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The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and werelater awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. The team is administered by Sri LankaCricket.

Sri Lanka's national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising from underdog status to winning the CricketWorld Cup in 1996. Since then, the team has continued to be a force in international cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finalsof the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups consecutively. But they ended up being runners up in both those occasions. The batting ofSanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan,Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga, among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket in the lasttwo decades.

Sri Lanka have won the Cricket World Cup in 1996, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), have beenconsecutive runners up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners up in the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009 and2012. The team have won the ICC World Twenty20 championship for the first time in 2014. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holdsseveral world records, including world records for highest team totals in all three forms of the game, Test, ODI and Twenty20.

Contents

1 History of Sri Lankan international cricket1.1 Early years1.2 Test status and beyond

1.2.1 Milestones1.3 2009 shooting incident

2 Governing body3 International grounds

3.1 Test3.2 One Day International

4 Tournament history4.1 Current Tournaments4.2 Defunct Tournaments

5 Current squad5.1 Coaching Staff

6 Statistics6.1 Test Matches

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6.2 One-Day International6.3 Twenty20 International

7 Records by Sri Lanka7.1 National records by Sri Lanka

7.1.1 Batting records7.1.2 Bowling records7.1.3 World Cup records by Sri Lanka7.1.4 Other records

8 See also9 References10 External links

History of Sri Lankan international cricket

Early years

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.[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 Trophygames 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 Cupand 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 statusin 1981, by the International Cricket Council.

Test status and beyond

Since gaining Test Status in 1981, the Sri Lanka cricket team has achieved numerous milestones, some of these include

First Test Match in 1982 vs EnglandFirst win, and series victory against India in 1985First win, and series victory away from home against New Zealand in 1995

Winners of the 1996 Cricket World Cup, which they co-hosted with India & Pakistan

Joint Winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, which they also hosted in their own rightsemi-finalists in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, hosted by South Africa

Runners up in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, hosted by the West IndiesRunners up in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, hosted by England

semi-finalists in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, hosted by the West IndiesRunners up of the 2011 Cricket World Cup which they co-hosted with India & Bangladesh

Runners up in, and hosts of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20Winners of the Asia Cup in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 and 2014

Runners up in the Asia Cup in 1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2000 and 2010Winners of 2014 ICC World Twenty20

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.[3] Sri Lankan cricket's greatestmoment 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 revolutionised One Day International Cricket, and was characterised by highly aggressive batting of their openers SanathJayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana in the first fifteen overs of the innings to take advantage of the fielding restrictions imposed during this period. This strategy has since becomea 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 bilateral One Day

International series.[4] Sri Lanka whitewashed England 5–0 in the NatWest Series in 2006, which is England's heaviest home defeat in a bilateral ODI Series.[5] Sanath Jayasuriyawas the Man of the Series. Sri Lanka also whitewashed Zimbabwe 5–0 in two ODI series, which took place in Zimbabwe in 2004 and 2008.

Milestones

Sri Lanka is the only ICC Trophy winning team to have gone on to win the Cricket World Cup at a later date.Sri Lanka is the only team to have participated in every edition of the Asia Cup.

Sri Lanka is the fourth nation to reach two consecutive World Cup Finals (2007 and 2011), after West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983), Australia (1996, 1999, 2003 and

2007) and England (1987 and 1992).

2009 shooting incident

Main article: 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team

On 3 March 2009, the Sri Lankan team's convoy was attacked in Lahore, Pakistan by gunmen. This led to the death of five policemen and injuries to seven cricketers and a

member of the coaching team.[6] 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 had agreed to tour Pakistan, replacing India who refused to do so citing security concerns.[7]

Governing body

Main article: Sri Lanka Cricket

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Locations of all international grounds in Sri Lanka

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 andfirst-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 ListA tournament Premier Limited Overs Tournament and the Twenty20 Tournament. Sri Lanka Cricket also organise and host the Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, a competitionwhere five teams take part and represent four different provinces of Sri Lanka.

