Sri Lanka A cricket team

Sri Lanka 'A'
Personnel
CaptainNipun Dananjaya,Dunith Wellalage
CoachAvishka Gunawardene
Team information
Founded1991
History
First-class debutEngland A[1]
in 1991
at Galle International Stadium
Official websiteOfficial Website

The Sri Lanka A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. It is the second-tier of international Sri Lankan cricket, below the full Sri Lanka national cricket team. Matches played by Sri Lanka A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification respectively. Sri Lanka A played their first match in February 1991, a 45-over contest against England A.

Sri Lanka A have played a number of series, both home and away against other national A teams, and competed against other first-class opposition.[2]

Sri Lanka A Cricket team has the world record for the highest 7th wicket partnership in List A history(Rangana Herath & Thilina Kandamby put on 203*)[3][4]

5 different captains have led the Sri Lanka A side in T20 matches.[5]

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka 'A' v England 'A' The Esplanade, Galle". Cricinfo. 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka A | Twenty20 matches | Series results | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  3. ^ "Records | List A matches | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  4. ^ "5th unofficial ODI: South Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Benoni, Sep 28, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  5. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Sri Lanka A | Twenty20 matches | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-28.