Sri Lanka national cricket team

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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Cricket Logo
Test status granted	1982
First Test match	v England at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, 17-21st February 1982
Captain	Kumar Sangakkara
Coach	Trevor Bayliss
Official ICC Test and ODI ranking	4th (Test), 7th (ODI) [1]
Test matches - This year	175 3
Last Test match	v Pakistan at Lahore, 01-05 March 2009
Wins/losses - This year	51/65 2/1
As of 19 January2008 [2]

The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1975, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test playing nation. The Sri Lankan team transformed themselves from underdog status to a major cricketing nation during the 1990s. The team went on to win the 1996 Cricket World Cup, beating Australia in the finals, and becoming World Champions. Since then, the team has continued to be a major force in international cricket. Sri Lankan team currently holds several word records including world records for highest team totals in all three forms of the game, Test, ODI and, Twenty20. The Sri Lanka team did well to reach the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup but lost to Australia in a rain-affected match. The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva (retired), backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas, among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket during the last 15 years. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket.

Contents 1 History of Sri Lankan international cricket 1.1 Early years 1.2 Test status and beyond 2 Governing body 3 International grounds 3.1 Test and ODI 3.2 ODI only 4 Tournament History 4.1 Current Tournaments 4.1.1 ICC Tournaments 4.1.2 Other 4.2 Defunct Tournaments 4.2.1 ICC Tournaments 4.2.2 Other 5 Statistics and records 5.1 Sri Lanka record in Test Matches 5.2 National Records by Sri Lanka (Country Specific) 5.3 Batting records 5.4 Bowling records 5.5 World Cup Records by Sri Lanka 5.6 Miscellaneous information 6 Current Squad 7 2009 shooting incident 7.1 Injured 8 Trivia 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[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 MCC 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.

[edit] Test status and beyond

• Gained Test Status in 1981 and first played a Test Match in 1982
• Won the 1996 Cricket World Cup hosted by India, Sri Lanka & Pakistan
• Semi Finalists in the 2003 Cricket World Cup hosted by South Africa
• Runners up of the 2007 World Cup hosted by the West Indies

As of October 2007, the Sri Lankan team has played 170 Test matches, winning 29.41%, losing 37.05% and drawing 33.52% of its games.^[3] Sri Lanka hold the current records for the highest total score in all three main formats of the game.

Sri Lankan cricket's greatest moment undoubtedly came during the aforementioned 1996 World Cup, when they defeated the top-ranked Australian team 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 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.

Sri Lankan cricket supporters were once again thrilled by the team's tremendous performance at the NatWest Series in 2006. Although as a whole the team missed its captain, Marvan Atapattu, and also Muttiah Muralitharan, nevertheless Sanath, together with Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Russel Arnold, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando and Farveez Maharoof all contributed substantially.

Sri Lanka's performance during the 5-0 whitewash, England's heaviest home defeat in 13 years, was, some sloppy fielding in a couple of games aside, consistently excellent. Sanath Jayasuriya was both the Man of the Match and Man of the Series. They also made the highest score in One Day International Cricket of 443 against The Netherlands in the following series.

[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 competition Twenty20 Tournament. They also organize and host the Inter-Provincial Tournament, a competition where the above first-class do not take part but rather teams represent four different provinces of Sri Lanka.

[edit] International grounds

[edit] Test and ODI

Listed in order of date first used for Test match

• Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
• Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
• Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
• Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
• Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
• Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa
• Galle International Stadium, Galle

[edit] ODI only

• Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla

[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 Third place 3/14 12 6 5 1 0 2007 Second place 2/16 12 9 3 0 0 2011 Qualified - - - - - - 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 Total 9/9 4 Titles 36 25 11 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 Champions 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 Qualified /8 - - - - - Total 6/6 1 Title 16 10 5 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 Qualified - - - - - - Total 3/3 0 Title 12 9 3 0 0

[edit] Other

Asia Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2010	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/1	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Defunct Tournaments

