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The Sri Lankan cricket team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket.
Sri Lanka's national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising from underdog status to winning the Cricket World Cup in 1996. Since then, the team has continued to be a force in international cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups consecutively. But they ended up being runners up in both those occasions. The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga, among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket in the last two decades.
Sri Lanka have won the Cricket World Cup in 1996, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), have been consecutive runners up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners up in the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009 and 2012. The team have won the ICC World Twenty20 championship for the first time in 2014. The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including world records for highest team totals in all three forms of the game, Test, ODI and Twenty20.
Since gaining Test Status in 1981, the Sri Lanka cricket team has achieved numerous milestones, some of these include
First win, and series victory against India in 1985
First win, and series victory away from home against New Zealand in 1995
Winners of the 1996 Cricket World Cup, which they co-hosted with India & Pakistan
Joint Winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, which they also hosted in their own right
semi-finalists in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, hosted by South Africa
Runners up in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, hosted by the West Indies
Runners up in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, hosted by England
semi-finalists in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, hosted by the West Indies
Runners up of the 2011 Cricket World Cup which they co-hosted with India & Bangladesh
Runners up in, and hosts of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20
Winners of the Asia Cup in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 and 2014
Runners up in the Asia Cup in 1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2000 and 2010
Winners of 2014 ICC World Twenty20
Some Of Sri Lankan Team Records till April 07 2014*
Highest Team Totals
Test ( 962/6 ) v IND
ODI ( 443/9 ) v NED
T20 ( 260/6 ) v KEN
Lowest Team Totals
Test ( 71 ) v PAK
ODI ( 43 ) v SAF
T20 ( 87 ) v AUS
Most Runs
Test ( 11319 ) Mahela Jayawardene
ODI ( 13364 ) Sanath Jayasuriya
T20 ( 1493 ) Mahela Jayawardene
Most Wickets
Test ( 795 ) Mutiah Muralitharan
ODI ( 523 ) Mutiah Muralitharan
T20 ( 66 ) Ajhanta Mendis
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