World Cricket News

Sri Lanka

The national cricket team of Sri Lanka is known as the Sri Lankan Cricket team. This team is administrated by the Sri Lanka Cricket board.

The Sri Lanka Cricket team first played international cricket in 1975. In 1981 it was given the status to play test matches becoming the eight-test nation. The 1996 Sri Lanka Cricket team showed remarkable performance becoming the World Champions. The strongest players include Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, backed up by the accurate bowling of Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan.

Here is the list of the important Sri Lankan Cricket players along with their individual profiles.

* Nuwan Kulasekara
* Russel Arnold
* Marvan Atapattu
* Farveez Maharoof
* Lasith Malinga
* Ranjan Madugalle
* Roshan Mahanama
* Muttiah Muralitharan
* Upul Chandana
* Ajit De Silva
* Aravinda de Silva
* Ashantha de Silva
* Somachandra de Silva
* Arjuna Ranatunga
* Roy Dias
* Tillakaratne Dilshan
* Thilan Samaraweera
* Kumar Sangakkara
* Mahes Goonatille
* Avishka Gunawardene
* Chaminda Vaas
* Hashan Tillakaratne
* Herath Rangana
* Saman Jayantha
* Thilina Kandamby
* Mahela Jayawardene
* Nuwan Zoysa
* Sanath Jayasuriya
* Romesh Kaluwitharana