[edit] ICC Tournaments

World Cup Qualifier record Year Round Position GP W L T AB 1979 Champions 1/12 6 4 1 0 1 1982 Not eligible 1986 Not eligible 1990 Not eligible 1994 Not eligible 1997 Not eligible 2001 Not eligible 2005 Not eligible 2009 Not eligible Total 1/9 1 Title 6 4 1 0 1

Australasia Cup record Year Round Position GP W L T NR 1986 Semi Finals ?/5 1 0 1 0 0 1989-90 Semi Finals ?/6 3 1 2 0 0 1994 First Round ?/6 2 0 2 0 0 Total 9/9 0 Titles 6 1 5 0 0

Asian Test Championship record Year Round Position GP W L D NR 1998-99 Second place 2/3 3 0 1 2 0 2001-02 Champions 1/3 2 2 0 0 0 Total 2/2 1 Title 5 2 1 2 0

[edit] Other

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

[edit] Statistics and records

[edit] Sri Lanka record in Test Matches

Table correct 21 February 2009

		Won	Tied	Lost	Drawn	Total
v Australia	home
	away
	total
v Bangladesh	home
	away
	total
v England	home
	away
	total
v India	home
	away
	total
v New Zealand	home
	away
	total
v Pakistan	home
	away
	total
v South Africa	home
	away
	total
v West Indies	home
	away
	total
v Zimbabwe	home
	away
	total
Home
Away
Overall
% Breakdown

[edit] National Records by Sri Lanka (Country Specific)

Records are bold if it is a World Record.

[edit] Batting records

Test Matches

• Highest team total - 952/6 against India in 1997.

• Highest aggregate of runs- Mahela Jayawardene (8221) in 101 matches at an Average of 53.38

• Most number of matches played - Muttiah Muralitharan (126).

• Most number of matches as captain - Arjuna Ranatunga (56) from 1989 to 1999.

• Highest individual score - 374 by Mahela Jayawardene against South Africa in July 2006.

• Highest partnership - 624 for the third wicket by Kumar Sangakkara (287) & Mahela Jayawardene (374) against South Africa in 2006.

• Most number of centuries- Mahela Jayawardene (25) in 101 matches.

• Most number of half centuries- Arjuna Ranatunga (38) in 93 matches.

• Most number of dismissals(includes wicket-keeping)- Kumar Sangakkara (173 dismissals) in 79 matches.

• Most number of catches - Mahela Jayawardene (142) in 101 matches.

• Highest average (qualification 20 inns.) - Kumar Sangakkara (54.59)

ODI Matches

• Highest team total- 443/9 against Netherlands in July 2006.

• Highest aggregate of runs- Sanath Jayasuriya (13,151) in 432 matches at an average of 32.71.

• Most number of matches played - Sanath Jayasuriya (432).

• Most number of matches as captain - Arjuna Ranatunga (193) from 1988 to 1999.

• Highest individual score - 189 by Sanath Jayasuriya against India in October, 2000.

• Highest partnership - 286 for the first wicket by Sanath Jayasuriya (152) & Upul Tharanga (109) against England in July 2006.

• Most number of centuries - Sanath Jayasuriya (28) in 432 matches.

• Most number of half centuries - Sanath Jayasuriya (67) in 432 matches.

• Most number of dismissals(includes wicket-keeping)- Kumar Sangakkara(291 dismissals) in 246 matches.

• Most number of catches - Mahela Jayawardene (159) in 299 matches.

• Highest average (qualification 20 inns.)- Marvan Atapattu (37.57).

• Highest number of sixes in a match - Sanath Jayasuriya (11).

• Highest number of sixes in a career - Sanath Jayasuriya (268).

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

• Most number of wickets - 746 by Muttiah Muralitharan at 21.77 in 121 matches.

• Best individual bowling - 9-51 by Muttiah Muralitharan against Zimbabwe in January 2002.

• Best bowling in a match - 16-220 by Muttiah Muralitharan against England in August 1998.

• Most number of 10 wicket hauls - Muttiah Muralitharan (20).

