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About sri lanka cricket team

The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1975, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test playing nation. The Sri Lankan team transformed themselves from underdog status to a major cricketing nation during the 1990s. The team went on to win the 1996 Cricket World Cup, beating Australia in the finals, and becoming World Champions. Since then, the team has continued to be a major force in international cricket. Sri Lankan team currently holds several word records including world records for highest team totals in all three forms of the game, Test, ODI and, Twenty20. The Sri Lanka team did well to reach the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup but lost to Australia in a rain-affected match. The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva (retired), backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas, among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket during the last 15 years. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket

Early years
Ceylon, as the country was known before 1972, played its first first-class match under that name against MCC at Nomads Ground, Victoria Park, Colombo in 1926-27, losing by an innings. [1] The team's first win came against Patiala at Dhruve Pandove Stadium in 1932-33. [2] The Ceylonese side competed in the M. J. Gopalan Trophy games from the 1950s, through the change of name to Sri Lanka, well into the 1970s.

Tournament History
World Cup
ICC Champions Trophy
ICC World Twenty20
Asia Cup
Australasia Cup
Asian Test Championship
Asia Games
Commonwealth Games
ICC Trophy
1975: First Round
1979: First Round
1983: First Round
1987: First Round
1992: Eighth Place
1996: Champions
1999: First Round
2003: Semi Finals
2007: Runners Up
1998: Semi Finals
2000: Quarter Finals
2002: Joint winners with India
2004: Preliminary Round
2006: Main Round
2007: Super-8 stage (5th place)
2009:
1984: Runners up
1986: Champions
1988: Runners up
1990/91: Runners up
1995: Runners up
1997: Champions
2000: Runners up
2004: Champions
2008: Champions
1986: Semi Finals
1990: Semi Finals
1994: First Round
1998/99: Runners up
2001/02: Champions
2010:
1998: Fourth place
1979: Champions
1982 onwards: Not eligible - Test nation

Sri Lanka record in Test Matches
Table correct 21 February 2009
Won
Tied
Lost
Drawn
Total
v Australia
home
away
total
v Bangladesh
home
away
total
v England
home
away
total
v India
home
away
total
v New Zealand
home
away
total
v Pakistan
home
away
total
v South Africa
home
away
total
v West Indies
home
away
total
v Zimbabwe
home
away
total
Home
Away
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