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Muttiah Muralitharan, who was hailed by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002 as the "best bowler ever" in Test cricket, dominates the bowling records for Sri Lanka. [12] He is the world record holder for the highest number of wickets, the most five wickets per innings , as well as the most ten wickets per match. [ 13 ]
Sri Lankan Test cricket umpires (21 P) Pages in category "Sri Lankan cricket umpires" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports as the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka on 30 June 1975 as a national sports body.
The Lanka Premier League (abbreviated as LPL; Sinhala: ලංකා ප්රිමියර් ලීග්, Tamil: லங்கா பிரீமியர் லீக்) is a professional franchise cricket league established in 2020 in Sri Lanka. Matches are played using the Twenty20 cricket format by five teams named after Sri Lankan ...
In 1992 Australian tour of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka lost the SSC Test match to Australia by 16 runs after being set a target of only 181 runs. [7] This is one of Sri Lanka's narrowest defeats in Test cricket. [8] Shane Warne took three wickets in thirteen balls; this was his first notable performance in Test cricket. [9]
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka: 8 August 2011: 3 5/3: Rangana Herath New Zealand: Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh: 31 March 2014 ‡ 4 5/6: Lasith Malinga: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka: 6 September 2019: 5 5/20: Nuwan Thushara Bangladesh
On 5 March 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket issued a statement stating that Shanka would join up with the team for the ODI matches. [38] Prior to the second ODI match, Angelo Mathews left Sri Lanka's squad for the rest of the tour to return home due to a family matter. [39] Ahead of the third ODI, Anderson Phillip was added to the West Indies' squad. [40]
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured England in the 2002 season to play a three-match Test series against England, followed by a triangular One Day International tournament that also featured India. Sri Lanka finished in third place in the ODI tournament, while England won the Test series 2–0 with one match drawn.