• Most number of 5 wicket hauls - Muttiah Muralitharan (62).

• Best average - 18.94 by Ajantha Mendis.

• Most number of wickets taken bowled - Muttiah Muralitharan (157).

• Most number of wickets taken stumped - Muttiah Muralitharan (41).

ODI Matches

• Most number of wickets - 505 by Muttiah Muralitharan at 22.74 in 329 matches.

• Best individual bowling - 8-19 by Chaminda Vaas against Zimbabwe in December 2001.

• Most number of 5 wicket hauls -Muttiah Muralitharan (8).

• Best Average - 10.25 by Ajantha Mendis.

• Most Test Wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan ( broken in 2007 against England at home)

• Only bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls - Lasith Malinga against South Africa in March 2007.

• Only Sri Lankan bowler to have taken two ODI Hatricks in a career - Chaminda Vaas against Zimbabwe in 2001 and Bangladesh in 2003.

• Only bowler to have taken 8 wickets in a ODI - Chaminda Vaas against Zimbabwe in 2001.

[edit] World Cup Records by Sri Lanka

• Highest team total - 398/5 against Kenya in 1996.

• Highest partnership(runs) - 183 for the third wicket by Sanath Jayasuriya(115) and Mahela Jayawardene (82) against West Indies in 2007.

- 183 for the third wicket by Asanka Gurusinha (84) and Aravinda de Silva (145) against Kenya in 1996.

• Most number of runs - Sanath Jayasuriya (1165) in 38 matches.

• Highest individual score - Aravinda de Silva (145) against Kenya in 1996.

• Most number of matches played - Sanath Jayasuriya (38).

• Best individual bowling - 6-25 by Chaminda Vaas against Bangladesh in 2003.

• Most number of dismissals (includes wicket-keeping)- Kumar Sangakkara (32) in 21 matches.

• Most number of wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan (53) in 31 matches.

• World's only bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive balls - Lasith Malinga against South Africa in 2007.

• First Sri Lankan bowler to take a World Cup Hatrick - Chaminda Vaas against Bangladesh in 2003.

• World's only bowler to have taken a World Cup Hat-trick in the first three balls of a match - Chaminda Vaas against Bangladesh in 2003.

[edit] Miscellaneous information

• The world's Highest total in a Test match: 952-6 vs India
• The world's Highest score in a ODI match: 443-9 vs The Netherlands on the 4th of July 2006
• The world's Highest score in a 20-20 match: 260-6 vs Kenya on the 14th of September 2007.
• The world's Fastest ODI half-century was scored by Sanath Jayasuriya (17 balls).

[edit] Current Squad

This lists all the players who have played for Sri Lanka in the past year, and the forms in which they have played.

