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| Nickname(s) | The Lions | ||||||||||||
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| Association | Sri Lanka Cricket | ||||||||||||
| Personnel | |||||||||||||
| Test captain | Dhananjaya De Silva | ||||||||||||
| One Day captain | Charith Asalanka | ||||||||||||
| T20I captain | Charith Asalanka | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Sanath Jayasuriya | ||||||||||||
| 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  South Africa at St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha; 5–9 November 2024 | ||||||||||||
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| World Test Championship appearances | 2 (first in 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | 5th place (2023) | ||||||||||||
| One Day Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First ODI | v  West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester; 7 June 1975 | ||||||||||||
| Last ODI | v  New Zealand at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele; 19 November 2024 | ||||||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 13 (first in 1975) | ||||||||||||
| Best result |  Champions (1996) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 2 (first in 1979) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1979, 2023) | ||||||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First T20I | v England at The Rose Bowl, Southampton; 15 June 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Last T20I | v New Zealand at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla; 10 November 2024 | ||||||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2007) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2014) | ||||||||||||
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| As of 9 December 2024 | |||||||||||||
The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, romanized: Shri Lanka Jathika Crikat Kandayama; Tamil: இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions,[10] 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. The team first played first class cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926–27 and became an associate member of the ICC in 1965. They made their international debut in the 1975 Cricket World Cup and were later awarded the 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.[11]
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.
- ^ "1996 ODI Rankings". icc-cricket.org. International Cricket Council. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "1996 ODI Rankings". icc-cricket.org. International Cricket Council. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 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.
- ^ "Team Sri Lanka at Cricket World Cups". Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2014.