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Mahadevan "Satha" Sathasivam (Tamil: மகாதேவன் சதாசிவம்) (18 October 1915, Ceylon – 9 July 1977 in Colombo, Sri Lanka), or Satha as he was known, is one of the greatest batsmen from Sri Lanka whom Garry Sobers called "the greatest batsman ever on earth," and Frank Worrell called him "the best batsman he had ever seen". [1]
This is a list of Sri Lankan Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Both teams have two innings, and the match lasts up to five days. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Test cap. Where ...
Sri Lanka holds the world record for the highest team score, which was established against India in 1997. [7] The highest partnership in Test cricket was also established by two Sri Lankan batsmen; Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara. [8] Sri Lankan players also hold the highest partnership scores for the second and third wickets. [9]
This is a list of Sri Lankan One Day International cricketers. A One Day International , or ODI for short, is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
He made the most runs in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament, with a total of 1,016 from 10 matches and 19 innings. [2] In November 2017, he was named the best batsman in domestic cricket for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.
Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka won the toss and chose to bat first against India in their ODI opener on Friday. India comes into the three one-day internationals after sweeping the Twenty20 ...
Opening batter Pathum Nissanka scored Sri Lanka's first double century in a one-day international as they held off Afghanistan by 42 runs in a high-scoring match on Friday. Nissanka's unbeaten 210 ...
Later Sri Lanka posted a total of 554 courtesy of Dinesh Chandimal's double hundred. Finally Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 39 runs, marking Sri Lanka's first-ever innings victory in Test cricket against Australia. [99] The series finally ended in draw 1-1 and shared the Warne-Murali Trophy. [100]