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ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කරන ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායමයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම පළමු වරට ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් තරඟයකට සහභාගී වූයේ 1975 වර්ෂයේදීය. 1981 දී ටෙස්ට් වරම් ලැබීමෙන් පසුව ටෙස්ට් වරම් ලැබූ 8 වෙනි රට බවට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පත් විය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අන්තිම දුර්වල තත්වයේ සිට 1990 වර්ෂයේ පමණ වන විට ප්‍රධාන පෙළේ ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා කරන රටක් බවට පත් විය. 1996 දී ලෝක කුසලාන තරඟා වලියට ඉදිරිපත් වී ප්‍රතිවාදී ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව පරාජය කර ලෝක ශූරයින් බවට පත් වූහ. ඉන් පසු එළඹුනු වර්ෂ වලදි පසුබෑම් සහ සාර්ථකත්වයන්ට ඇතැම් විට මුහුණ දෙමින් ලෝකයේ ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩා කරන ප්‍රධාන රටක් ලෙස ස්ථාවරය රැක ගත්තේය. 2007 ලෝක කුසලාන තරඟාවලියේදී කණ්ඩායම ඉතා හොඳින් ක්‍රිඩා කරමින් අවසාන මහා තරඟය දක්වා ළඟා වූයේය. වැස්සෙන් බාධා පැමිණුනු අන්තිම තරඟයේදී ඔව්හු ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවට පරාජය වුවද අනුශූරතාවය දිනා ගත්හ. සනත් ජයසූරිගේ සහ අරවින්ද ද සිල්වාගේ පිති හරඹයද, මුත්තයියා මුරලි දරන් සහ චමින්ද වාස් දෙපළ ඉතා දක්ෂ අන්දමින් පන්දු යැවීමෙන් දැක්වූ සහයෝගයද පසු ගිය වර්ෂ 15 තිස්සේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ සාර්ථකත්වයට විශේෂ දායකත්වයක් සැපයීය. එය පාලනය කරන ලද්දේ 'ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට්' ආයතනය විසිනි.
They have also won the [[2001-02 Asian Test Championship]], defeating [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] in the final by an innings and 175 runs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Test Championship, 2001/02 – Final|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/116067.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref>
Sri Lanka registered their first ODI win against [[India national cricket team|India]] at [[Manchester]], England, in 16 June 1979.<ref>{{cite web|title=1979 Prudential World Cup – 9th match, Group B|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/engine/match/65057.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref> They also won the [[1996 Cricket World Cup]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Wills World Cup, 1995/96: Final|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65192.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref> co-champions in [[2002 ICC Champions Trophy]] and also became five times Asian champions in [[1986 Asia Cup|1986]], [[1997 Asia Cup|1997]], [[2004 Asia Cup|2004]], [[2008 Asia Cup|2008]] and [[2014 Asia Cup|2014]].
Sri Lanka played their first [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) match at the [[Rose Bowl (cricket ground)|Rose Bowl]], on 15 June 2006, against England, winning the match by 2 runs.<ref name=debut>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/engine/match/225271.html |title=Sri Lanka in England T20I Match, 2006 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref> In 2014, they won the [[2014 ICC World Twenty20]], defeating India by 6 wickets.<ref name=2014t20iwc>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/engine/match/682965.html |title=2014 ICC World Twenty20 – Final |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref>
As of January 2016, Sri Lanka have faced all nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being Pakistan, playing 51 matches against them.<ref name=test>{{cite web|title=Records / Sri Lanka / Test matches / Result summary|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=1;id=7;type=team|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref> Sri Lanka have registered more wins against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] than any other team, with 14.<ref name=test/> 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.<ref name=ODI>{{cite web|title=Records / Sri Lanka / One-Day Internationals / Result summary|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=2;id=7;type=team|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref> Within usual major ODI nations, Sri Lanka have defeated [[England national cricket team|England]] on 34 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs.<ref name=ODI/> The team have competed against 13 countries in T20Is, and have played 15 matches against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]]. Sri Lanka have defeated [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[West Indies national cricket team|West Indies]] 6 occasions each.<ref name=T20I>{{cite web|title=Records / Sri Lanka / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=3;id=7;type=team|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=30 March 2013}}</ref> 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 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>
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