This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sri Lanka women's national cricket team.
Sri Lanka
Insignia of Sri Lanka Cricket cap
Nickname(s)
The Lions
Association
Sri Lanka Cricket
Personnel
Test captain
Dhananjaya De Silva
One Day captain
Kusal Mendis
T20I captain
Wanindu Hasaranga
Coach
Chris Silverwood
History
Test status acquired
1981
International Cricket Council
ICC status
Associate Member (1965) Full Member (1981)
ICC region
Asia
ICC Rankings
Current[3]
Best-ever
Test
8th
2nd (August 2009)[1]
ODI
7th
2nd (October 1996)[2]
T20I
8th
1st (2012)
Tests
First Test
v England at P. Sara Oval, Colombo; 17–21 February 1982
Last Test
v Bangladesh at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram; 30 March –3 April 2024
Tests
Played
Won/Lost
Total[4]
316
103/121 (92 draws)
This year[5]
3
3/0 (0 draws)
World Test Championship appearances
2 (first in 2019–2021)
Best result
5th place (2021–2023)
One Day Internationals
First ODI
v West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester; 7 June 1975
Last ODI
v Bangladesh at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram; 18 March 2024
ODIs
Played
Won/Lost
Total[6]
918
421/452 (5 ties, 40 no results)
This year[7]
9
6/2 (0 ties, 1 no result)
World Cup appearances
13 (first in 1975)
Best result
Champions (1996)
World Cup Qualifier appearances
2 (first in 1979)
Best result
Champions (1979, 2023)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I
v England at The Rose Bowl, Southampton; 15 June 2006
Last T20I
v Bangladesh at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet; 9 March 2024
T20Is
Played
Won/Lost
Total[8]
189
85/98 (4 ties, 2 no results)
This year[9]
9
6/3 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances
8 (first in 2007)
Best result
Champions (2014)
Test kit
ODI kit
T20I kit
As of 3 April 2024
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 international cricket. It is a full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status. The team first played international cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926–27 and became an associate member of the ICC in 1965. They were awarded the Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket-playing nation. 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 cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups consecutively. They ended up being runners-up on both occasions.[11]
Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup in 1996 (vs Australia), the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), and the ICC T20 World Cup in 2014 (vs India). They have been consecutive runners-up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners-up in the ICC T20 World Cup in 2009 and 2012. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including the world record for the highest team total in Test cricket.
^"1996 ODI Rankings". icc-cricket.org. International Cricket Council. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^"1996 ODI Rankings". icc-cricket.org. International Cricket Council. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^"ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
^"Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^"Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^"ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^"ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^"T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^"T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^"The lion's fairy tale". The Cricket Monthly by ESPNcricinfo. March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
^"Team Sri Lanka at Cricket World Cups". Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
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Global Information
England at P. Sara Oval, Colombo; 17–21 February 1982
Bangladesh at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram; 30 March –3 April 2024
West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester; 7 June 1975
Champions (1996)
