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Sri Lankan National Cricket Team
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Sri Lanka Squad for World Cup 2011
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Kumar Sangakkara (c/wk) |
Mahela Jayawardene (vc) |
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
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Angelo Mathews |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
Upul Tharanga |
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Thilan Samaraweera |
Chamara Silva |
Chamara Kapugedera |
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Thisara Perera |
Nuwan Kulasekara |
Lasith Malinga |
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Dilhara Fernando |
Ajantha Mendis |
Rangana Herath
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The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national cricket team representing
Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, 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
reached the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup but lost to Australia in a rain-affected
final match. The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva (retired), backed
up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas (retired), 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.
Sri Lanka have won the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1996, the ICC
Champions Trophy in 2002 (Co-champions with India), have been runners
up in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and have been runners up in the ICC World Twenty20
in 2009. |
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