Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent

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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.

  • 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

Statistics are correct as of 30 August 2024
TeamOpponent1st TestLast TestMatchesWonLostDrawnTied % Won
 Sri Lanka Australia22 April 1983[16]1 February 2019335208015.15
 Bangladesh6 September 2001[17]8 February 2018262015076.92
 England17 February 1982[18]22 January 20213881811021.05
 India17 September 1982[19]2 December 20174672217015.21
 New Zealand4 March 1983[20]22 August 20193891811023.68
 Pakistan5 March 1982[21]6 August 201759172318028.81
 South Africa25 August 1993[22]3 January 2021319166029.03
 West Indies8 December 1993[23]21 March 2021241149045.83
 Zimbabwe11 October 1994[24]27 January 2020201406070.00
Total2949211389031.29
Last updated: 30 August 2024.[25][26]

One Day International

Statistics are correct as of 30 August 2024
TeamOpponent1st ODILast ODIMatchesWonLostTiedNo result % Won
 Sri Lanka Afghanistan3 March 201414 February 2024151040166.66
 Australia11 June 197515 June 201910335640433.98
 Bangladesh2 April 198625 May 20215743120275.43
 Bermuda15 March 200715 March 200711000100.00
 Canada19 February 200320 February 201122000100.00
 England13 February 198221 June 20197937381346.83
 India16–18 June 197917 December 2017171599921134.50
 Ireland18 April 200718 June 201655000100.00
 Kenya6 March 19961 March 20116510083.33
 Netherlands16 September 20026 July 200666000100.00
 New Zealand9 June 19791 June 201910241521840.19
 Pakistan14 June 19752 October 201915759931437.57
 Scotland13 July 201129 April 201944000100.00
 South Africa2 March 199216 March 20198133461140.74
 United Arab Emirates17 July 200426 June 200822000100.00
 West Indies7 June 19751 March 20206430310350.87
 Zimbabwe23 February 199221 January 20186449120380.00
Total85638942553745.44
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 1 March 2020.[27]

Twenty20 International

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