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Sri Lanka at the Cricket World Cup. The Sri Lanka cricket team has reached the World Cup final three times. Winning in 1996 under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga and finishing as runners-up in the 2007 & 2011 World Cups. Sri Lanka has also reached the Semi Final at the 2003 World Cup and the Quarter Final at the 2015 World Cup.
Lord's has hosted the final five times. The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies.A man of the match performance, [11] including a century, from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, coming in to bat at number five with his team at 50/3, [12] formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai. [13]
In November 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that India and Sri Lanka will co-host the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. This will be the first time for India and Sri Lanka that they will host a T20 World Cup together. [7] Sri Lanka first hosted the T20 World Cup in 2012 and India hosted in 2016. [8]
India hammer woeful Sri Lanka to book place in World Cup knockout stages. Sri Lanka all out for 55, India win by 302 runs. 15:29, Mike Jones. India’s victory confirms a place for them in the ...
It however defeated Sri Lanka in its third group match of the 2023 cricket world cup played on October 16, 2023. In its 4th group match, Australia - helped by David Warner and Mitchell Marsh's record opening partnership of 259 runs, playing against Pakistan ended their innings with 367 runs in 50 overs losing 9 wickets.
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Lasith Malinga bowling from the Nursery End in the 2009 Final at Lord's.. The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (earlier known as ICC World Twenty20) [1] was first held in 2007. It was first decided that every two years an ICC T20 World Cup tournament is to take place, except in the event of an ICC Cricket World Cup being scheduled in the same year, in which case it will be held the year before.
Hosts India and Sri Lanka will qualify directly as hosts. [3] They will be joined by the top eight teams from the previous edition who get qualified automatically and depending on the finishing positions of the hosts in the previous edition, the best two to four teams (other than the ones already qualified) from the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings will also qualify for the tournament. [2]