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As of 14 January 2017, Sri Lanka have played 256 Test matches; they have won 80 matches, lost 95 matches, and 81 matches were [[Draw (cricket)|drawn]].<ref name=test-result>{{cite web|title=Records / Test matches / Team records / Results summary|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283877.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=18 February 2017}}</ref> As of 10 February 2017, Sri Lanka have played 787 ODI matches, winning 368 matches and losing 379; they also tied 5 matches, whilst 35 had [[no result]].<ref name=odi-result>{{cite web|title=Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283878.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=18 February 2017}}</ref> As of 19 February 2017, Sri Lanka have played 92 T20I matches and won 50 of them; 40 were lost and 1 tied and 1 no result match as well.<ref name=t20i-result>{{cite web|title=Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283307.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=19 February 2017}}</ref>
==ටෙස්ට් ක්රිකට්==
Sri Lanka were awarded [[Test cricket]] status in 1981 by the [[International Cricket Council]]. They played their first Test match [[English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1981–82#Only Test|against England]] at [[Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium|P. Saravanamuttu Stadium]], Colombo, on 17 February 1982. [[Bandula Warnapura|B. Warnapura]] was the captain for [[Sri Lankan national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] in that match, which England won by 7 wickets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63307.html |title=First Test match for Sri Lanka |accessdate=5 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Sri Lanka won their first Test match under the leadership of [[Duleep Mendis]] on 11 September 1985 against [[Indian national cricket team|India]], winning by 149 runs at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63410.html |title=First Test match win for Sri Lanka |accessdate=5 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Eventually they won the three-match Test series, 1-0.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/engine/series/60528.html |title=First Test series win for Sri Lanka |accessdate=5 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Sri Lanka had to wait more than seven years for their next series victory, which came against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] in December 1992, when they won the two-match series 1-0.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/engine/series/60618.html |title=Sri Lanka's first Test series victory against New Zealand |accessdate=5 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> This was immediately followed by a one-wicket victory against [[England national cricket team|England]] in a one-Test series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63605.html |title=Sri Lanka's first Test series victory against England |accessdate=5 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Two years later, on 15 March 1995, Sri Lanka won their first overseas Test match under the leadership of [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] against New Zealand, when they beat them by 241 runs at [[McLean Park|Napier]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63678.html |title=First Overseas Test match win for Sri Lanka |accessdate=5 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> This win also resulted in their first overseas Test series victory, 1-0.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/engine/series/60618.html |title=First Overseas Test series win for Sri Lanka |accessdate=5 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Their next series too was an overseas series, against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], and that one too resulted in Sri Lankan victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/engine/series/60621.html |title= Sri Lanka in Pakistan in 2000 |accessdate=8 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
On 11 September 1999, under the leadership of [[Sanath Jayasuriya]], Sri Lanka won their first Test match against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]], when they beat them by six wickets at [[Asgiriya Stadium]], Kandy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63845.html |title=First Test match win for Sri Lanka against Australia |accessdate=11 September 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Eventually they won the three-match Test series, 1-0.
On 14 June 2000, Sri Lanka played their 100th Test match. It was against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], at [[Sinhalese Sports Club Ground|SSC]], [[Colombo]], under the leadership of [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]. Pakistan won by 5 wickets.<ref name="SL100">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63885.html |title=100th test of Sri Lanka |access-date=8 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
On 4 August 2016, they played their 250th Test match when they played [[Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016|Australia in Galle]].<ref name="SL250">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1042001.html |title=Silken Aravinda, stoic Arjuna, and magical Mahela |access-date=5 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> They won the match by 229 runs,<ref name="result">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/995453.html |title=Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 4-8, 2016 |accessdate=6 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> and also won the [[Warne–Muralidaran Trophy|Warne-Muralidharan]] trophy for the first time since its inception. On 17 August 2016, under the leadership of [[Angelo Mathews]], Sri Lanka whitewashed Australia 3-0 for the first time in Test cricket.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-australia-2016/content/story/1047025.html |title=Sri Lanka's historic whitewash against Australia| access-date=17 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Until 2017, Sri Lanka had whitewashed Zimbabwe three times, Bangladesh once and Australia once in Test cricket.
Sri Lanka played their first [[Day/night cricket#List of day/night Tests|day-night Test match]] on 6 October 2017 against Pakistan at [[Dubai International Cricket Stadium]].<ref name="confirmedCI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20645751/sri-lanka-make-day-night-test-debut-dubai |title=Sri Lanka to make day-night Test debut in Dubai |accessdate=9 September 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="firstDN">{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/488545 |title=Pakistan wary of Herath threat in must-win game |accessdate=6 October 2017 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1120285.html |title=2nd Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Dubai, Oct 6-10 2017 |accessdate=6 October 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
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