Key

• S/N: Shirt number

Name	Age	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Domestic team	Forms	S/N
Captain and Middle-Order Batsman
Kumar Sangakkara	31	Left-Handed Bat		Nondescripts Cricket Club	Test, ODI, Twenty20	11
Opening Batsmen
Sanath Jayasuriya	40	Left-Handed Bat	Slow Left-Arm Orthodox	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club	ODI, Twenty20	7
Tharanga Paranavitana	27	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Sinhalese Sports Club	Test
Upul Tharanga	24	Left-Handed Bat		Nondescripts Cricket Club	ODI	44
Mahela Udawatte	22	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Spin	Chilaw Marians Cricket Club	ODI, Twenty20	6
Michael Vandort	29	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Colombo Cricket Club	Test	19
Malinda Warnapura	30	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Colts Cricket Club	Test, ODI	10
Middle-Order Batsmen
Indika de Saram	35	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Ragama Cricket Club	Twenty20	20
Mahela Jayawardene	32	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Sinhalese Sports Club	Test, ODI, Twenty20	27
Thilina Kandamby	27	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Leg-Break	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club	ODI, Twenty20	25
Chamara Kapugedera	22	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Colombo Cricket Club	Test, ODI, Twenty20	16
Jeevantha Kulatunga	35	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Colts Cricket Club	Twenty20	24
Jehan Mubarak	28	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Colombo Cricket Club	ODI, Twenty20	42
Thilan Samaraweera	32	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Spin	Sinhalese Sports Club	Test	96
Chamara Silva	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Leg-spin	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club	ODI, Twenty20	5
Wicket-keepers
Prasanna Jayawardene	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Sinhalese Sports Club	Test	3
All rounders
Tillakaratne Dilshan	32	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Spin	Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club	Test, ODI, Twenty20	23
Angelo Mathews	22	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Colts Cricket Club	Test, ODI, Twenty20	69
Dilhara Lokuhettige	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Moors Sports Club	Twenty20	9
Kaushalya Weeraratne	28	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium-Fast	Ragama Cricket Club	Twenty20	34
Pace Bowlers
Dilhara Fernando	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Sinhalese Sports Club	Test, ODI, Twenty20	26
Nuwan Kulasekara	26	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Colts Cricket Club	Test, ODI, Twenty20	92
Farveez Maharoof	24	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Nondescripts Cricket Club	ODI, Twenty20	28
Lasith Malinga	25	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast	Nondescripts Cricket Club	Twenty20	99
Dammika Prasad	26	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Sinhalese Sports Club	Test, ODI	30
Thilan Thushara	28	Left-Handed Bat	Left-Arm Fast-Medium	Sinhalese Sports Club	Test, ODI, Twenty20	97
Isuru Udana	21	Right-Handed Bat	Left-Arm Medium-Fast	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club	Twenty20	61
Chaminda Vaas	35	Left-Handed Bat	Left-Arm Fast-Medium	Colts Cricket Club	Test, ODI	22
Spin Bowlers
Malinga Bandara	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Leg-Break	Nondescripts Cricket Club	Twenty20	72
Rangana Herath	32	Left-Handed Bat	Slow Left-Arm Orthodox	Moors Sports Club	Test	91
Ajantha Mendis	24	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break Right-Arm Leg-Break	Sri Lanka Army	Test, ODI, Twenty20	40
Muttiah Muralitharan	37	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club	Test, ODI, Twenty20	8

[edit] 2009 shooting incident

On March 3, 2009, the Sri Lankan team's convoy was attacked in Lahore, Pakistan by gunmen. This lead to the death of five policemen and injuries to seven cricketers and a member of the coaching team.^[4] 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 agreed to tour Pakistan replacing India who refused to do so citing security concerns. ^[5]

[edit] Injured

• Thilan Samaraweera
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Tharanga Paranavitana
• Ajantha Mendis
• Chaminda Vaas
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Suranga Lakmal
• Paul Farbrace

[edit] Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (December 2008)

• Sri Lanka is the only ICC Trophy winning team to have gone on to win the World Cup at a later date.^{[citation needed]}
• Sri Lanka is the only team to have participated in every edition of the Asia Cup.^{[citation needed]}
• Sri Lanka is the only host team to win a World Cup.

[edit] See also

• Sri Lanka women's cricket team
• Cricket in Sri Lanka
• 100 runs ODI cricket partnerships by Sri Lanka

[edit] References

1. ^ "Ceylon v Marylebone Cricket Club in 1926/27". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/12/12189.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-06. 
2. ^ "Patiala v Ceylon in 1932/33". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/14/14516.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-06. 
3. ^ Cricinfo Test Team Records page retrieved on 3 November 2007
4. ^ "Profiles of injured Sri Lanka party members". BBC Sport website. 3 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7920748.stm. Retrieved on 2009-03-03. 
5. ^ "Police dead, players hurt in Sri Lankan cricket ambush". The Daily Telegraph (Australia). http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25133438-5001021,00.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-03. 

[edit] External links

• Official Home of Sri Lanka Cricket
• Cricinfo - Sri Lanka
• SL Cricket - A Forum for Sri Lankan Cricket fans to be
• Island Cricket - A fan site dedicated to Sri Lankan Cricket powered by user generated media

• List of Cricketers

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