International grounds

Main article: List of cricket grounds in Sri Lanka

Test

Listed in order of date first used for Test match

No Stadium name Location Capacity First used Matches

1 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Colombo 15,000 17 February 1982 15

2 Asgiriya Stadium (now not used) Kandy 10,300 22 April 1982 21

3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Colombo 10,000 16 March 1984 34

4 Colombo Cricket Club Ground(now not used) Colombo 6,000 24 March 1984 3

5 R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo 35,000 28 August 1992 7

6 Tyronne Fernando Stadium(now not used) Moratuwa 15,000 8 September 1992 4

7 Galle International Stadium Galle 35,000 3 June 1998 17

8 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Pallekele, Kandy 35,000 1 December 2010 1

One Day International

No Stadium name Location Capacity First used Matches

1 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Colombo 10,000 13 February 1982 59

2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Colombo 15,000 13 April 1983 12

3 Tyronne Fernando Stadium (now not used) Moratuwa 15,000 31 March 1984 6

4 Asgiriya Stadium (now not used) Kandy 10,300 2 March 1986 6

5 R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo 35,000 5 April 1986 101

6 Galle International Stadium Galle 35,000 25 June 1998 4

7 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Dambulla 16,800 23 March 2001 43

8 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium Hambantota 35,000 20 February 2011 2

9 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Pallekele, Kandy 35,000 8 March 2011 3

10 Welagedara Stadium (Hasn't hosted a match yet) Kurunegala 10,000 - -

Tournament history

Current Tournaments

ICC Tournaments

Test Championship record

Year Round Position GP W L T NR

2013 Not Held

2017 - - - - - - -

Total 0/2 - - - - - -

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 Semi-finals 3/12 6 3 3 0 0

2012 Second Place 2/12 7 5 2 0 0

2014 Champions 1/16 6 5 1 0 0

2016 Qualified - - - - - -

2020 Qualified - - - - - -

Total 7/7 1 title 31 22 9 0 0

SaravanamuttuSSC

CCC

R. Premadasa

Tyronne

Fernando

Galle

Asgiriya

Rangiri Dambulla

Pallekele

Mahinda

Rajapaksa

Welagedara

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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 Semi finals 3/14 12 6 5 1 0

2007 Second place 2/16 12 9 3 0 0

2011 Second place 2/14 9 6 2 0 1

2015 Qualified – – – – – –

2019 Qualified – – – – – –

2023 Qualified – – – – – –

Total 13/13 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

2010 Second Place 2/4 4 3 1 0 0

2012 Round 1 4/4 3 0 3 0 0

2014 Champions 1/5 5 5 0 0 0

Total 12/12 5 titles 48 33 15 0 0

Other

Asian Games record

Year Round Position GP W L T NR

2010 Bronze medal match 4/9 3 1 2 0 0

Total 1/1 0 titles 3 1 2 0 0

Defunct Tournaments

ICC tournaments

Asian Test Championship record

Year Round Position GP W L D NR

1998–99

Secondplace

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

World Cup Qualifier record

Year Round Position GP W L T AB

1979Champions 1/12 6 4 1 0 1

Total 1/1 1 title 6 4 1 0 1

Austral-Asia Cup record

Year Round Position GP W L T NR

1986SemiFinals

?/5 1 0 1 0 0

1989–90

SemiFinals

?/6 3 1 2 0 0

1994First

Round?/6 2 0 2 0 0

Total 3/3 0 titles 6 1 5 0 0

Other

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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 Joint 1st 1/12 4 3 0 0 1

2004 Round 1 8/12 2 1 1 0 0

2006 Round 1 8/10 6 4 2 0 0

2009 Round 1 6/8 3 1 2 0 0

2013 Semi-finals 3 or 4/8 4 2 2 0 0

Total 7/7 1 title 23 13 9 0 1

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

Current squad

This lists all the players who are contracted with Sri Lanka Cricket till March 2014.[8]

Key

S/N: Shirt number1 Is also an All-Rounder

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Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N

Test and ODI Captain; All rounder

Angelo Mathews 26 Right-handed Right-arm fast–medium Colts Test, ODI, Twenty20 69

