Sri Lanka A cricket team

Sri Lanka 'A'

Personnel
Captain	Nipun Dananjaya,Dunith Wellalage
Coach	Avishka Gunawardene
Team information
Founded	1991
History
First-class debut	England A [1] in 1991 at  Galle International Stadium
Official website	Official Website

The Sri Lanka A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. It is the second-tier of international Sri Lankan cricket, below the full Sri Lanka national cricket team. Matches played by Sri Lanka A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification respectively. Sri Lanka A played their first match in February 1991, a 45-over contest against England A.

Sri Lanka A have played a number of series, both home and away against other national A teams, and competed against other first-class opposition. ^[2]

Sri Lanka A Cricket team has the world record for the highest 7th wicket partnership in List A history(Rangana Herath & Thilina Kandamby put on 203*) ^{[3] [4]}

5 different captains have led the Sri Lanka A side in T20 matches. ^[5]

Tournament History

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Sri Lanka

Key

	Champions
	Runners-up
	Semi-finals

ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup

ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup record
Year	Round	Position	P	W	L	T	NR
2013	Semi-final	3/8	4	3	1	0	0
2017 [6]	Champions	1/8	5	4	1	0	0
2018 [7]	Champions	1/8	5	4	1	0	0
2019 [8]	Group stage	7/8	3	0	3	0	0
2023 [9]	Semi-final	3/8	4	2	2	0	0
2024 [10]	Runners-up	2/8	5	3	2	0	0
Total	2 Title	-	26	16	10	0	0

Current squad

Name	Age	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Club
Batsmen
Pathum Nissanka	26	Right-handed		Nondescripts
Priyamal Perera	29	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Colts
Sangeeth Cooray	29	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	Colts
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	33	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Burgher
Sadeera Samarawickrama	29	Right-handed		Colts
All-rounders
Ashan Priyanjan (captain)	35	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Colombo
Kamindu Mendis	26	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox Right-arm off spin	Chilaw Marians
Ashen Bandara	26	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Saracens
Dasun Shanaka	33	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Sinhalese
Shehan Jayasuriya	33	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	Chilaw Marians
Wicket-keeper
Niroshan Dickwella	31	Left-handed		Nondescripts
Spin Bowlers
Lakshan Sandakan	33	Right-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin	Colombo
Akila Dananjaya	31	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin Right-arm leg spin	Colts
Malinda Pushpakumara	37	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Colombo
Ramesh Mendis	29	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Moors
Pace Bowlers
Lahiru Kumara	28	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	Nondescripts
Vishwa Fernando	33	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Colombo
Chamika Karunaratne	28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Nondescripts
Asitha Fernando	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Chilaw Marians
Ishan Jayaratne	35	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Ragama

See also

• Sri Lanka A cricket team in South Africa in 2024

References

1. "Sri Lanka 'A' v England 'A' The Esplanade, Galle". Cricinfo. 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
2. "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka A | Twenty20 matches | Series results | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
3. "Records | List A matches | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
4. "5th unofficial ODI: South Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Benoni, Sep 28, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
5. "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka A | Twenty20 matches | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
6. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017" . Retrieved 3 April 2017.
7. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018" . Retrieved 15 December 2018.
8. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019" . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
9. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023" . Retrieved 23 July 2023.
10. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024" . Retrieved 27 October 2024.