Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Hong Kong in an official international match. This includes One Day Internationals and ICC Trophy games. The table is correct as of Hong Kong vs Pakistan on July 18, 2004.
Just after Sri Lanka gained Test status in 1981 a team of rebel players toured apartheid South Africa under the banner "Arosa Sri Lanka" (the term "Arosa" being derived from the promoter's name). All players who toured Sri Lanka were banned from official cricket matches for life, thereby setting Sri Lanka's development back.
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured the West Indies in June 2003 to play two Test matches and three One Day Internationals. [1] Sri Lanka won the ODI series 2–1, but the West Indies won the Test series 1–0 after one Test was drawn.
Eighth edition of Asia Cup was held in Sri Lanka with the participation of four test playing Asian nations with two leading Asian associate nations, the UAE and Hong Kong. [98] Atapattu led the Sri Lanka team which contained new young faces in international arena. In the first match, Sri Lanka thrashed UAE by 116 runs.
The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket. 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, under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga. Since then, the team has continued to be a force in international cricket.
The sport was introduced to Hong Kong by the British, with the first recorded game taking place in 1841, and the Hong Kong Cricket Club being founded ten years later. The Cricket Club (playing as Hong Kong) played a number of Interport matches against sides on the Chinese mainland, the first taking place against Shanghai in 1866, and in 1890 played Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the first time.
Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 2008: 10 May Sri Lanka: Marvan Atapattu Pakistan: Rashid Latif: Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Pakistan by 79 runs ODI 2009: 11 May New Zealand: Stephen Fleming Pakistan: Rashid Latif: Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla New Zealand by 7 wickets ODI 2010: 13 May ...
Sri Lanka playing England in its first Twenty20 International, at the Rose Bowl, Hampshire on 15 June 2006. A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two teams that have official T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket and is the shortest form of the game. The first such match was ...