This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained a Sri Lankan national cricket team at official international level. Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 21 July 1981. Previously they were an associate member of the ICC from 1965, which made them eligible to compete in the ICC Trophy, the leading one-day tournament for associate members. Just after Sri Lanka gained Test status in 1981 a team of rebel players toured apartheid South Africa under the banner "Arosa Sri Lanka" (the term "Arosa" being derived from the promoter's name). All players who toured Sri Lanka were banned from official cricket matches for life, thereby setting Sri Lanka's development back. Sri Lanka's greatest success in One Day Internationals was when they won the Cricket World Cup in 1996 under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga.
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for at least one Test match. [1] The table of results is complete including the first Test against Bangladesh which ended on 4 February 2018. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player captained this side for a minor proportion in a series.
Sri Lankan Test match captains | |||||||||
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Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | W% |
1 | Bandula Warnapura [2] | 1981/82 | England | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
1981/82 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
1982/83 | India | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
2 | Duleep Mendis [3] | 1981/82† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
1982/83 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
1983/84 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | ||
1984 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
1985 | India | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% | ||
1985/86 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | ||
1985/86 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | ||
1986/87 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | ||
1986/87 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
Total | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10.53% | ||||
3 | Somachandra de Silva [4] | 1982/83 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
4 | Ranjan Madugalle [5] ![]() | 1987/88 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1988 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
5 | Arjuna Ranatunga [6] ![]() | ||||||||
1989/90 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
1990/91 | India | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
1990/91 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | ||
1992 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% | ||
1992/93 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
1992/93 | England | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
1993 | India | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% | ||
1993 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% | ||
1993/94 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
1993/94 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | ||
1994 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
1994/95 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | ||
1994/95 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
1995/96 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | ||
1995/96 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
1996/97 | Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
1996/97 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
1996/97 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
1997 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
1997 | India | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
1997/98 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | ||
1997/98 | Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
1997/98 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
1998 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | ||
1998 | England | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
1998/99 | India | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
Total | 56 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 21.43% | ||||
6 | Aravinda de Silva [7] ![]() | 1991 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
1991/92 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
1995/96† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
1998/99† | Pakistan | Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||
7 | Hashan Tillakaratne [8] | 1998/99 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
2003 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
2003 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
2003/04 | England | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | ||
2003/04 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | ||
Total | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9% | ||||
8 | Sanath Jayasuriya [9] ![]() | 1999 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3% |
1999/2000 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | ||
1999/2000 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | ||
2000 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | ||
2000 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | ||
2000/01 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | ||
2000/01 | England | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | ||
2001 | India | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | ||
2001/02 | Bangladesh1 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2001/02 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2001/02 | Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2001/02 | Pakistan² | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2002 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | ||
2002 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2002/03 | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
Total | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 47.37% | ||||
9 | Marvan Atapattu [10] ![]() | 2002/03† | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
2004 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2004 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
2004 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
2004/05 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
2004/05 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
2005 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2005/06 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2005/06 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | ||
Total | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 44.44% | ||||
10 | Mahela Jayawardene [11] ![]() | 2005/06 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
2005/06 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
2006 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | ||
2006 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2006/07 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
2007 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2007/08 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
2007/08 | England | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% | ||
2007/08 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
2008 | India | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66% | ||
2008/09 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2008/09 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
2011/12 | England | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
2012 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33% | ||
2012/13 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
2012/13 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | ||
Total | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 47.37% | ||||
11 | Kumar Sangakkara [12] ![]() | 2009 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66% |
2009 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2009/10 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | ||
2010 | India | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | ||
2010/11 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | ||
2011† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
Total | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 33.33% | ||||
12 | Tillakaratne Dilshan [13] ![]() | 2011 | England | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% |
2011 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% | ||
2011/12 | Pakistan | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% | ||
