Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent (Pre test status)

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The Ceylon national cricket team, later Sri Lanka national cricket team , represents Sri Lanka in international cricket since its first international representative match in 1927. Before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status on 21 July 1981, Sri Lanka had associate member status from 1965 to 1981. From 1927 to 1981 all top-level international matches were of first-class or List A status. [1] Sri Lanka first competed in top-level international cricket in 1975, when they played against West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup. [2]

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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 team
  • Last – Year of the last match played by Sri Lanka against the team

First-class cricket

First-class record

TeamOpponent1st MatchLast MatchMatchesWonLostDrawn Tied  % Won
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25 October 19357 May 1981301200
Flag of India.svg  India 18 December 193228 November 19751315707.69
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 April 194924 January 19761219208.33
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 19 February 194922 February 1979602400
Andhra Chief Minister's XI 16 January 197111000100
Australian Services 14 December 1945101000
Bombay 8 January 1965100100
Central Provinces and Berar 4 January 193311000100
Commander-in-Chief's XI 31 March 1950100100
Commonwealth XI 25 February 195016 February 1951201100
Hyderabad 29 October 1955100100
Indian Board President's XI 29 December 1964101000
Indian Universities 5 December 1964100100
Indian University Occasionals 3 October 1935100100
Indian XI 26 December 194031 December 1940201100
Karachi and Sind 18 March 1950101000
Kerala 8 January 197111000100
Kerala Chief Minister's XI 16 March 197311000100
Madras Cricket Association President's XI 8 March 1969100100
Maharashtra 24 December 1964100100
Marylebone Cricket Club 5 February 192725 February 1977806200
North West Frontier Province Governor's XI 26 March 1974100100
Mysore 21 March 1958100100
Pakistan A 28 August 196411000100
Pakistan under-19 7 April 1974100100
Pakistan Universities 7 April 195030 March 1974200200
Patiala 24 December 193211000100
President's XI 4 November 1966100100
Punjab 16 March 1974100100
Punjab Governor's XI 8 November 1966100100
Railways 3 April 197411000100
Sind 13 December 193210 March 19742101050
Sir Julien Cahn's XI 18 March 1937101000
Tamil Nadu 8 January 19331 April 197714455025.57
Total [3] [4] 88143440015.91

List of matches

SeasonOpponentVenuePlayedWonLostDrawn
First-class matches played by Ceylon/Sri Lanka to 1981 [5] [4]
First-class matches
1926–27 Marylebone Cricket Club Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 11
1932–33 Sind Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi 11
1932–33 India Lawrence Gardens, Lahore
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
22
1932–33 Patiala Baradari Ground, Patiala 11
1932–33 Central Provinces and Berar Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground, Nagpur 11
1932–33 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 11
1933–34 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 11
1935–36 Indian University Occasionals Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 11
1935–36 Australians Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 11
1936–37 Sir Julien Cahn's XI Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 11
1940–41 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 11
1940–41 Indian XI Eden Gardens, Calcutta 11
1940–41 Indian XI Brabourne Stadium, Bombay 11
1944–45 India Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1945–46 Australian Services Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1948–49 West Indians Colombo Oval, Colombo 211
1948–49 Pakistan Colombo Oval, Colombo 22
1949–50 Commonwealth XI Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1949–50 Karachi and Sind Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi 11
1949–50 Pakistan Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi
22
1949–50 Commander-in-Chief's XI Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi 11
1949–50 Pakistan Universities Punjab University Ground, Lahore 11
1950–51 Commonwealth XI Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1951–52 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1952–53 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras
Nehru Stadium, Madras
22
1955–56 Hyderabad cricket team Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad 11
1956–57 India Colombo Oval, Colombo 22
1957–58 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 11
1957–58 Mysore Central College Ground, Bangalore 11
1959–60 Madras Nehru Stadium, Madras 11
1961–62 Madras Nehru Stadium, Madras 11
1961–62 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1964–65 Pakistan A Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1964–65 Indian Universities Nehru Stadium, Madras 11
1964–65 India Central College Ground, Bangalore
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
312
1964–65 Maharashtra Club of Maharashtra, Poona 11
1964–65 Indian Board President's XI Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda 11
1964–65 Bombay Brabourne Stadium, Bombay 11
1964–65 Madras Nehru Stadium, Madras 11
1966–67 President's XI Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi 11
1966–67 Punjab Governor's XI Lyallpur Stadium, Lyallpur 11
1966–67 Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Dacca Stadium, Dacca
National Stadium, Karachi
33
1966–67 West Indies Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1966–67 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 11
1968–69 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1968–69 Madras Cricket Association President's XI Kajamalai Stadium, Tiruchirapalli 11
1968–69 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 11
1969–70 Australians Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1969–70 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1970–71 Kerala University Stadium, Trivandrum 11
1970–71 Andhra Chief Minister's XI Brahmananda Reddy Stadium, Guntur 11
1970–71 Tamil Nadu Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 11
1972–73 Pakistan Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1972–73 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1972–73 Kerala Chief Minister's XI University Stadium, Trivandrum 11
1972–73 Tamil Nadu Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 11
1973–74 India Colombo Oval, Colombo
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
211
1973–74 Sind Gama Stadium, Mirpurkhas 11
1973–74 Punjab Lyallpur Stadium, Lyallpur 11
1973–74 Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
National Stadium, Karachi
211
1973–74 North West Frontier Province Governor's XI Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar 11
1973–74 Pakistan Universities Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi 11
1973–74 Railways Zafar Ali Stadium, Sahiwal 11
1973–74 Pakistan national under-19 Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan 11
1974–75 West Indians Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Colombo Oval, Colombo
22
1974–75 Tamil Nadu Mahatma Gandhi Stadium, Salem 11
1975–76 India Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
321
1975–76 Pakistan Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 211
1976–77 Marylebone Cricket Club Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 11
1976–77 Tamil Nadu Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 11
1978–79 West Indies Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 11
1981 Australia Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 11
Totals88143441
Other International matches
1926 Australians Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 11
1927 New Zealanders Colombo 11
1930 Australians Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 11
1934 Australians Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 11
1937–38 New Zealanders Colombo 11
1938 Australians Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 11
1948 Australians Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 11
1953 Australians Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1957 Singapore The Padang, Singapore 11
1957 Malaya The Padang, Kuala Lumpur 11
1961 Australians Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
1964 Australians Colombo Oval, Colombo 11
Totals121110

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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