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The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. It is administrated by Sri Lanka Cricket.
The team first played international cricket in 1975. It was later accorded Test status in 1981, becoming the eighth Test nation. The Sri Lankan team of 1996 surprised everyone by performing exceedingly well in the World Cup 1996 and becoming the World Champions. Since then, the team has been viewed in a different light, especially the batting of Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, backed up by the accurate bowling of Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan.
History of Sri Lankan international cricket
- Gain Test Staus in 1981 and first played a Test in 1982
- Won World Cup in 1996 in India/Sri Lanka/Pakistan
Sri Lankan cricket's greatest moment undoubtedly came during the aforementioned 1996 Cricket 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 ultra-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.
In recent times, however, Sri Lankan supporters have had less to cheer about. The side's performances have been sporadic at best, and demonstrate with painful obviousness that apart from a small group of extraordinary cricketers, the team's overall skill level is not necessarily notable. Sri Lankan cricket suppoters are once again overwhelmed with the team's tremoundous performance at the NatWest Series, 2006. Although as a whole it missed it's captain Marvan Atapattu and Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath together with Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Russel Arnold, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando and Farveez Maharoof played some fantastic innings. 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. Master Blaster Sanath Jayasuriya was both the Man of the Match and Man of the Series.
Tournament History
World Cup
- 1975: First round
- 1979: First round
- 1983: First round
- 1987: First round
- 1992: 8th place
- 1996: Champions
- 1999: First round
- 2003: Semi Finals
ICC Champions Trophy
- 2002 ICC Champions Trophy: Joint winners with India
- 2004 ICC Champions Trophy: First round
ICC Knockout
- 1998: Semi Finals
- 2000: Quarter Finals
Commonwealth Games
- 1998: 4th place
ICC Trophy
- 1979: Champions
- 1982 onwards: Not eligible - Test nation
Asian Test Championship
- 1999: Runners up
- 2001/2: Champions
Asia Cup
- 1984: Runners up
- 1986: Champions
- 1988: Runners up
- 1990/91: Runners up
- 1995: Runners up
- 1997: Champions
- 2000: Runners up
- 2004: Champions
Austral-Asia Cup
- 1986: Semi Finals
- 1990: Semi Finals
- 1994: First round
Miscellaneous information
- Highest score in a Test match: 952-6 vs India
- Highest score in a ODI match: 443-9 vs Netherlands on the 4th of July 2006
Trivia
- Sri Lanka are the only ICC Trophy winning team to have gone on to win the World Cup at a later date.
- Sri Lanka are the only team to have participated in every edition of the Asia Cup.
External links
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