Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent

Sri Lanka Cricket Team Practicing at Pallekele

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]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Statistics are correct as of 26 March 2021
Team Opponent 1st Test Last Test Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied % Won
 Sri Lanka  Australia 22 April 1983[16] 1 February 2019 31 4 19 8 0 12.90
 Bangladesh 6 September 2001[17] 8 February 2018 20 16 1 3 0 80.00
 England 17 February 1982[18] 22 January 2021 36 8 17 11 0 22.22
 India 17 September 1982[19] 2 December 2017 44 7 20 17 0 15.90
 New Zealand 4 March 1983[20] 22 August 2019 36 9 16 11 0 25.00
 Pakistan 5 March 1982[21] 6 August 2017 53 16 19 18 0 30.18
 South Africa 25 August 1993[22] 3 January 2021 31 9 16 6 0 29.03
 West Indies 8 December 1993[23] 21 March 2021 21 9 4 8 0 42.85
 Zimbabwe 11 October 1994[24] 27 January 2020 20 14 0 6 0 70.00
Total 294 92 113 89 0 31.29
Last updated: 26 March 2021.[25][26]

One Day International[edit]

Statistics are correct as of 1 March 2020
Team Opponent 1st ODI Last ODI Matches Won Lost Tied No result % Won
 Sri Lanka  Afghanistan 3 March 2014 4 June 2019 4 3 1 0 0 75.00
 Australia 11 June 1975 15 June 2019 97 32 61 0 4 34.40
 Bangladesh 2 April 1986 25 May 2021 50 39 9 0 2 78
 Bermuda 15 March 2007 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
 Canada 19 February 2003 20 February 2011 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
 England 13 February 1982 21 June 2019 75 36 36 1 2 50.00
 India 16–18 June 1979 17 December 2017 160 56 92 1 11 35.00
 Ireland 18 April 2007 18 June 2016 4 4 0 0 0 100.00
 Kenya 6 March 1996 1 March 2011 6 5 1 0 0 83.33
 Netherlands 16 September 2002 6 July 2006 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
 New Zealand 9 June 1979 1 June 2019 99 41 49 1 8 45.60
 Pakistan 14 June 1975 2 October 2019 155 58 92 1 4 38.74
 Scotland 13 July 2011 29 April 2019 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
 South Africa 2 March 1992 16 March 2019 77 31 44 1 1 41.44
 United Arab Emirates 17 July 2004 26 June 2008 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
 West Indies 7 June 1975 1 March 2020 60 29 28 0 3 50.87
 Zimbabwe 23 February 1992 21 January 2018 57 44 11 0 2 80.00
Total 856 389 425 5 37 45.44
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 1 March 2020.[27]

Twenty20 International[edit]

Statistics are correct as of 26 June 2021
Team Opponent 1st T20I Last T20I Matches Won Lost Tied No result % Won
 Sri Lanka  Afghanistan 17 March 2016 3 September 2022 3 2 1 0 0 66.67
 Australia 20 September 2007 1 November 2019 16 8 8 0 0 50.00
 Bangladesh 18 September 2007 16 March 2018 11 7 4 0 0 63.63
 Canada 12 October 2008 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
 England 15 June 2006 26 June 2021 12 4 8 0 0 33.33
 India 10 February 2009 10 January 2020 19 5 13 0 1 27.77
 Ireland 14 June 2009 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
 Kenya 14 September 2007 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
 Pakistan 17 September 2007 9 October 2019 21 8 13 0 0 38.09
 Netherlands 24 March 2014 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
 New Zealand 22 December 2006 6 September 2019 19 7 10 1 1 41.66
 South Africa 22 September 2012 23 March 2019 13 5 7 1 0 42.30
 United Arab Emirates 25 February 2016 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
 West Indies 10 June 2009 7 March 2021 14 7 7 0 0 50.00
 Zimbabwe 10 October 2008 18 September 2012 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
Total 134 60 70 2 2 46.21
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 26 June 2021.[28]

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ICC Members Countries". International Cricket Council (ICC). Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ^ "1975 Prudential World Cup – 4th match, Group B". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  3. ^ "India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985 – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka's greatest Test victories". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Records / Test matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Asian Test Championship, 2001/02 – Final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. ^ "1979 Prudential World Cup – 9th match, Group B". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Wills World Cup, 1995/96: Final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka in England T20I Match, 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  11. ^ "2014 ICC World Twenty20 – Final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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  13. ^ a b "Records / Sri Lanka / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Records / Sri Lanka / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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  17. ^ "Sri Lanka – Test matches – vs Bangladesh". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  18. ^ "Sri Lanka – Test matches – vs England". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  19. ^ "Sri Lanka – Test matches – vs India". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  20. ^ "Sri Lanka – Test matches – vs New Zealand". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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  22. ^ "Sri Lanka – Test matches – vs South Africa". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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  24. ^ "Sri Lanka – Test matches – vs Zimbabwe". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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