Sri Lanka national cricket team ( Boy)
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded 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. 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 Cupsconsecutively. But they ended up being runners up in both those occasions. The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya (retired) and Aravinda de Silva (retired), backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan (retired) and Chaminda Vaas (retired), among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket during the last 15 years.
Sri Lanka have won the Cricket World Cup in 1996, the ICC Champions Trophy in2002 (co-champions with India), have been consecutive runners up in the 2007 and2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners up in the ICC World Twenty20 in2009 and 2012. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including world records for highest team totals in all three forms of the game, Test,ODI and Twenty20.
Ceylon, as the country was known before 1972, played its first first-class match under that name against Marylebone Cricket Club at Nomads Ground, Victoria Park,Colombo in 1926–27, losing by an innings. The team's first win came againstPatiala at Dhruve Pandove Stadium in 1932–33. 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. Sri Lankan cricket team's One Day International debut came in the 1975 Cricket World Cup and their first One Day International win against a test cricket playing nation came in the 1979 Cricket World Cup against India. Sri Lanka were later awarded test cricket status in 1981, by the International Cricket Council.
Test status and beyond
- SriLankan Cricket team Gained Test Status in 1981 and first played a Test Matchin 1982 vs England
- Recorded the first test win and series victory against India in 1985
- Registered the first test win and series victory away from home against New Zealand in 1995
- Won the 1996 Cricket World Cup hosted by India, Sri Lanka & Pakistan
- Joint Champions of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy hosted by Sri Lanka
- Semi Finalists in the 2003 Cricket World Cup hosted by South Africa
- Runners up of the 2007 World Cup hosted by the West Indies
- Runners up of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 hosted by England
- Semi Finalists in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 hosted by West Indies
- Runners up of the 2011 Cricket World Cup hosted by India, Sri Lanka &Bangladesh
- Runners up of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 hosted by Sri Lanka
- Champions of the Asia Cup in 1986, 1997, 2004 and 2008
- Runners up of the Asia Cup in 1984, 1988, 1990-91, 1995, 2000 and 2010
As of December 2011, the Sri Lankan team has played 209 Test matches, winning 29.66%, losing 35.41% and drawing 34.93% of its games. Sri Lankan cricket's greatest moment undoubtedly came during the aforementioned 1996 World Cup, when they defeated the top-ranked Australian team under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga 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 of their openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana 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 2004, Sri Lankan cricket team whitewashed South Africa 5–0 in an ODI series in Sri Lanka, which is the heaviest defeat of a South African cricket team in a bilateralOne Day International series. Sri Lanka whitewashed England 5–0 in the NatWest Series in 2006, which is England's heaviest home defeat in a bilateral ODI Series.Sanath Jayasuriya was the Man of the Series. Sri Lanka also whitewashed Zimbabwe5–0 in two ODI series, which took place in Zimbabwe in 2004 and 2008.
| LD Chandimal | A Dananjaya | TM Dilshan |
| RMS Eranga | N Pradeep | CRD Fernando |
| HMRKB Herath | DPMD Jayawardene | HAPW Jayawardene |
| S Randiv | CK Kapugedera | KMDN Kulasekara |
| RAS Lakmal | KS Lokuarachchi | SL Malinga |
| AD Mathews | BAW Mendis | BMAJ Mendis |
| EMDY Munaweera | NT Paranavitana | NLTC Perera |
| KTGD Prasad | TT Samaraweera | KC Sangakkara |
| SMSM Senanayake | WU Tharanga | HDRL Thirimanne |
| I Udana | S Weerakoon | UWMBCA Welegedara |
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