Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent

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The Sri Lanka national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. [1] Sri Lanka first competed in international cricket in 1975, when they played against West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup; West Indies won the match by 9 wickets at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. [2]

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After Sri Lanka awarded Test status on 17 February 1982 as eighth Test playing nation, they had to wait until 6 September 1985, where Sri Lanka recorded their first Test win by beating India, in the second match of the series by 149 runs at the P Sara Oval, Colombo. [3] [4] As of 27 July 2019, Sri Lanka have played 283 Test matches; they have won 90 matches, lost 107 matches, and 85 matches were drawn. [5] They have also won the 2001-02 Asian Test Championship, defeating Pakistan in the final by an innings and 175 runs. [6]

Sri Lanka registered their first ODI win against India at Manchester, England, on 16 June 1979. [7] As of 29 July 2019, Sri Lanka have played 846 ODI matches, winning 385 matches and losing 419; they also tied 5 matches, whilst 37 had no result. [8] They also won the 1996 Cricket World Cup, [9] co-champions in 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and also became five times Asian champions in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 and 2014.

Sri Lanka played their first Twenty20 International (T20I) match at the Rose Bowl, on 15 June 2006, against England, winning the match by 2 runs. [10] In 2014, they won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, defeating India by 6 wickets. [11] As of July 2019, Sri Lanka have played 114 T20I matches and won 55 of them; 56 were lost and 2 tied and 1 no result match as well. [12] They have won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 championship in Bangladesh and was runner-up in two previous occasions. (2009, 2012).

As of July 2019, Sri Lanka have faced major nine teams in Test cricket instead of Ireland and Afghanistan, with their most frequent opponent being Pakistan, playing 53 matches against them. [13] Sri Lanka have registered more wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh than any other team, with 16. [13] In ODI matches, Sri Lanka have played against 17 teams; they have played against India most frequently, with a winning percentage of 38.17 in 159 matches. [14] Within usual major ODI nations, Sri Lanka have defeated Pakistan on 58 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs. [14] The team have competed against 15 countries in T20Is, and have played 18 matches against Pakistan. Sri Lanka have defeated Australia 8 occasions, which is their best win record against opponents. [15] 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.

Key

  • M – Number of matches played
  • W – Number of matches won
  • L – Number of matches lost
  • T – Number of matches tied
  • D – Number of matches ended in a draw
  • NR – Number of matches ended with no result
  • Tie+W – Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Tie+L – Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Win% – Percentage of games won to those played [n 1]
  • Loss% – Percentage of games lost to those played [n 1]
  • Draw% – Percentage of games drawn to those played [n 1]
  • First – Year of the first match played by Sri Lanka against the country
  • Last – Year of the last match played by Sri Lanka against the country

Test cricket

Statistics are correct as of 26 March 2021
TeamOpponent1st TestLast TestMatchesWonLostDrawn Tied  % Won
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22 April 1983 [16] 1 February 2019314198012.90
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 6 September 2001 [17] 8 February 2018201613080.00
Flag of England.svg  England 17 February 1982 [18] 22 January 20213681711022.22
Flag of India.svg  India 17 September 1982 [19] 2 December 20174472017015.90
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4 March 1983 [20] 22 August 20193691611025.00
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 March 1982 [21] 6 August 201753161918030.18
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25 August 1993 [22] 3 January 2021319166029.03
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 8 December 1993 [23] 21 March 202121948042.85
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 11 October 1994 [24] 27 January 2020201406070.00
Total2949211389031.29
Last updated: 26 March 2021. [25] [26]

One Day International

Statistics are correct as of 1 March 2020
TeamOpponent1st ODILast ODIMatchesWonLostTiedNo result % Won
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 3 March 20144 June 20194310075.00
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11 June 197515 June 20199732610434.40
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2 April 198625 May 2021503990278
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 15 March 200711000100.00
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 19 February 200320 February 201122000100.00
Flag of England.svg  England 13 February 198221 June 20197536361250.00
Flag of India.svg  India 16–18 June 197917 December 2017160569211135.00
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 18 April 200718 June 201644000100.00
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 6 March 19961 March 20116510083.33
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 16 September 20026 July 200633000100.00
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9 June 19791 June 20199941491845.60
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14 June 19752 October 201915558921438.74
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 13 July 201129 April 201933000100.00
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2 March 199216 March 20197731441141.44
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 17 July 200426 June 200822000100.00
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 7 June 19751 March 20206029280350.87
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 23 February 199221 January 20185744110280.00
Total85638942553745.44
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 1 March 2020. [27]

Twenty20 International

Statistics are correct as of 26 June 2021
TeamOpponent1st T20ILast T20IMatchesWonLostTiedNo result % Won
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 17 March 20163 September 20223210066.67
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20 September 20071 November 201916880050.00
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 18 September 200716 March 201811740063.63
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12 October 200811000100.00
Flag of England.svg  England 15 June 200626 June 202112480033.33
Flag of India.svg  India 10 February 200910 January 2020195130127.77
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 14 June 200911000100.00
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 14 September 200711000100.00
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 17 September 20079 October 2019218130038.09
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24 March 201411000100.00
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22 December 20066 September 2019197101141.66
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22 September 201223 March 201913571042.30
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 25 February 201611000100.00
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 10 June 20097 March 202114770050.00
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 10 October 200818 September 201233000100.00
Total13460702246.21
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 26 June 2021. [28]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.

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