2011/12 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% | ||
Total | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9.09% | ||||
13 | Angelo Mathews [14] ![]() | 2012/13 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
2013/14 | Pakistan | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | ||
2013/14 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
2014 | England | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
2014 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
2014 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2014/15 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
2015 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% | ||
2015 | India | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% | ||
2015/16 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2015/16 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
2016 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | ||
2016 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2016/17 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | ||
Total | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 38.24% | ||||
14 | Rangana Herath [15] | 2016/17 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
2016/17 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
2017 | India | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
Total | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60% | ||||
15 | Dinesh Chandimal [16] | 2017 | Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
2017 | India | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
2017/18 | Pakistan | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2017/18 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% | ||
2017/18 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
2018 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
2018/19 | England | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | ||
2018/19 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
2018/19 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
2020/21 | England | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
Total | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 21.05% | ||||
16 | Suranga Lakmal [17] ![]() | 2018 | West Indies | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
2018 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2018/19 | England | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
Total | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60% | ||||
17 | Dimuth Karunaratne [18] | 2018/19 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
2019 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
2019/20 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | ||
2019/20 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
2020/21 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
2020/21 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
2020/21 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
2021/22 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2021/22 | India | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
2022 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
2022 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
2022 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | ||
2022/23 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
2022/23 | Ireland | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2023 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | ||
Total | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 41.85% | ||||
18 | Dhananjaya De Silva [19] | 2023/24 | Afghanistan | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
2023–24 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||||
Grand total [20] | 316 | 103 | 121 | 92 | 32.59% |
Notes:
Updated 27 March 2022
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for at least one One Day International. Sri Lanka's greatest success was when they won the 1996 cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga.
Sri Lankan ODI captains | ||||||||
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Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | NR | Tied | W% |
1 | Anura Tennekoon [21] | 1975–1979 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
2 | Bandula Warnapura [22] | 1979–1982 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37.5% |
3 | Duleep Mendis [23] | 1982–1987 | 61 | 11 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 18.03% |
4 | Somachandra de Silva [24] | 1983 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
5 | Ranjan Madugalle [25] | 1988 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15.38% |
6 | Arjuna Ranatunga [26] | 1988–1999 | 193 | 89 | 95 | 8 | 1 | 46.11% |
7 | Ravi Ratnayeke [27] | 1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
8 | Aravinda de Silva [28] | 1992–1996 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 27.78% |
9 | Roshan Mahanama [29] | 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
10 | Sanath Jayasuriya [30] | 1998–2003 | 117 | 65 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 55.56% |
11 | Marvan Atapattu [31] | 2001–2006 | 63 | 35 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 55.56% |
12 | Mahela Jayawardene [32] | 2004–2013 | 126 | 68 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 53.97% |
13 | Chaminda Vaas [33] | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
14 | Kumar Sangakkara [34] | 2009–2011 | 45 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 60% |
15 | Tillakaratne Dilshan [35] | 2010–2012 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 42.31% |
16 | Angelo Mathews [36] | 2012–2018 | 104 | 49 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 47.12% |
17 | Dinesh Chandimal [37] | 2013-2018 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
18 | Lahiru Thirimanne [38] | 2015-2019 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20% |
19 | Upul Tharanga [39] | 2016–2017 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 19.05% |
20 | Chamara Kapugedera [40] | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
21 | Lasith Malinga [41] | 2017–2019 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
22 | Thisara Perera [42] | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33% |
23 | Dimuth Karunaratne [43] | 2019–2020 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 62.5% |
24 | Kusal Perera [44] | 2021 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
25 | Dasun Shanaka [45] | 2021–2023 | 41 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 58.9% |
26 | Kusal Mendis [46] | 2023–present | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33.12% |
Grand total [47] | 915 | 420 | 450 | 40 | 5 | 45.88% |
Updated 15 February 2024
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International.
No. | Name [48] | First | Last | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win% | Ref. |
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1 | Mahela Jayawardene | 2006 | 2012 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 65.78% | [49] |
2 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 2008 | 2011 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.0% | [50] |
3 | Kumar Sangakkara | 2009 | 2012 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 59.09% | [51] |
4 | Thilina Kandamby | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | [52] |
5 | Angelo Mathews | 2012 | 2021 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 40.00% | [53] |
6 | Dinesh Chandimal | 2013 | 2018 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% | [54] |
7 | Lasith Malinga | 2014 | 2020 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 32.60% | [55] |
8 | Upul Tharanga | 2017 | 2017 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% | [56] |
9 | Thisara Perera | 2017 | 2018 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 00.00% | [57] |
10 | Dasun Shanaka | 2019 | 2023 | 48 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 47.91% | [58] |
11 | Kusal Perera | 2021 | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | [59] |
12 | Sahan Arachchige | 2023 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | [60] |
13 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 2024 | Present | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.66% | [61] |
Total | 192 | 85 | 100 | 4 | 2 | 45.76% |
Updated: 16 June 2024
The ICC Trophy is the leading one-day tournament from non-Test teams, and Sri Lanka participated in the tournament before they gained Test status. This is a list of the men who captained Sri Lanka in the ICC Trophy.
