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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 ...
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 ...
Sanath Jayasuriya. Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya ( Sinhala: සනත් ජයසූරිය, Tamil: சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest all rounder ever in ODI cricket. [3] [4] A left arm opening batsman, an orthodox ...
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara ( Sinhala: කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර) born 27 October 1977 is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer who represented Sri Lanka in 134 Test matches from 2000 to 2015, including fifteen as captain. In first-class cricket, he played for Nondescripts Cricket Club from 1997 ...
In June 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket announced their 15-member squad for the ICC ODI World Cup qualifier. The national team opted to selected Matheesha Pathirana in their line-up During the first T20I against Afghanistan, Pathirana delivered match winning bowling spell where he took 4/24 which included 2 wickets in the penultimate over. Sri Lanka ...
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured England in June and July 2021 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] [3] The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. [4] [5] On 4 June 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named a 24-man squad to tour England.
He captained the Sri Lankan cricket team in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He later made his first-class debut for Colombo Cricket Club in November 2006. Mathews was born in Colombo, to Tamil father Tyronne Mathews and Burgher mother Monica Mathews. Mathews is Roman Catholic and was educated at St. Joseph's College, Colombo.
2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka. Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 January 2014. Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan [4] (born 17 April 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, businessman and former professional cricketer. Averaging over six wickets per Test match, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.