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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 ...
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 inaugural One Day International (ODI) match was played between Sri Lanka and England in March 2001.; Floodlights were installed in 2003. This stadium hosted all the matches of the Asia Cup 2010, due to renovation of other grounds for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
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 ...
On 4 March 2022, Sri Lanka played their 300th Test match in Mohali against India. [49] Sri Lanka lost the match by an innings and 222 runs. [50] Amid political turmoil back home, Sri Lanka won the 2022 Asia Cup, defeating Pakistan in the final on 11 September 2022. [51] On 28 April 2023, Sri Lanka won their 100th Test match against Ireland at ...
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.
Ground Capacity City Country Home team(s) Image Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium: 39,200 [12]: Hyderabad: India: India, Hyderabad, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers: JSCA International Cricket Stadium
The 374 made by Mahela Jayawardene against South Africa in 2006 is the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan cricketer, surpassing the previous best of 340 by Sanath Jayasuriya, which was established in 1997. [ 10] It is also the fourth-highest individual score in Test cricket. Jayawardene, Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara [319] are the only ...