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5 unusual facts about Sri Lanka national cricket team


11th South Asian Games: Dhaka 2010 highlights

Under-21 Cricket T20 was introduced for the first time in the SA Games, with Bangladesh emerged victorious beating Sri Lanka in the closely contested final.

Christopher Chappell

In all he played six times in that competition, with his highest score of 35 being made in the final defeat against Sri Lanka.

Dan Kiesel

Dan Kiesel (born 1938) is an Israeli-born sports physiotherapist and osteopath who has worked as a trainer and physiotherapist for the national cricket teams of many countries, most notably Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Sri Lanka national cricket team

The Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups consecutively.

Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2010–11

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Australia between 31 October and 7 November 2010.


2005–06 VB Series

Victoria, who had qualified for the Twenty20 Big Bash final three days earlier, had Allan Wise take five wickets when they hosted the Sri Lankans in Melbourne.

Brumbrella

Despite having been retired in 2001, the Brumbrella remains a point of reference for the efficient covering of cricket pitches: Derek Pringle in The Daily Telegraph and Mike Selvey in The Guardian both favourably compared the efficient performance of the groundstaff at Kandy during England's Test match against Sri Lanka in December 2007 to it.

ICC World Twenty20

This tournament was won by the previous runners-up Pakistan who defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's, London.

Kalutara Vidyalaya National School

Tillakaratne Dilshan - Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.

Luke Wright

In the autumn of 2009, he played against Australia, in a 6-1 loss, and in a surprisingly successful run at the ICC Champions Trophy, which was held in South Africa, where England beat the hosts and Sri Lanka before being thrashed by 9 wickets against Australia in the semi-finals (in which Wright scored 49, putting on a century partnership with Tim Bresnan).

New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013–14

The New Zealand cricket team are currently competing against Sri Lanka in a tour consisting of three ODIs and two Twenty20s.

Nishantha Ranatunga

An all-rounder of note in domestic cricket, he is the brother of former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanjeeva Ranatunga and Dammika Ranatunga.


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