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It operates the Sri Lankan cricket team, Sri Lanka A cricket team, Sri Lankan women's cricket team and first-class cricket within Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a full member of the International Cricket Council and the Asian Cricket Council. Sri Lanka co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup and the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Indian police officer with a lathi stick. The lathi (in Hindi / Nepali : लाठी, Tamil : லத்தி, Bengali : লাঠি, Urdu : لاٹھی, Sinhalese : ලති) is a bamboo stick used by the police in India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Nepal and Sri Lanka .
The R. Premadasa Stadium was also one of the three grounds in Sri Lanka that hosted matches for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The other two were the Asgiriya Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. [6] The R. Premadasa Stadium was the venue for the match in 1997 where Sri Lanka scored a record 952 runs for 6 wickets against India. [7]
Follow all the action from M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
On 21 July 1981, Sri Lanka was admitted to full membership of the ICC and was awarded Test Match status. The inaugural Test was played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo in February 1982 against England but Sri Lanka lost by 8 wickets. [6] Sri Lanka won the 1996 Cricket World Cup by defeating Australia. [7]
The name of the country changed from Ceylon to Sri Lanka on 22 May 1972. Sri Lanka's performance in its two matches against Pakistan in 1973-74 led the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan, A. H. Kardar, to urge the International Cricket Conference (ICC) to consider promoting Sri Lanka to Test status. [23]
The Australia cricket team are scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in January and February 2025 to play the Sri Lanka cricket team. [1] The tour will consist of two Tests and only one One Day International (ODI). [2] The Test series will form part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. [3]
English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04: 7/84: 13/171: 3/1: South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2000: 6/71: 10/148: 1/1: Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 1999-2000: Chaminda Vaas: 7/71: 14/191: 2/1: West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001–02: Ajantha Mendis: 6/117: 10/209: Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008 ...