Sri Lanka national cricket team

Sri Lanka
Nickname(s)The Lions
AssociationSri Lanka Cricket
Personnel
Test captainDhananjaya De Silva
One Day captainCharith Asalanka
T20I captainCharith Asalanka
CoachSanath Jayasuriya
History
Test status acquired1981
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate Member (1965)
Full Member (1981)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever
Test 6th 2nd (August 2009)[1]
ODI 6th 2nd (October 1996)[2]
T20I 8th 1st (2012)
Tests
First Testv  England at P. Sara Oval, Colombo; 17–21 February 1982
Last Testv  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 appearances2 (first in 2021)
Best result5th place (2023)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv  West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester; 7 June 1975
Last ODIv  New Zealand at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele; 19 November 2024
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 927 427/453
(6 ties, 41 no results)
This year[7] 18 12/3
(1 tie, 2 no results)
World Cup appearances13 (first in 1975)
Best result Champions (1996)
World Cup Qualifier appearances2 (first in 1979)
Best result Champions (1979, 2023)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  England at The Rose Bowl, Southampton; 15 June 2006
Last T20Iv  New Zealand at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla; 10 November 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[8] 200 89/104
(5 ties, 2 no results)
This year[9] 20 10/9
(1 tie, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances8 (first in 2007)
Best result Champions (2014)

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 19 November 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.

  1. ^ "1996 ODI Rankings". icc-cricket.org. International Cricket Council. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ "1996 ODI Rankings". icc-cricket.org. International Cricket Council. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  4. ^ "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ^ "The lion's fairy tale". The Cricket Monthly by ESPNcricinfo. March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Team Sri Lanka at Cricket World Cups". Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

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