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]

Current squad

Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style Club
Batsmen
Pathum Nissanka 25 Right-handed Nondescripts
Priyamal Perera 28 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Colts
Sangeeth Cooray 28 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Colts
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 32 Left-handed Right-arm medium Burgher
Sadeera Samarawickrama 28 Right-handed Colts
All-rounders
Ashan Priyanjan (captain) 34 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Colombo
Kamindu Mendis 25 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Right-arm off spin 		Chilaw Marians
Ashen Bandara 25 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Saracens
Dasun Shanaka 32 Right-handed Right-arm medium Sinhalese
Shehan Jayasuriya 32 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Chilaw Marians
Wicket-keeper
Niroshan Dickwella 30 Left-handed Nondescripts
Spin Bowlers
Lakshan Sandakan 32 Right-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin Colombo
Akila Dananjaya 30 Left-handed Right-arm off spin
Right-arm leg spin 		Colts
Malinda Pushpakumara 36 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Colombo
Ramesh Mendis 28 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Moors
Pace Bowlers
Lahiru Kumara 27 Left-handed Right-arm fast Nondescripts
Vishwa Fernando 32 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast Colombo
Chamika Karunaratne 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Nondescripts
Asitha Fernando 26 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Chilaw Marians
Ishan Jayaratne 34 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Ragama

References

  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.


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