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Sri Lankan Cricket Team

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Cricket Cap Insignia.svg
Sri Lanka cricket crest
Test status acquired 1982
Captain Angelo Mathews
Coach Graham Ford
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever
Test
ODI
T20I
5th
6th
8th
2nd
1st
1st
Test Matches
First Test v  England at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo; 17–21 February 1982
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total 256 80/95
(81 draws)
This year 2 0/2 (0 draws)
Last Test v  South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 12–14 January 2017
One-Day Internationals
First ODI v  West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester; 7 June 1975
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total 787 368/379
(5 ties, 35 no result)
This year 5 0/5
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Last ODI v  South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion; 10 February 2017
World Cup Appearances 11 (first in 1975)
Best result Champions (1996)
T20 Internationals
First T20I v  England at Rose Bowl, Southampton; 15 June 2006
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total 93 50/41
(1 tie, 1 no result)
This year 6 4/2
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Last T20I v  Australia at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide; 22 February 2017
World Twenty20 Appearances 6 (first in 2007)
Best result Champions (2014)
As of 22 February 2017
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever
Test
ODI
T20I
5th
6th
8th
2nd
1st
1st
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total 256 80/95
(81 draws)
This year 2 0/2 (0 draws)
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total 787 368/379
(5 ties, 35 no result)
This year 5 0/5
(0 ties, 0 no result)
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total 93 50/41
(1 tie, 1 no result)
This year 6 4/2
(0 ties, 0 no result)

The Sri Lankan cricket team, nicknamed The Lions, is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. 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. Angelo Mathews is the current captain of all formats of the game.

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, 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.


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