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Sri Lanka Cricket ( SLC) is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports as the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka on 30 June 1975 as a national sports body. The board was renamed in 2003. The SLC operates all of the Sri Lankan national representative cricket sides, including ...
The R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium (RPS) ( Sinhala: ආර්. ප්රේමදාස ක්රීඩාංගනය, Tamil: ஆர். பிரேமதாச அரங்கம்; formerly known as Khettarama Stadium) is a cricket stadium [ 1] on Khettarama Road, in the Maligawatta suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The stadium was, before ...
In June 2017, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that Galle will host its first One-Day International after 20 years, when Zimbabwe tour Sri Lanka. The first two ODIs were held on 30 June and 2 July. [ 7 ] In the first ODI, Zimbabwe won the match posting the highest ODI chase ever in Sri Lankan soil.
The R. Premadasa Stadium was also one of the three grounds in Sri Lanka that hosted matches for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The other two were the Asgiriya Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. [6] The R. Premadasa Stadium was the venue for the match in 1997 where Sri Lanka scored a record 952 runs for 6 wickets against India. [7]
This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained a Sri Lankan national cricket team at official international level. Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 21 July 1981. Previously they were an associate member of the ICC from 1965, which made them eligible to compete in the ICC Trophy, the leading ...
Sri Lanka at the Cricket World Cup. The Sri Lanka cricket team has reached the World Cup final three times. Winning in 1996 under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga and finishing as runners-up in the 2007 & 2011 World Cups. Sri Lanka has also reached the Semi Final at the 2003 World Cup and the Quarter Final at the 2015 World Cup .
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This is a list of Sri Lankan Test cricketers . A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Both teams have two innings, and the match lasts up to five days. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Test cap.