Twenty20 Captain; Test and ODI Vice-Captain; Wicketkeeper

Dinesh Chandimal 24 Right-handed Right-arm Off-Break Nondescripts Test,ODI, Twenty20 17

Twenty20 Vice Captain; Fast Bowler

Lasith Malinga 30 Right-handed Right-arm fast Nondescripts ODI, Twenty20 99

Opening Batsmen

Tillakaratne Dilshan1 37 Right-handed Right-arm Off-Break Tamil Union ODI, Twenty20 23

Upul Tharanga 29 Left-handed Nondescripts ODI, Twenty20 44

Lahiru Thirimanne 24 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Ragama Test, ODI, Twenty20 66

Dimuth Karunaratne 25 Left-handed Right-arm medium Sinhalese Test

Middle-Order Batsmen

Mahela Jayawardene 36 Right-handed Right-arm medium Sinhalese Test, ODI, Twenty20 27

Thilan Samaraweera 37 Right-handed Right-arm Off-Break Sinhalese Test, ODI 03

Wicket-keepers

Kumar Sangakkara 36 Left-handed Right-arm medium Nondescripts Test, ODI, Twenty20 11

Prasanna Jayawardene 34 Right-handed Panadura Test 04

Kusal Perera 23 Left-handed Colts ODI, Twenty20 08

Kaushal Silva 27 Right-handed Sinhalese Test

All rounders

Angelo Perera 24 Right-handed Slow Left-Arm Orthodox Nondescripts ODI, Twenty20

Dilruwan Perera 31 Right-handed Right-arm Off-Break Colts Test, ODI, Twenty20 15

Thisara Perera 25 Left-handed Right-arm fast–medium ColtsODI, Test, Twenty20

01

Jeevan Mendis 31 Left-handed Right-arm Legbreak Tamil Union ODI, Twenty20 09

Sachithra Senanayake 29 Right-handed Right-arm Off-Break Sinhalese ODI 18

Pace Bowlers

Nuwan Kulasekara 31 Right-handed Right-arm fast–medium Colts Test, ODI, Twenty20 92

Suranga Lakmal 27 Right-handed Right-arm fast–medium Tamil Union Test, ODI 82

Chanaka Welegedara 33 Right-handed Left-arm fast–medium Tamil Union Test, ODI 12

Shaminda Eranga 27 Right-handed Right-arm fast–medium Tamil Union Test, ODI 22

Nuwan Pradeep 27 Right-handed Right-arm fast–medium Bloomfield Test, ODI,

Spin Bowlers

Seekkuge Prasanna 28 Right-handed Right-arm Leg-Break Sri Lanka Army Test, ODI 06

Rangana Herath 36 Left-handed Slow Left-Arm Orthodox Tamil Union Test, ODI, Twenty20 14

Ajantha Mendis 29 Right-handed Right-arm Off-Break, Leg-Break Sri Lanka Army Test, ODI, Twenty20 40

Suraj Randiv 29 Right-handed Right-arm Off-Break Bloomfield Test, ODI, Twenty20 88

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Paul FarbraceAssistant Coach/ Batting Coach: Marvan AtapattuManager: Michael de ZoysaFast Bowling Coach: Chaminda VaasSpin Bowling Coach: Muttiah Muralitharan (part-time)

Fielding Coach: Ruwan Kalpage

Statistics

International Match Summary – Sri Lanka[9]

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Playing Record

Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural Match

Test Matches 215 64 76 0 75 17 February 1982

One-Day Internationals 672 313 328 4 27 7 June 1975

Twenty20 Internationals 41 24 17 0 0 15 June 2006

Test Matches

Test record versus other nations[10]

Opponent M W L T D First win

v England 26 7 10 0 9 18 March 1993

v Pakistan 43 10 16 0 17 18 March 1986

v India 35 6 14 0 15 11 September 1985

v New Zealand 28 8 10 0 10 9 December 1992

v Australia 26 1 17 0 8 11 September 1999

v South Africa 20 5 10 0 5 23 July 2000

v West Indies 15 6 3 0 6 17 November 2001

v Zimbabwe 15 10 0 0 5 14 September 1996

v Bangladesh 12 12 0 0 0 8 September 2001

Most Test runs for Sri Lanka[11]