Sri Lankan ICC Trophy captains | ||||||||
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Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result | Where finished |
1 | Anura Tennekoon | 1979 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winners |
2 | Bandula Warnapura | 1979 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winners |
Grand total | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In October and November 1982 a group of Sri Lankan cricketers went on a private tour of apartheid South Africa. It was the first time a tour comprising all non-white cricketers had toured white South Africa (a team of Kenyan Asians had previously visited the black areas of South Africa, and the International Wanderers XI
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match. Sri Lanka have played only one women's Test. [62]
Sri Lankan women's Test match captains | ||||||||
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Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
1 | Rasanjali Silva | 1997 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. The table of results is complete to the women's ODI against South Africa in the World Cup in 2004/5. Sri Lanka have never reached the semi-final stage in women's World Cups.
Sri Lankan women's ODI captains | |||||||
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Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result |
1 | Vanessa Bowen | 1997 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2 | Rasanjali Silva | 1998–2000 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
3 | Suthershini Sivanantham | 2002–03 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Thanuja Ekanayake | 2004 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
5 | Chandimali Samanthi | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Sandamali Dolawatta | 2005–2013 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
7 | Shashikala Siriwardene | 2005–2017 | 54 | 18 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
8 | Chamani Seneviratna | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | Dilani Manodara | 2010 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
10 | Chamari Athapaththu | 2014–2015 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
11 | Eshani Kaushalya | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Inoka Ranaweera | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Grand total | 128 | 51 | 0 | 72 | 5 |
Sri Lankan women's T20I captains | |||||||
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Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result |
1 | Chamari Polgampola | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2 | Chamani Seneviratna | 2010 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
3 | Shashikala Siriwardene | 2010–2014 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
4 | Dilani Manodara | 2012 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
5 | Chamari Athapaththu | 2014–2015 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Grand total | 57 | 16 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to the second "Test" against Pakistan in 2004/5. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player was captain for a minor proportion in a series. The very nature of Under-19 cricket means that in practice no youth captains the side for more than one year.
Sri Lankan Under-19 Test match captains | ||||||||
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Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
1 | Aravinda de Silva | 1983/4 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Roshan Mahanama | 1984/5 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Asanka Gurusinha | 1986 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Denham Madena | 1986/7 | England | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Suchithra Alexander | 1992 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Avishka Gunawardene | 1993/4 | England | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Nimesh Perera | 1996/7 | India | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
8 | Upekha Fernando | 1998/9 | India | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Kaushalya Weeraratne | 2000 | England | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Thilina Kandamby | 2000/1 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
11 | Farveez Maharoof | 2003 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Harsha Vithana | 2005 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Angelo Mathews | 2005 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
15 | Sachith Pathirana | 2007 | India | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
16 | Dinesh Chandimal | 2009 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Chathura Peiris | 2010 | England | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
18 | Bhanuka Rajapaksa | 2011 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
19 | Kusal Mendis | 2013 | India | Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Grand total | 47 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The table of results is complete to the end of the 2005/6 Afro-Asia Cup. Sri Lanka's best result in the Under-19 World Cup was as runners-up in 1999/2000 under the captaincy of Malintha Gajanayake.
