<P> The Sri Lanka national cricket team, nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in international Cricket . It is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One - Day International (ODI) and T20 International status . The team first played international cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926--27, and were later awarded Test status in 1982, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation . The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket . The current captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team in Test matches is Dinesh Chandimal . Angelo Mathews is the captain of the team in limited over versions . </P> <P> Sri Lanka's national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising from underdog status to winning the Cricket World Cup in 1996 . Since then, the team has continued to be a force in international cricket . The Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups consecutively . But they ended up being runners up in both those occasions . The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket in the last two decades . </P> <P> Sri Lanka have won the Cricket World Cup in 1996, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (co-champions with India), and have won the ICC World Twenty20 championship in 2014 . They have been consecutive runners up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and have been runners up in the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009 and 2012 . The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including the world record for the highest team total in Test cricket . </P> <P> The Sri Lanka national cricket team began with the formation of the Colombo Cricket Club in 1832 . By the 1880s a national team, the Ceylon national cricket team, was formed which began playing first - class cricket by the 1920s . The Ceylon national cricket team achieved associate member status of the International Cricket Council in 1965 . Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, the national team first competed in top level international cricket in 1975, when they played against West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup; West Indies won the match by 9 wickets at the Old Trafford, Manchester, England . </P>

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