Player Runs Average

Mahela Jayawardene 10,806 49.56

Kumar Sangakkara 10,045 55.80

Sanath Jayasuriya 6,973 40.07

Aravinda de Silva 6,361 42.97

Marvan Atapattu 5,502 39.02

Thilan Samaraweera 5,462 48.76

Tillakaratne Dilshan 5,255 40.42

Arjuna Ranatunga 5,105 35.69

Most Test wickets for Sri Lanka[12]

Player Wickets Average

Muttiah Muralitharan 800 22.67

Chaminda Vaas 355 29.58

Rangana Herath 186 29.95

Lasith Malinga 101 33.15

Dilhara Fernando 100 37.84

Sanath Jayasuriya 98 34.34

Pramodya Wickramasinghe 85 41.87

One-Day International

ODI record versus other nations[13]

Opponent M W L T NR First win

v West Indies 49 20 26 0 3 19 October 1989

v Australia 89 30 55 0 4 13 April 1983

v Pakistan 132 50 77 1 4 12 March 1982

v New Zealand 78 37 35 1 5 18 June 1983

v India 139 52 75 1 11 18 June 1979

v England 50 24 26 0 0 14 February 1982

v Bangladesh 30 27 3 0 0 2 April 1986

v Zimbabwe 47 39 7 0 1 23 February 1992

v South Africa 51 24 25 1 1 2 March 1992

v {Associate Members} 16 15 1 0 0 6 March 1996

Note that career records are for Sri Lanka only and exclude matches for ICC World XI and Asia XI.

Most ODI runs for Sri Lanka[14]

Player Runs Average

Sanath Jayasuriya 13,364 32.51

Kumar Sangakkara 11,026 38.46

Mahela Jayawardene 10,623 32.78

Aravinda de Silva 9,284 34.90

Marvan Atapattu 8,529 37.57

Arjuna Ranatunga 7,456 35.84

Tillakaratne Dilshan 7,006 35.74

Roshan Mahanama 5,162 29.49

Most ODI wickets for Sri Lanka[15]

Player Wickets Average

Muttiah Muralitharan 523 23.07

Chaminda Vaas 400 27.53

Sanath Jayasuriya 320 36.67

Lasith Malinga 213 26.38

Dilhara Fernando 183 30.66

Upul Chandana 151 31.90

Nuwan Kulasekara 147 32.32

Kumar Dharmasena 138 36.21

Farveez Maharoof 133 26.80

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[16] Most T20I runs for Sri Lanka[17] Most T20I wickets for Sri Lanka[18]

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Opponent M W L T NR First win

v England 4 3 1 0 0 15 June 2006

v New Zealand 11 4 5 1 1 22 December 2006

v Pakistan 10 4 6 0 0 13 October 2008

v Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 0 18 September 2007

v Australia 8 6 2 0 0 8 June 2009

v Zimbabwe 3 3 0 0 0 10 October 2008

v India 5 2 3 0 0 9 December 2009

v West Indies 5 4 1 0 0 10 June 2009

v {Associate Members} 3 3 0 0 0 14 September 2007

Player Runs Average

Mahela Jayawardene 1293 33.15

Tillakaratne Dilshan 1120 28.00

Kumar Sangakkara 1080 30.00

Sanath Jayasuriya 629 23.29

Angelo Mathews 449 26.41

Player Wickets Average

Ajantha Mendis 56 11.48

Lasith Malinga 48 22.29

Nuwan Kulasekara 27 25.03

Angelo Mathews 21 26.09

Sanath Jayasuriya 19 24.00

Records by Sri Lanka

National records by Sri Lanka

Records are bold if it is a World Record.

