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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 one-day tournament for associate members.
In June 2021, Asalanka was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their tour of England. [25] [26] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 29 June 2021, for Sri Lanka against England. [27] In July 2021, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their series against India. [28] On 19 July 2021, Asalanka scored his maiden ODI fifty against India. [29]
Sri Lanka was awarded Test cricket status in 1981 by the International Cricket Conference. They played their first Test match against England at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, on 17 February 1982. Bandula Warnapura was the captain for Sri Lanka in that match, which England won by 7 wickets. [14]
In September, Sri Lanka played a limited over series against South Africa, where Shanaka was lifted as the regular captain of ODI squad. Sri Lanka later won the ODI series 2–1, which is recorded as the first series win over South Africa after 8 years. [45]
Charith Asalanka scored a career-best 127 to help Sri Lanka beat Australia by 49 runs in the opener of a two-match one-day international cricket series on Wednesday. Sri Lanka was bowled out for ...
On 27 February 2021, Mathews was appointed as Sri Lanka's stand-in captain for the T20I series in the West Indies as the appointed captain Dasun Shanaka, delay in obtaining a US transit visa and travel with the team at the time. [104] Under Mathews captaincy, Sri Lanka managed to win only the second T20I, where West Indies won the series 2–1.
Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (born 21 April 1988; Sinhala: ෆ්රෑන්ක් දිමුත් මදුෂංක කරුණාරත්න), popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne, is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer and former captain of Test and ODI team of Sri Lanka. [1]
3 January 2013 v Sri Lanka: ODI debut (cap 150) 1 February 2004 v India: Last ODI: 3 September 2012 v Pakistan: ODI shirt no. 48: T20I debut (cap 4) 17 February 2005 v New Zealand: Last T20I: 5 October 2012 v West Indies: Domestic team information Years Team; 1994/95–2012/13: Western Australia: 2001–2003: Northamptonshire (squad no. 3) 2004 ...