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...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports as the Board of...

debut in the 1975 Cricket World Cup and were later awarded the Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket-playing nation. The team...

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, while the latter hosted World Cup matches...

(who had also hosted the 1987 Cricket World Cup) but Sri Lanka were hosts for the first time. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia...

Sri Lanka is one of the twelve nations that take part in Test cricket and one of the six nations that has won a cricket World Cup. Cricket is played at...

The Sri Lanka women's national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international women's cricket. One of ten teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship...

qualified via the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, with the Netherlands and Sri Lanka securing the final two places via the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier...

Cricket World Cup. The Sri Lankan national cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, where they lost to Australia at the Kensington...

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...

International (ODI) cricket. The match was played between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Saturday 2 April 2011. It was the first time that...

The Bangladesh–Sri Lanka cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world. The two teams are contesting each other internationally...

captained a Sri Lankan national cricket team at official international level. Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 21...

The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is an international cricket competition established in 1975. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members...

a legal problem. The Hambantota and Pallekele cricket grounds were both newly constructed for 2011 Cricket World Cup, which Sri Lanka jointly hosted with...

World Cup final appearance after their win in the 1987 edition and the loss to West Indies in the 1975 ICC Cricket World Cup final. It was Sri Lanka's first...

The Sri Lanka women's under-19 cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by Sri Lanka Cricket...

Sri Lanka, and South Africa won through to the semi-finals, with Australia defeating Sri Lanka in the final to win their third consecutive World Cup and...

Summary The 2011 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. There were 14 teams that participated in the 2011 World Cup and the format...

The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) is the quadrennial international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket...

Zealand and Sri Lanka have reached tournament finals without winning. The inaugural event was titled the McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, and was...

The final of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was played on 28 April 2007 at the Kensington Oval, Barbados. Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 53 runs (under...

Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup; West Indies won the match by 9 wickets at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. After Sri Lanka awarded Test status...

2023, Sri Lanka was suspended by the ICC due to government interference in the country's cricket board; while Sri Lanka lost its rights to host the men's...

The 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in New Zealand from 13 January till 3 February 2018...

Cricket was introduced to Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) in the first quarter of the 19th century, following colonisation of the island by the British...

country at the 1979 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979. The oldest player at the 1979 Cricket World Cup was Garnet...

The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July and August 2024 to play the Sri Lanka cricket team. The tour consisted of three Twenty20 International...

the A26 highway. The stadium is wholly owned by Sri Lanka Cricket and has a capacity of 35,000. The stadium was built for the 2011 Cricket World Cup along...

strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka. Pakistan boycotted the 1990–91 tournament due to strained political relations with India and the 1993 tournament...