Batting records

Test Matches

Highest team total – 952/6 against India in 1997, in which the record holding partnership between the two star batsman Roshan Mahanama and Sanath Jayasuriya waswitnessed.Highest aggregate of runs- Mahela Jayawardene (10517) in 132 matches at an Average of 50.80

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 – Kumar Sangakkara (33) 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 (56.63)

ODI Matches

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

Highest aggregate of runs – Sanath Jayasuriya (13,430) in 445 matches at an average of 32.36.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 opening partnership – 286 by Sanath Jayasuriya (152) and Upul Tharanga (109) against England on July 2006.Highest ninth wicket partnership – 132 by Angelo Mathews (77) and Lasith Malinga (56) against Australia on November 2010.Most number of centuries – Sanath Jayasuriya (28) in 432 matches.Most number of half centuries – Kumar Sangakkara (71) in 325 matches.

Most number of dismissals(includes wicket-keeping) – Kumar Sangakkara(291 dismissals) in 246 matches.Most number of catches – Mahela Jayawardene (170) in 343 matches.Highest average (qualification 20 inns.) – Dinesh Chandimal (43.08).Highest number of sixes in a match – Sanath Jayasuriya (11).Highest number of sixes in a career – Sanath Jayasuriya (268).The World's Fastest ODI 50 – scored by Sanath Jayasuriya (17 balls).The World's Fastest ODI 150 – scored by Sanath Jayasuriya (99 balls).

Twenty20 Matches

Highest team total – 260/6 against Kenya on 14 September 2007.Highest winning margin – 172 runs against Kenya in 14 September 2007.

Bowling records

Test Matches

Most number of wickets – 800 by Muttiah MuralitharanBest 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 (22).Most number of 5 wicket hauls – Muttiah Muralitharan (67).

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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 – 534 by Muttiah Muralitharan at 23.00 in 349 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.

Only bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls – Lasith Malinga against South Africa in March 2007.First Sri Lankan bowler to have taken two ODI Hat-tricks in a career – Chaminda Vaas against Zimbabwe in 2001 and Bangladesh in 2003.First bowler to have taken three ODI Hat-tricks in a career – Lasith Malinga against South Africa in 2007, Kenya in 2011 and Australia in 2011.Only bowler to have taken 8 wickets in a ODI – Chaminda Vaas against Zimbabwe in 2001.Only bowler to take a hat-trick in first three balls in an ODI match by Chaminda Vaas in 2003 against Bangladesh

Twenty20 Matches

World's first bowler to take two 6 wicket hauls in a Twenty20 match – Ajantha Mendis against Australia on 8 August 2011 and Zimbabwe on 18 September 2012.Best bowling figures in a Twenty20 match – 6/8 by Ajantha Mendis against Zimbabwe on 18 September 2012.

World Cup records by Sri Lanka

Highest team total – 398/5 against Kenya in 1996.Highest opening partnership – 282 by Upul Tharanga(133) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (144) against Zimbabwe in 2011.First 200 run opening stand in World Cup Cricket – 282 by Upul Tharanga(133) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (144) against Zimbabwe in 2011.'Highest partnership (runs) – 282 for the first wicket by Upul Tharanga (133) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (144) against Zimbabwe.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 – Muttiah Muralitharan (40).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 (68) in 40 matches.World's only bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive balls – Lasith Malinga against South Africa in 2007.

World's only bowler to take two World Cup hat-tricks – Lasith Malinga against South Africa and Kenya in 2007 and 2011.[19]

First Sri Lankan bowler to take a World Cup Hat-trick – 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.Sri Lanka walked off with a 210-runs victory against Canada at Hambantota on 20 February 2011, the seventh largest in World Cup history.

Other records

The first player to play in 400 matches – Sanath Jayasuriya.The Oldest player to score an ODI century – Sanath Jayasuriya, at 39 years and 212 days.

See also

Cricket in Sri LankaSri Lanka women's cricket teamList of Test Cricket Series against Sri Lanka

List of Sri Lanka national cricket captainsList of Sri Lankan test matchesList of Sri Lanka Test cricketersList of Sri Lanka ODI cricketersList of Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers

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External links

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