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Sri Lanka

Test status granted	1982
First Test match	v England at Colombo, February 1982
Captain	Marvan Atapattu
Coach	Tom Moody
Official ranking	5th (Test), 6th (ODI) [link],[link]
Test matches - this year	158 2
Last Test match	v England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham 3rd Test, 2-5 June 2006
Wins/losses - this year	43/60 2/0
As of 01 July 2006

The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. It is administrated by Sri Lanka Cricket.

The team first played international cricket in 1975. It was later accorded Test status in 1981, becoming the eighth Test nation. The Sri Lankan team of 1996 surprised everyone by performing exceedingly well in the World Cup 1996 and becoming the World Champions. Since then, the team has been viewed in a different light, especially the batting of Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, backed up by the accurate bowling of Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan.

Contents

1 History of Sri Lankan international cricket

1.1 Tournament History

1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.1.5
1.1.6
1.1.7
1.1.8 Austral-Asia Cup

1.2 Miscellaneous information

2 Trivia
3 External links

History of Sri Lankan international cricket

Gain Test Staus in 1981 and first played a Test in 1982
Won World Cup in 1996 in India/Sri Lanka/Pakistan

Sri Lankan cricket's greatest moment undoubtedly came during the aforementioned 1996 Cricket World Cup, when they defeated the top-ranked Australian team in the Final. Sri Lanka's game style over the course of the series revolutionized One Day International Cricket, and was characterized by ultra-aggressive batting in the first fifteen overs of the innings in order to take advantage of the fielding restrictions imposed during this period. This strategy has since become a hallmark of One Day International cricket.

In recent times, however, Sri Lankan supporters have had less to cheer about. The side's performances have been sporadic at best, and demonstrate with painful obviousness that apart from a small group of extraordinary cricketers, the team's overall skill level is not necessarily notable.

Sri Lankan cricket suppoters are once again overwhelmed with the team's tremoundous performance at the NatWest Series, 2006. Although as a whole it missed it's captain Marvan Atapattu and Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath together with Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Russel Arnold, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando and Farveez Maharoof played some fantastic innings. Sri Lanka's performance during the 5-0 whitewash, England's heaviest home defeat in 13 years, was, some sloppy fielding in a couple of games aside, consistently excellent. Master Blaster Sanath Jayasuriya was both the Man of the Match and Man of the Series.

Tournament History

1975: First round
1979: First round
1983: First round
1987: First round
1992: 8th place
1996: Champions
1999: First round
2003: Semi Finals

2002 ICC Champions Trophy: Joint winners with India
2004 ICC Champions Trophy: First round

1998: Semi Finals
2000: Quarter Finals

1998: 4th place

1979: Champions
1982 onwards: Not eligible - Test nation

1999: Runners up
2001/2: Champions

1984: Runners up
1986: Champions
1988: Runners up
1990/91: Runners up
1995: Runners up
1997: Champions
2000: Runners up
2004: Champions

Austral-Asia Cup

1986: Semi Finals
1990: Semi Finals
1994: First round

Miscellaneous information

Highest score in a Test match: 952-6 vs India
Highest score in a ODI match: 443-9 vs Netherlands on the 4th of July 2006

Trivia

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

External links

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