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The 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team occurred on 3 March 2009, when a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers, part of a larger convoy, was fired upon by 12 gunmen near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. [1] The cricketers were on their way to play the third day of the second Test against the Pakistani cricket team.
Angelo Mathews (SL) The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Bangladesh in May 2022 [1][2] to play two Test matches. [3][4] The Test series formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship. [5][6] The fixtures for the tour were confirmed in March 2022. [7][8] In June 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) relaxed its rules on using ...
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Bangladesh in March and April 2024 to play two Test, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1][2] The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. [3] The fixtures for the tour were confirmed in February 2024.
Sri Lanka Cricket banned Gunathilaka from all cricket activities soon after his arrest in November. He had traveled to Australia with Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 World Cup squad last year but only ...
The English cricket team had a short spell in Sri Lanka at the start of their tour of India in 1984–85. This was not in their original schedule; the change was due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. New Zealand played two limited overs internationals against Sri Lanka in 1984–85. Sri Lanka won the first match by 4 wickets and New ...
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 team almost abandoned the match, but after instructions from the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, the game resumed. [184] The Sri Lankan captain at the time Arjuna Ranatunga, was later fined and given a suspended ban from the game as a result. [185]
The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in Bangladesh on 16 May 2021, [7] following their two-match Test series in Sri Lanka. [8] Ahead of the tour, Kusal Perera was appointed as Sri Lanka's new ODI captain, [9] replacing Dimuth Karunaratne. [10] Bangladesh won the first ODI by 33 runs. [11] They also won the rain-affected second ODI by 103 runs ...