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 on 2 February 1991, a 45-over contest against England A that the Sri Lankans won by 4 wickets. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

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*) ^{[4] [5]}

5 different captains have led the Sri Lanka A side in T20 matches. ^[6]

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 [7]	Champions	1/8	5	4	1	0	0
2018 [8]	Champions	1/8	5	4	1	0	0
2019 [9]	Group stage	7/8	3	0	3	0	0
2023 [10]	Semi-final	3/8	4	2	2	0	0
2024 [11]	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	27	Right-handed		Nondescripts
Sangeeth Cooray	30	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	Colts
Ashan Priyanjan	36	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Colombo
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	33	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Burgher
Sadeera Samarawickrama	30	Right-handed		Colts
All-rounders
R.M.Riham (captain)	15	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	CCC
Kamindu Mendis	27	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox Right-arm off spin	Chilaw Marians
Ashen Bandara	25	Left-handed	Right-arm leg spin	CCC
Dasun Shanaka	34	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Sinhalese
Shehan Jayasuriya	34	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	Chilaw Marians
Wicket-keeper
Niroshan Dickwella	32	Left-handed		Nondescripts
Spin Bowlers
Lakshan Sandakan	34	Right-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin	Colombo
Akila Dananjaya	32	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin Right-arm leg spin	Colts
Malinda Pushpakumara	38	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Colombo
Ramesh Mendis	30	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Moors
Pace Bowlers
Lahiru Kumara	28	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	Nondescripts
Vishwa Fernando	34	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Colombo
Chamika Karunaratne	29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Nondescripts
Asitha Fernando	28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Chilaw Marians
Ishan Jayaratne	36	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. "Full Scorecard of England A vs Sri Lanka A 1st unofficial ODI 1990/91 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
3. "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka A | Twenty20 matches | Series results | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
4. "Records | List A matches | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
5. "5th unofficial ODI: South Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Benoni, Sep 28, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
6. "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka A | Twenty20 matches | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
7. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017" . Retrieved 3 April 2017.
8. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018" . Retrieved 15 December 2018.
9. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019" . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
10. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023" . Retrieved 23 July 2023.
11. "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024" . Retrieved 27 October 2024.