Sri Lanka at the Cricket World Cup

The Sri Lanka cricket team has reached the World Cup final three times. Winning in 1996 under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga and finishing as runners-up in the 2007 and 2011. Sri Lanka has also reached the semi-final at the 2003 World Cup and the quarter-final at the 2015 World Cup.

Cricket World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Captain	Pld	W	L	T	NR
1975	Group stage	7/8	3	0	3	0	0	Anura Tennekoon	No qualifiers held
1979		5/8	3	1	1	0	1	Anura Tennekoon	6	4	1	0	1
1983		7/8	6	1	5	0	0	Duleep Mendis	Did not enter (qualified directly as full member)
1987		7/8	6	0	6	0	0	Duleep Mendis
1992		8/9	8	2	5	0	1	Aravinda de Silva
1996	Champions	1/12	8	8	0	0	0	Arjuna Ranatunga
1999	Group Stage	10/12	5	2	3	0	0	Arjuna Ranatunga
2003	Semi-finals	4/14	10	5	4	1	0	Sanath Jayasuriya
2007	Runners-up	2/16	11	8	3	0	0	Mahela Jayawardene
2011	Runners-up	2/14	9	6	2	0	1	Kumar Sangakkara
2015	Quarter-finals	4/14	7	4	3	0	0	Angelo Mathews
2019	Group Stage	6/10	9	3	4	0	2	Dimuth Karunaratne	Qualified via ODI rankings (8th place)
2023	League stage	9/10	9	2	7	0	0	Dasun Shanaka^[a]	32	15	14	0	3
Total	13/13	1 Title	94	42	46	1	5	N/a	38	19	15	0	4

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win %	First played
Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	0	66.67	22 February 2015
Australia	12	2	9	0	1	16.67	11 June 1975
Bangladesh	5	3	1	0	1	60.00	14 February 2003
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	0	100.00	15 March 2007
Canada	2	2	0	0	0	100.00	19 February 2003
England	12	6	6	0	0	50.00	11 June 1983
India	10	4	5	0	1	40.00	18 June 1979
Ireland	1	1	0	0	0	100.00	18 April 2007
Kenya	4	3	1	0	0	75.00	6 March 1996
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	0	100.00	21 October 2023
New Zealand	12	6	6	0	0	54.54	9 June 1979
Pakistan	9	0	8	0	1	0.00	14 June 1975
Scotland	1	1	0	0	0	100.00	11 March 2015
South Africa	7	1	5	1	0	14.29	2 March 1992
West Indies	9	4	4	0	1	44.44	7 June 1975
Zimbabwe	5	5	0	0	0	100	23 February 1992
Total	94	42	46	1	5	45.21%	—
Source: ESPNcricinfo^[1] Last updated: 7 November 2023.

Group stage (Group B)				Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Overall Result
West Indies L by 9 wickets	Australia L by 52 runs	Pakistan L by 192 runs	4	Did not advance		Group stage

Group stage (Group B)				Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Overall Result
New Zealand L by 9 wickets	West Indies Match abandoned	India W by 47 runs	3	Did not advance		Group stage

Team wise record

Score	Opponent	Venue	Season
398/5 (50 overs)	Kenya	Asgiriya	1996
363/9 (50 overs)	Scotland	Hobart	2015
344/9 (50 overs)	Pakistan	Hyderabad	2023
338/6 (50 overs)	West Indies	Chester-le-Street	2019
332/7 (50 overs)	Canada	Hambantota	2011
Last updated: 9 November 2023^[67]

Score	Opponent	Venue	Season
55 (19.4 overs)	India	Wankhede	2023
86 (37.2 overs)	West Indies	Manchester	1975
109 (23 overs)	India	Johannesburg	2003
110 (35.2 overs)	South Africa	Northampton	1999
133 (37.2 overs)	South Africa	Sydney	2015
Last updated: 9 November 2023^[68]

Runs	Player	Mat	Inn	HS	Avg	100s	50s	Period
1532	Kumar Sangakkara	37	35	124	56.74	5	7	2003–2015
1165	Sanath Jayasuriya	38	37	120	34.26	3	6	1992–2007
1112	Tillakaratne Dilshan	27	25	161*	52.95	4	4	2007–2015
1100	Mahela Jayawardene	40	34	115*	35.48	4	5	1999–2015
1064	Aravinda de Silva	35	32	145	36.68	2	6	1987–2003
Last updated: 9 November 2023^[70]

Wickets	Player	Matches	Avg.	Econ.	4W	5W	Period
68	Muthiah Muralidaran	40	19.63	3.88	4	0	1996–2011
56	Lasith Malinga	29	22.87	5.51	2	1	2007–2019
49	Chaminda Vaas	31	21.22	3.97	1	1	1996–2007
27	Sanath Jayasuriya	38	39.25	4.83	0	0	1992–2007
21	Dilshan Madushanka	9	25.00	6.70	1	1	2023–2023
Last updated: 9 November 2023^[74]

Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
282 (1st wicket)	Upul Tharanga & Tillakaratne Dilshan	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele	2011
231* (1st wicket)	Upul Tharanga & Tillakaratne Dilshan	v England	Colombo (RPS)	2011
212* (2nd wicket)	Lahiru Thirimanne & Kumar Sangakkara	v England	Wellington	2015
210* (2nd wicket)	Kumar Sangakkara & Tillakaratne Dilshan	v Bangladesh	Melbourne	2015
195 (2nd wicket)	Kumar Sangakkara & Tillakaratne Dilshan	v Scotland	Hobart	2015
Last updated: 9 November 2023^[76]

Dismissals	Player	Matches	Cat.	St.	Period
54	Kumar Sangakkara	37	41	13	2003–2015
12	Romesh Kaluwitharana	11	8	4	1996–1999
8	Kusal Perera	16	8	–	2015–2023
7	Hashan Tillakaratne	24	6	1	1992–2003
7	Kusal Mendis	16	6	1	2019–2023
Last updated: 9 November 2023^[77]

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Team appearances
Asia	Afghanistan¹ Bangladesh¹ India¹ Pakistan¹ Sri Lanka¹ United Arab Emirates²
Africa	East Africa³ Kenya² Namibia² South Africa¹ Zimbabwe¹
Americas	Bermuda² Canada² West Indies¹
East Asia-Pacific	Australia¹ New Zealand¹
Europe	England¹ Ireland¹ Netherlands² Scotland²
¹ Full Member Test playing Countries ² Associate Member Countries ³ Country no longer exists