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The Sri Lanka national cricket team played their first Test match on 17 February 1982, against England, and recorded their first victory on 6 September 1985, in a match against India. [5] Since then, they have played nearly 300 matches, against every other Test-playing nation. [ 6 ]
The best economy rate in an inning, when a minimum of 30 balls are delivered by the player, is West Indies player Phil Simmons economy of 0.30 during his spell of 3 runs for 4 wickets in 10 overs against Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground in the 1991–92 Australian Tri-Series.
On 9 September 2019, Sri Lanka won the T20I series 3–0 against Pakistan in their home under Dasun Shanaka's captaincy. It was the first time that Sri Lanka whitewashed Pakistan in a T20I series. [37] In July 2021, Sri Lanka won T20I series against India 2–1, recording their first ever bilateral T20I series win against India. [38]
The best economy rate in an inning, when a minimum of 12 balls are delivered by the bowler, is Sri Lankan player Nuwan Kulasekara economy of 0.00 during his spell of 0 runs for 1 wicket in 2 overs against Netherlands at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
[17] 14 wickets for 116 runs by Imran Khan against Sri Lanka in 1982 at the same ground is the best bowling performance in a Test by a Pakistani player. [18] He also holds the record for best bowling average for Pakistan with 22.81. [19] Younis Khan took 139 catches from 118 matches as fielder, the most by a Pakistani and twelfth-highest ...
It was Sri Lanka’s first Twenty20 bilateral series win against the West Indies. Mendis was unbeaten on 68 from 50 deliveries including three sixes and five boundaries.
Kusal Mendis hit a patient 74 not out as Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by three wickets under the DLS method with six balls remaining on Sunday in the rain-hit second ODI. Sri Lanka took an ...
This came during their group stage match against Sri Lanka at 2023 World Cup at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. [28] This bettered the previous record set at the 2011 World Cup where England set 328 runs for victory and Ireland reached the target with 5 balls to spare at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore .