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| Nickname | The Lions | ||||||||||||
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| Association | Sri Lanka Cricket | ||||||||||||
| Personnel | |||||||||||||
| Test captain | Dhananjaya De Silva | ||||||||||||
| One Day captain | Charith Asalanka | ||||||||||||
| T20I captain | Dasun Shanaka | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Sanath Jayasuriya | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Test status acquired | 1981 (44 years ago) | ||||||||||||
| International Cricket Council | |||||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate Member (1965) Full Member (1981) | ||||||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | ||||||||||||
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| Tests | |||||||||||||
| First Test | v England atP. Sara Oval,Colombo; 17–21 February 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Last Test | v Bangladesh atSSC,Colombo; 25–28 June 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| World Test Championship appearances | 3 (first in2021) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | 5th place (2023) | ||||||||||||
| One Day Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First ODI | v West Indies atOld Trafford,Manchester; 7 June 1975 | ||||||||||||
| Last ODI | v Pakistan atRawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi; 16 November 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 13 (first in1975) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1996) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 2 (first in1979) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1979,2023) | ||||||||||||
| T20 Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First T20I | v England atThe Rose Bowl,Southampton; 15 June 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Last T20I | v Pakistan atRawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi; 22 November 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in2007) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2014) | ||||||||||||
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| As of 22 November 2025 | |||||||||||||
TheSri Lanka men's national cricket team, (Sinhala:ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම,romanized: Shri Lanka Jathika Crikat Kandayama;Tamil:இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamedThe Lions,[10] representsSri Lanka in men's internationalcricket. It is a full Member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) withTest,One-Day International (ODI) andT20 International (T20I) status. The team first played first class cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926–27 and became an associate member of the ICC in 1965. They made their international debut in the1975 Cricket World Cup and were later awarded theTest status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket-playing nation. The team is administered bySri Lanka Cricket.
Sri Lanka's national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising fromunderdog status to winning theCricket World Cup in1996, under the captaincy ofArjuna Ranatunga. Since then, the team has continued to be a force in international cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finals of the2007 and2011Cricket World Cups consecutively. They ended up being runners-up on both occasions.[11]
Sri Lanka won theCricket World Cup in1996 (vs Australia), theICC Champions Trophy in2002 (co-champions withIndia), and theICC T20 World Cup in 2014 (vs India). They have been consecutive runners-up in the2007 and2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners-up in the ICC T20 World Cup in2009 and2012. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including the world record for the highest team total inTest cricket.
Cricket was introduced to the island by the British as a result ofthe colonization and the first recorded match dates back to 1832 as reported inThe Colombo Journal.[12] By the 1880s a national team, the Ceylon national cricket team, was formed which began playingfirst-class cricket by the 1920s. The Ceylon national cricket team achieved Associate Member status of theInternational Cricket Council in 1965. Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, the national team first competed in top-level international cricket in 1975, when they were defeated by ninewickets by theWest Indies during the1975 Cricket World Cup atOld Trafford, England.[13]
Sri Lanka was awarded Test cricket status in 1981 by theInternational Cricket Conference. They played their first Test matchagainst England atP. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, on 17 February 1982.Bandula Warnapura was the captain forSri Lanka in that match, which England won by 7 wickets.[14] After Sri Lanka was awarded Test status on 21 July 1981 as eighth Test playing nation, they had to wait until 6 September 1985, where Sri Lanka recorded their first Test win by beating India, in the second match of the series by 149 runs at thePaikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium,Colombo.[15][16] They have also won the2001-02 Asian Test Championship, defeatingPakistan in the final by an innings and 175 runs.[17]
Sri Lanka won their first Test match under the leadership ofDuleep Mendis on 11 September 1985 againstIndia, winning by 149 runs at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.[18] Eventually they won the three-match Test series, 1–0.[19] Sri Lanka had to wait more than seven years for their next series victory, which came againstNew Zealand in December 1992, when they won the two-match series 1–0.[20] This was immediately followed by a one-wicket victory againstEngland in a one-Test series.[21]
Two years later, on 15 March 1995, Sri Lanka won their first overseas Test match under the leadership ofArjuna Ranatunga against New Zealand, when they beat them by 241 runs atNapier.[22] This win also resulted in their first overseas Test series victory, 1–0.[23] Their next series too was an overseas series, againstPakistan, and that one too resulted in Sri Lankan victory.[24]
Sri Lanka registered their first ODI win againstIndia at Old Trafford, England on 16 June 1979.[25]
After many years of underdog status, Sri Lanka finally entered the limelight of the cricketing world after winning the1996 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy ofArjuna Ranatunga.[26] Meanwhile, they revolutionized modern day batting strategies by rapid scoring during the first 15 overs. Sri Lanka later became the co-champions in2002 ICC Champions Trophy and also became six times Asian champions in1986,1997,2004,2008,2014 and2022.
On 11 September 1999, under the leadership ofSanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka won their first Test match againstAustralia, when they beat them by six wickets atAsgiriya Stadium, Kandy.[27] Eventually they won the three-match Test series, 1–0.
On 14 June 2000, Sri Lanka played their 100th Test match. It was againstPakistan, atSSC,Colombo, under the leadership ofSanath Jayasuriya. Pakistan won by 5 wickets.[28]
On 4 August 2016, they played their 250th Test match when they playedAustralia in Galle.[29] They won the match by 229 runs,[30] and also won theWarne-Muralidharan trophy for the first time since its inception. On 17 August 2016, under the leadership ofAngelo Mathews, Sri Lanka whitewashed Australia 3-0 for the first time in Test cricket.[31]Until 2017, Sri Lanka had whitewashed Zimbabwe three times, Bangladesh once and Australia once in Test cricket.[citation needed]
Sri Lanka played their firstday-night Test match on 6 October 2017 against Pakistan atDubai International Cricket Stadium.[32][33][34] Under the captaincy ofDinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka convincingly won the match by 68 runs and sweep the series 2–0. In the match,Dimuth Karunaratne became the first Sri Lankan to score a fifty, a century and a 150 in a day-night Test.Lahiru Gamage, who debut in the match became the first Sri Lankan to take a wicket in a day-night Test, whereasDilruwan Perera became the first Sri Lankan to take a five-wicket haul in a day-night Test.[35]
Sri Lanka played their firstTwenty20 International (T20I) match at theRose Bowl, on 15 June 2006, against England, winning the match by 2 runs.[36] In 2014, they won the2014 ICC World Twenty20, defeating India by 6 wickets.[37]
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As of July 2018, Sri Lanka have faced nine teams in Test cricket, only recent Test nations Afghanistan and Ireland are missing from their list of opponents, with their most frequent opponent beingPakistan, playing 55 matches against them.[38] Sri Lanka has registered more wins againstPakistan andBangladesh than any other team, with 14.[38] In ODI matches, Sri Lanka have played against 17 teams; they have played against India most frequently, with a winning percentage of 39.49 in 149 matches.[39] Within usual major ODI nations, Sri Lanka have defeatedEngland on 34 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs.[39] The team have competed against 13 countries in T20Is, and have played 15 matches againstNew Zealand. Sri Lanka have defeatedAustralia andWest Indies 6 occasions each.[40] Sri Lanka was the best T20I team in the world, where they ranked number one in more than 32 months, and reached World Twenty20 final in three times.
As of 29 January 2024, Sri Lanka have played 313 Test matches; they have won 100 matches, lost 121 matches, and 92 matches weredrawn.[41] As of 10 July 2018, Sri Lanka have played 816 ODI matches, winning 376 matches and losing 399; they also tied 5 matches, whilst 36 hadno result.[42] As of 10 July 2018, Sri Lanka have played 108 T20I matches and won 54 of them; 52 were lost and 1 tied and 1 no result match as well.[43]
From 8 July 2017 to 23 October 2017, Sri Lanka lost twelve consecutive ODI matches, which is their second-longest losing run in ODIs.[44][45] In the meantime, Sri Lanka involved 5-0 whitewash in three times against South Africa, India and Pakistan in 2017. And a 3-0 whitewash against the West Indies 3 years later (2020).[46]
On 9 September 2019, Sri Lanka won the T20I series 3–0 againstPakistan in their home underDasun Shanaka's captaincy. It was the first time that Sri Lanka whitewashed Pakistan in a T20I series.[47] In July 2021, Sri Lanka wonT20I series against India 2–1, recording their first ever bilateral T20I series win against India.[48]
On 4 March 2022, Sri Lanka played their 300th Test match inMohaliagainst India.[49] Sri Lanka lost the match by an innings and 222 runs.[50] Amid political turmoil back home, Sri Lanka won the2022 Asia Cup, defeating Pakistan in the final on 11 September 2022.[51]On 28 April 2023, Sri Lanka won their 100th Test match against Ireland at Galle. They won the test series 2–0. They became the 8th test nation to reach this milestone.
Sri Lanka cricket was suspended, by the ICC on 10 November 2023 due to the alleged political interference with the cricket administration.[52] The suspension was fully lifted on 28 January 2024.[53]
Sri Lanka Cricket (formerly the Board for Cricket Control or BCCSL), is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It operates theSri Lankan cricket team andfirst-class cricket within Sri Lanka.[54] Sri Lanka Cricket oversees the progress and handling of the major domestic competitions: the First-class tournamentPremier Trophy, theList A tournamentPremier Limited Overs Tournament and theTwenty20 Tournament. Sri Lanka Cricket also organises and hosts theInter-Provincial Cricket Tournament, a competition where five teams take part and represent four differentprovinces of Sri Lanka.
Most of the regions of Sri Lanka that are rural areas apart from theCapital could not produce successful cricketers to the national and international side yet due to the lack of resources and opportunities while only a few major areas such asGalle,Matara,Kandy,Kurunegala usually produce successful cricketers to the national and international side instead of the capital. So the government is trying to distribute the game within the whole country by organizing some programs such as2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.
| Stadium | City | Capacity | First used | Last used | Tests | ODIs | T20Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active stadiums | |||||||
| SSC Cricket Ground | Colombo | 10,000 | 1984 | 2024 | 47[55] | 65[56] | 2[57] |
| R. Premadasa Stadium | Colombo | 35,000 | 1986 | 2025 | 9[58] | 155[59] | 48[60] |
| Galle International Stadium | Galle | 35,000 | 1998 | 2025 | 49[61] | 9[62] | 0 |
| Pallekele Cricket Stadium | Pallekele,Kandy | 35,000 | 2010 | 2024 | 9[63] | 39[64] | 22[65] |
| Rangiri Dambulla Stadium | Dambulla | 16,800 | 2001 | 2025 | 0 | 56[66] | 9[67] |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium | Sooriyawewa,Hambantota | 35,000 | 2011 | 2023 | 0 | 27[68] | 7[69] |
| Former stadiums | |||||||
| P. Sara Oval | Colombo | 15,000 | 1982 | 2019 | 22[70] | 12[71] | 2[72] |
| Asgiriya Stadium | Kandy | 10,000 | 1983 | 2007 | 21[73] | 6[74] | 0 |
| CCC Ground | Colombo | 6,000 | 1983 | 1987 | 3[75] | 0 | 0 |
| De Soysa Stadium | Moratuwa | 16,000 | 1984 | 1993 | 4[76] | 6[77] | 0 |
Note: Except abandoned and cancelled matches.
Similar to other Sri Lankan sports teams, the Sri Lankan national cricket team bears blue and yellow as their colours. The bright blue represents the surrounding ocean, while the golden yellow represents the united island as a whole (depicting the sand).[citation needed][dubious –discuss]
In Test matches, the team wears cricket whites, with an optional sweater or sweater-vest with a dark blue and blue V-neck for use in cold weather, such as on Australia, England, and New Zealand tours. The Sri Lankan flag is found on the left side of the jersey's chest with the Test cap number usually below the flag; helmets are a deep blue and the fielder's hat (usually a baseball cap or a wide-brimmed sunhat) is coloured similarly. The sponsor's logo is displayed on the right side of the chest and the sleeve with the Sri Lankan Cricket logo is deployed on the left in test cricket.
Sri Lanka's One Day and Twenty 20 kits vary from year to year with the team wearing its bright blue colour in various shades from kit to kit with yellow stripes on shoulders and waist. Historically, Sri Lanka's kits have had shades of bright blue and golden yellow. In theWorld Series Cup in 1984–85, Sri Lanka wore yellow uniforms with blue stripes.
For official ICC tournaments such asICC Cricket World Cup,ICC World Twenty20 andAsia Cup, "SRI LANKA" is written on the front of the jersey in place of the sponsor logo, with the sponsor logo being placed on the sleeve. A remarkable change in the colour of the kit of Sri Lanka can be found during the2007 ICC World Twenty20 edition in South Africa. The team-coloured with pale silver and the kit has never been seen since then in the team. Since then, the Sri Lankan kit has never changed from the usual brilliant blue colour and very fine yellow stripes. For2016 ICC World Twenty20, orange and green colours in the flag are also included in the jersey. In2017 ICC Champions Trophy pool game against India, the kit changed to the mostly yellow coloured shirt with stripes of blue and usual blue trousers.
At the top-right side of the jersey, instead of the logo, there can be seen Sri Lanka's flag.
In 2019 for the2019 Cricket World Cup, the Sri Lankan jersey was made from recycled plastic sea waste from the Sri Lankan coast. On the side of the blue background, there is a drawing of a turtle on the shirt.[78]However, for non-ICC tournaments and bilateral and tri-nation matches, the sponsor logo features prominently on the front of the shirt.
Sri Lanka's cricket team's logo is a golden lion with a sword bearing on the right arm and the background is bright blue. The name "Sri Lanka Cricket" is written below the lion. It's seen on the practice jersey at the top-right side.
In Test cricket, the logo in the cap is slightly changed, where the lion with a sword is surrounded by petals of lotus and then a blue circle surrounds the crest and a yellow circle surrounds the blue circle, present in thecoat of arms. This logo is seen on the front of the caps and helmets in ODIs and T20Is.
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Semi-finals | |
| Quarter-finals |
Indicates tournaments hosted or co-hosted by Sri Lanka.
| ICC World Test Championship record | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | League stage | Final Host | Final | Final Position | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Matches | Ded | PC | Pts | PCT | |||||||||||||
| P | W | L | D | T | ||||||||||||||
| 2019-21[79] | 7/9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 200 | 27.8 | Rose Bowl, England | DNQ | 7th | |||||
| 2021-23[80] | 5/9 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 64 | 44.4 | The Oval, England | DNQ | 5th | |||||
| 2023-25[81] | 6/9 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 60 | 38.46 | Lord's, England | DNQ | 6th | |||||
| World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | ||
| 1975 | Group Stage | 7/8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | 5/8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 1983 | 7/8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
 1987 | 7/8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
  1992 | 8/9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
 1996 | Champions | 1/12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
   1999 | Group stage | 10/12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
   2003 | Semi-finals | 4/14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | Runners-up | 2/16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Runners-up | 2/14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Quarter-finals | 5/14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Group stage | 6/10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Group stage | 9/10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
 2027 | TBD | ||||||||
| 2031 | |||||||||
| Total | Champion (1996) | 1 title | 89 | 40 | 46 | 1 | 2 | ||
| World Twenty20 record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | ||
| 2007 | Super 8s | 6/12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Runners-up | 2/12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Semi-finals | 3/12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Runners-up | 2/12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Champions | 1/16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Super 10s | 8/16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
  2021 | Super 12s | 8/16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Super 12s | 7/16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
 2024 | Group stage | 12/20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2026 | Qualified | TBD/20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2028 | TBD | ||||||||
| 2030 | |||||||||
| Total | Champion (2014) | 1 title | 43 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Champions Trophy record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 1998 | Semi-finals | 3 or 4/9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Quarter-finals | 5–8/8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 | Champions | 1/12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | Round 1 | 8/12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Round 1 | 8/10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Round 1 | 6/8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Semi-finals | 3 or 4/8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Round 1 | 6/8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2029 | TBD | |||||||
| Total | 7/7 | 1 title | 26 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| Asia Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 1984 | Second place | 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 | Champions | 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1988 | Runners-up | 2/4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990–91 | Runners-up | 2/3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1995 | Runners-up | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997 | Champions | 1/4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Runners-up | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Champions | 1/6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Champions | 1/6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Runners-up | 2/4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Round 1 | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Champions | 1/5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Round 1 | 4/5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Round 1 | 6/6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Champions | 1/6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Runners up | 2/6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Qualified | TBD/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16/16 | 6 titles | 66 | 44 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
Asian Games[edit]
| World Cup Qualifier[edit]
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| Commonwealth Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 1998 | Fourth place | 4/16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1/1 | 0 Titles | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Asian Test Championship record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | D | NR | |
| 1998–99 | Runners-up | 2/3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001–02 | Champions | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2/2 | 1 title | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
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This is a list of active players who are centrally contracted with SLC or have played for Sri Lanka in the past 12 months or have been named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed initalics.
Last updated: 8 November 2025
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| C | Contracted Players |
| S/N | Shirt number of the player in all formats |
| Format | Denotes the particular format/s played over the last year, not entire career |
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | LPL team | Forms | C | S/N | Last Test | Last ODI | Last T20I | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||||||||
| Shevon Daniel | 21 | Left-handed | — | SSC | Colombo | — | Y | 11 | — | 2024 |  2023 | |
| Avishka Fernando | 27 | Right-handed | — | SSC | Jaffna | ODI | Y | 28 | — | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Nuwanidu Fernando | 26 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | SSC | Dambulla | ODI, T20I | — | 27 | — | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Oshada Fernando | 33 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | Ace Capital | — | Test | Y | 80 | 2025 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Nishan Madushka | 26 | Right-handed | — | CCC | Jaffna | ODI | Y | 24 | 2024 | 2025 | — | |
| Pathum Nissanka | 27 | Right-handed | — | NCC | Jaffna | Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 18 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Kusal Perera | 35 | Left-handed | — | Police | Dambulla | T20I | Y | 55 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | 34 | Left-handed | — | SSC | Galle | T20I | 54 | — | 2021 | 2025 | ||
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | 30 | Right-handed | — | Moors | Colombo | ODI | Y | 23 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Lahiru Udara | 31 | Right-handed | — | Tamil Union | Dambulla | Test | — | 32 | 2025 | — | 2023 | |
| All-rounders | ||||||||||||
| Sahan Arachchige | 29 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | NCC | Galle | ODI | Y | 43 | — | 2024 | 2023 | |
| Charith Asalanka | 28 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | SSC | Jaffna | ODI, T20I | Y | 72 | 2022 | 2025 | 2025 | ODI & T20I (C) |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 34 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | CCC | Jaffna | Test | Y | 75 | 2025 | 2023 | 2024 | Test (C) |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | CCC | Kandy | ODI, T20I | Y | 49 | 2021 | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Janith Liyanage | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | Ragama | Galle | ODI, T20I | Y | 95 | — | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Kamindu Mendis | 27 | Left-handed | Ambidextrousoff break | CCC | Kandy | Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 21 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Ramesh Mendis | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Moors | Kandy | Test | Y | 25 | 2025 | 2022 | 2024 | |
| Dasun Shanaka | 34 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | SSC | Kandy | T20I | Y | 7 | 2021 | 2024 | 2025 | T20I (VC) |
| Chamindu Wickramasinghe | 23 | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | SSC | Dambulla | T20I | — | 22 | — | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Wicket-keeper-batters | ||||||||||||
| Dinesh Chandimal | 36 | Right-handed | — | Colts | Kandy | Test, T20I | Y | 56 | 2025 | 2022 | 2025 | |
| Kusal Mendis | 30 | Right-handed | — | SSC | Jaffna | Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 13 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | Test & ODI (VC) |
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||||||||
| Akila Dananjaya | 32 | Left-handed | Right-armleg break | Colts | Dambulla | — | Y | 4 | 2019 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 34 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | SSC | Galle | Test | Y | 77 | 2025 | 2018 | — | |
| Nishan Peiris | 28 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | Negombo | — | Test | — | 19 | 2025 | — | — | |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 25 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Army | Galle | ODI, T20I | Y | 61 | 2022 | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | 35 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | Bloomfield | Galle | Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 46 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Dunith Wellalage | 22 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Colts | Colombo | ODI, T20I | Y | 9 | 2022 | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||||||||
| Dushmantha Chameera | 33 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | NCC | Kandy | ODI, T20I | Y | 5 | 2021 | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Asitha Fernando | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | CCC | Jaffna | Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 78 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Binura Fernando | 30 | Right-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | Ragama | Colombo | T20I | Y | 71 | — | 2021 | 2025 | |
| Vishwa Fernando | 34 | Right-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | CCC | — | Test | Y | 68 | 2025 | 2019 | 2017 | |
| Lahiru Kumara | 28 | Left-handed | Right-armfast | NCC | Galle | Test | Y | 8 | 2025 | 2025 | 2023 | |
| Pramod Madushan | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | SSC | Jaffna | ODI | Y | 40 | — | 2024 | 2023 | |
| Dilshan Madushanka | 25 | Right-handed | Left-armfast-medium | Colts | Dambulla | ODI | Y | 98 | 2023 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Eshan Malinga | 24 | Left-handed | Right-armfast-medium | Ragama | Jaffna | ODI | 97 | — | 2025 | — | ||
| Matheesha Pathirana | 22 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | NCC | Colombo | T20I | Y | 81 | — | 2023 | 2025 | |
| Kasun Rajitha | 32 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | SSC | Kandy | Test | Y | 65 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |
| Milan Rathnayake | 29 | Left-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | Moors | — | Test, ODI | — | 37 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| Nuwan Thushara | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | CCC | Dambulla | T20I | Y | 53 | — | — | 2025 | |
Niroshan Dickwella,Lasith Embuldeniya,Dushan Hemantha,Praveen Jayawickrama andChamika Karunaratne are also contracted by Sri Lanka Cricket, but have not played a match for Sri Lanka cricket in the last 12 months.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Team Manager | Mahinda Halangode |
| Head coach | Sanath Jayasuriya[82] |
| Batting coach | Julian Wood |
| Spin bowling coach | Rene Ferdinands |
| Fielding coach | Upul Chandana[83] |
Source:Ada Derana[84][85]
| Team Sponsor | Dialog |
|---|---|
| Kit Sponsor | Moose Clothing Company |
| Partners |
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| Official Broadcaster | Sony Pictures Networks |
The period between 2000 and 2010 saw the sponsorship pass betweenCeylon tea,Reebok,Mobitel Sri Lanka andDialog Axiata;Dilmah has remained a sponsor since the early 2000s, replacingSinger, which was the main sponsor in the 1990s. Former manufacturers wereReebok, AJ Sports,Asics,ISC, andAdidas.
Currently, the main sponsors for Sri Lanka cricket areDialog Axiata,JAT Holdings andMAS Holdings.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Team sponsor | Official Broadcaster | Internet streaming | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–2000 | MAS | Singer[87] | CTC[88] | Sky Sports[89] | Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation | ||||
| 2000–2003 | AJ Sports | Dilmah[90] | WSG Nimbus[91] | Taj Television[92] | |||||
| 2004–2008 | MAS | Dilmah | Pepsi[93] | Caltex[94] | SriLankan Airlines | Emerald | Ten Sports[95] | ||
| 2009–2010 | Reebok | Dialog Axiata | National Development Bank[96] | Carlton Sports Network[97] | |||||
| 2010–2012 | Mobitel[98] | ESPN | |||||||
| 2013-2014 | Emerald | Homestead | Ten Sports | ||||||
| 2014–2016 | MAS | Dialog Axiata | Ceylon Tea | Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation | |||||
| 2017–2018 |  Huawei | Kent RO Systems[99] | Huawei[100] | Sony Sports Network[101] | YouTube | ||||
| 2019 –2020 | Dialog | ||||||||
| 2021–2022 |  AstroPay[102] | ||||||||
| 2023–2027 | Moose | Dialog Axiata | Munchee | Nippon Paint | Brandix | Red Bull | MTV Channel[103] | ||
| Format | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Drawn | No result | %Won | Inaugural match | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 327 | 107 | 127 | 0 | 93 | – | 32.72 | 17 February 1982 | [104] |
| ODI | 937 | 434 | 456 | 6 | – | 40 | 46.31 | 7 June 1975 | [105] |
| T20I | 215 | 96 | 111 | 6 | – | 2 | 44.65 | 15 June 2006 | [106] |
Updated: 30 September 2025
| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Draw | Tied | % Won | First | Last | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Australia | 35 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14.28 | 1983 | 2025 | |
| Bangladesh | 28 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 75.00 | 2001 | 2025 | |
| England | 39 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 23.07 | 1982 | 2024 | |
| India | 46 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 15.21 | 1982 | 2022 | |
 Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2023 | 2023 | |
| New Zealand | 40 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 27.50 | 1983 | 2024 | |
| Pakistan | 58 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 29.31 | 1982 | 2023 | |
| South Africa | 33 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 27.27 | 1993 | 2024 | |
| West Indies | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 45.83 | 1993 | 2021 | |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 70.00 | 1994 | 2020 | |
| Total | 327 | 107 | 127 | 93 | 0 | 32.41 | 1982 | 2025 | |
| Statistics are correct as of2nd Test Sri Lanka v Bangladesh atSinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground,Colombo; 25–28 June 2025[115][116] | |||||||||
| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | % Won | First | Last | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Members | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66.66 | 2014 | 2024 | |
| Australia | 105 | 37 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 35.23 | 1975 | 2025 | |
| Bangladesh | 60 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 75.00 | 1986 | 2025 | |
| England | 79 | 37 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 46.83 | 1982 | 2023 | |
| India | 171 | 59 | 99 | 2 | 11 | 34.50 | 1979 | 2024 | |
| Ireland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2007 | 2023 | |
| New Zealand | 108 | 44 | 54 | 1 | 9 | 40.56 | 1979 | 2025 | |
| Pakistan | 157 | 59 | 93 | 1 | 4 | 37.57 | 1975 | 2023 | |
| South Africa | 81 | 33 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 40.74 | 1992 | 2023 | |
| West Indies | 67 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 47.76 | 1975 | 2024 | |
| Zimbabwe | 66 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 77.27 | 1992 | 2025 | |
| Associate Members | |||||||||
 Bermuda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 | 2007 | |
 Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2003 | 2011 | |
| Kenya | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | 1996 | 2011 | |
| Netherlands | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2002 | 2023 | |
| Oman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2023 | 2023 | |
| Scotland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2011 | 2023 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2004 | 2023 | |
| Total | 937 | 434 | 459 | 6 | 41 | 46.31 | 1975 | 2025 | |
| Statistics are correct as of Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe: 2nd ODI atHarare Sports Club,Harare; 31 August 2025[136] | |||||||||
| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | % Won | First | Last | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Members | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | 2016 | 2025 | |
| Australia | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 38.46 | 2007 | 2022 | |
| Bangladesh | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 59.09 | 2007 | 2025 | |
| England | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | 2006 | 2022 | |
| India | 33 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 27.27 | 2009 | 2025 | |
| Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2009 | 2022 | |
| New Zealand | 28 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 32.14 | 2006 | 2025 | |
| Pakistan | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | 2007 | 2025 | |
| South Africa | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 | 2012 | 2024 | |
| West Indies | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 55.00 | 2009 | 2024 | |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.77 | 2008 | 2025 | |
| Associate Members | |||||||||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2008 | 2008 | |
 Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Kenya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2007 | 2007 | |
| Namibia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2014 | 2024 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2016 | 2022 | |
| Total | 215 | 96 | 111 | 6 | 2 | 44.65 | 2006 | 2025 | |
| Statistics are correct as of Sri Lanka v India: Super Four of the2025 Asia Cup atDubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai; 26 September 2025.[156] | |||||||||
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