Sri Lankan Under-19 ODI captains | |||||||
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Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result |
1 | Aravinda de Silva | 1983/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2 | Asanka Gurusinha | 1986 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Denham Madena | 1986/7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Rohan Weerakkody | 1987/8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
5 | Marvan Atapattu | 1989/90 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
6 | Avishka Gunawardene | 1993/4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Pradeep Hewage | 1997/8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Upekha Fernando | 1998/9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
9 | Prasanna Jayawardene | 1998/9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Malintha Gajanayake | 1999/2000 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
11 | Kaushalya Weeraratne | 2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
12 | Thilina Kandamby | 2000/1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Dhammika Niroshana | 2001/2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
14 | Jeewan Mendis | 2001/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Farveez Maharoof | 2003-2003/4 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
16 | Harsha Vithana | 2004/5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 | Angelo Mathews | 2005–2006 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
18 | Sameera de Zoysa | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | Sachith Pathirana | 2007 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
20 | Ashan Priyanjan | 2007/08 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
21 | Dinesh Chandimal | 2009 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
22 | Chathura Peiris | 2009/10 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
23 | Bhanuka Rajapaksa | 2009–2011 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
24 | Yashodha Lanka | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
25 | Angelo Jayasinghe | 2011 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
26 | Sanitha de Mel | 2012 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
27 | Kusal Mendis | 2013/14 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
28 | Sadeera Samarawickrama | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Charith Asalanka | 2015/16 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
Grand total | 225 | 105 | 0 | 108 | 12 |
The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in men's international cricket. It is a full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27 and became an associate member of the ICC in 1965. They were awarded the Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket-playing nation. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket.
Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest all rounders ever to play in ODI cricket. A left arm opening batsman, an orthodox spinner and a dynamic fielder, Jayasuriya together with his opening partner Romesh Kaluwitharana is credited for having revolutionized one-day international cricket with his explosive batting in the mid-1990s, which initiated the hard-hitting modern-day batting strategy of all nations. He was a key member of the Sri Lankan team that won 1996 Cricket World Cup. Under his captaincy Sri Lanka become joint champions along with India in the 2002 Champions Trophy.
The Bangladesh men's national cricket team, popularly known as The Tigers, is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan, commonly known as TM Dilshan is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is often regarded as the best rated Sri Lankan player in run-chases in ODI history and one of the most innovative players of all time. He is the top run scorer in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup with 500 runs, and scored century against England in Quater final of ICC 2011 world cup. Dilshan is considered to be a rare example of a cricketer with notable skills in all aspects of the game, who can bat, bowl, field and keep wicket. He is an aggressive right-hand batsman who invented the scoop, which has come to be known as the Dilscoop, a shot that hits the ball over the keeper. Apart from being an opening batsman, he is also a capable off-break bowler. Energetic in the field, he usually fielded at the point region. He was part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
The Afghanistan men's national cricket team represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid-19th century, but it was only in the early 21st century that the national team began to enjoy success. The Afghanistan Cricket Board was formed in 1995, becoming an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 and a member of the cricket confederation, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in 2003. After nearly a decade of playing international cricket, on 22 June 2017 full ICC membership was granted to Afghanistan. Alongside Ireland, this took the number of Test cricket playing nations to twelve. Afghanistan is the first country to achieve Full Member status after holding Affiliate Membership of the ICC. In view of the persistent conflict and insecurity in Afghanistan, following this status, the team moved to a new home ground in Dehradun, in India. The current home ground of the Afghanistan Men's Cricket team is the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE.
Charlotte Marie Edwards is an English former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 23 Test matches, 191 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1996 and 2016. She played domestic cricket in England for East Anglia, Kent, Hampshire and Southern Vipers, as well as overseas for Northern Districts, Western Australia, Perth Scorchers, South Australia and Adelaide Strikers.
The Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, previously the Beausejour Cricket Ground, is a cricket ground located near Gros Islet, Saint Lucia standard seating capacity of 15,000. It was completed in 2002 and currently accommodates 13,000 spectators.
The Ireland women's cricket team represents Ireland in international women's cricket. Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland and organised on an All-Ireland basis, meaning the Irish women's team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The Netherlands women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Lionesses, represents the Netherlands in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Royal Dutch Cricket Association, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1966.
The Pakistan women's national cricket team, also known as Green Shirts or Women in Green, represents Pakistan in international women's cricket. One of ten teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship, the team is organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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, the team is organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy right-handed middle order batter who sometimes plays as the wicket-keeper, Chandimal lead Sri Lanka in the group stages of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in which Sri Lanka ended up as the champions.
Lyndon Hannibal is a Sri Lankan international cricket umpire and a former first class cricketer.