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The Sri Lanka national cricket team played their first Test match on 17 February 1982, against England, and recorded their first victory on 6 September 1985, in a match against India. [5] Since then, they have played nearly 300 matches, against every other Test-playing nation. [ 6 ]
^ Batting second, Jayasuriya shared a stand of 576 with RS Mahanama (225) for the second wicket, on the way to a Test record total of 952 for 6 declared. Sri-Lanka's second wicket stand was the highest in Test history, was Sri Lanka's first in Test cricket over 400 runs, and is the only instance of two batsmen batting throughout two ...
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. No play was possible before lunch on day 2 due to rain and wet outfield. Milan Rathnayake (SL) made his Test debut. Ollie Pope captained England in Tests for the first time. [13] Jamie Smith (Eng) scored his first century in Tests. [14] World Test Championship points: England 12, Sri Lanka 0.
England won the series 2-1 but missed out on a second clean sweep of its international summer, having defeated the West Indies 3-0 in July. ... Sri Lanka earned only its fourth test victory on ...
Originally England's tour to Sri Lanka was scheduled to take place in March 2020. [12] [13] However, on 13 March 2020, the two-match Test series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [14] At the time of the announcement, England were mid-way through a four-day match against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI team, which was ended abruptly ...
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured England from 8 May to 5 July 2016 for a three-match Test series, a five-match One Day International (ODI) series and a one-off Twenty20 International (T20I) against the England cricket team. England won the Test series 2–0, the ODI series 3–0 and won the one-off T20I match by 8 wickets.
The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka in February 1982. The tour included two One Day International (ODI) matches and one Test match. Sri Lanka had become a Test playing nation the year before, and this was their inaugural Test match. Many celebrations had been prepared in Sri Lanka, include the issuing of commemorative stamps and coins.
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya (340) Roshan Mahanama (225) India: R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka: 1997–98: 3rd wicket 624: Kumar Sangakkara (287) Mahela Jayawardene (374) South Africa: Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka: 2006: 4th wicket 454 England: Joe Root (262) Harry Brook (317) Pakistan: Multan Cricket ...