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| Nickname(s) | The Lions | ||||||||||||
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| Association | Sri Lanka Cricket | ||||||||||||
| Personnel | |||||||||||||
| Test captain | Dimuth Karunaratne | ||||||||||||
| One Day captain | Dasun Shanaka | ||||||||||||
| T20I captain | Dasun Shanaka | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Chris Silverwood | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Test status acquired | 1981 | ||||||||||||
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| ICC status | Associate Member (1965) Full Member (1981) | ||||||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | ||||||||||||
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| Tests | |||||||||||||
| First Test | v  England at P. Sara Oval, Colombo; 17–21 February 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Last Test | v  Ireland at Galle International Stadium, Galle; 24–28 April 2023 | ||||||||||||
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| World Test Championship appearances | 2 (first in 2019–2021) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | 5th place (2021–2023) | ||||||||||||
| One Day Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First ODI | v  West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester; 7 June 1975 | ||||||||||||
| Last ODI | v  New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton; 31 March 2023 | ||||||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 12 (first in 1975) | ||||||||||||
| Best result |  Champions (1996) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1 (first in 1979) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1979) | ||||||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First T20I | v England at The Rose Bowl, Southampton; 15 June 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Last T20I | v New Zealand at John Davies Oval, Queenstown; 8 April 2023 | ||||||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2007) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2014) | ||||||||||||
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| As of 28 April 2023 | |||||||||||||
The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, romanized: Shri Lanka Jathika Krikat Kandayama; Tamil: இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions,[8] represents Sri Lanka in men's international cricket. It is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status.[9] The team first played international cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926–27 and became an associate member of ICC in 1965. They 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, under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga. 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. They ended up being runners-up on both occasions.[10]
Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup in 1996 (vs Australia), the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), and the ICC T20 World Cup in 2014 (vs India). They have been consecutive runners-up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners-up in the ICC T20 World Cup in 2009 and 2012. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including the world record for the highest team total in Test cricket.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Test matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "The lion's fairy tale". The Cricket Monthly by ESPNcricinfo. March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "ICC Members Countries". International Cricket Council (ICC). Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Team Sri Lanka at Cricket World Cups". Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2014.