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. They ended up being runners-up on both occasions.^[11]

Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup in 1996 (vs Australia), the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), and the ICC T20 World Cup in 2014 (vs India). They have been consecutive runners-up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners-up in the ICC T20 World Cup in 2009 and 2012. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including the world record for the highest team total in Test cricket.