List of Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers

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Sri Lanka playing England in its first Twenty20 International, at the The Rose Bowl, Hampshire on 15 June 2006.

A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two teams that have official One Day International (ODI) 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.[1] The first such match was played on 17 February 2005 between Australia and New Zealand.[2] The Sri Lanka national cricket team played its first T20I match on 15 June 2006, against England as part of Sri Lanka's 2006 England tour, winning the match by 2 runs.[3] Sri Lanka have won 24 of their 41 T20I matches, making them the fifth most successful team of the 17 who have participated in this format.[4]

Sri Lanka recorded the highest team total in T20I cricket, in a group stage match at the inaugural edition of the ICC World Twenty20, having scored 260 runs for 6 wickets against Kenya.[B 1] In reply, Kenya was bowled out for 88 runs, giving Sri Lanka a 172 run victory, the highest winning margin in T20Is.[7][8] In 2009 and 2012, they became runners-up of the second and fourth editions of the ICC World Twenty20.[9][10]

As of July 2012, Mahela Jayawardene is the leading run scorer for Sri Lanka in T20Is, with 1224 runs from 44 innings at an average of 32.21.[11] Among their countrymen, only Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan have scored T20I centuries for the team.[12] Dilshan has made the most appearances for Sri Lanka in T20Is, playing in 45 of these matches.[13] Ajantha Mendis is Sri Lanka's leading wicket-takers in T20Is, with 55 wickets.[14] Mendis took 6 wickets for 16 runs during Australia's 2011 tour of Sri Lanka, at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, and 6 wickets for 8 runs during 2012 ICC World Twenty20, at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium the only occasions a bowler has taken more than five wickets in this format of the game.[15]

This list comprises all members of the Sri Lanka cricket team who have played at least one T20I match. It is initially arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won his first Twenty20 cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Key

General

  • double-dagger – Captain
  • dagger – Wicket-keeper
  • First – Year of debut
  • Last – Year of latest game
  • Mat – Number of matches played

Fielding

  • Ca – Catches taken
  • St – Stumpings taken

Batting

Bowling

  • Balls – Balls bowled in career
  • Wkt – Wickets taken in career
  • BB – Best bowling in an innings
  • Avg – Average runs per wicket
  • 5wI – Five or more wickets in an innings

Captains

  • Won – Number of games won
  • Lost – Number of games lost
  • Tied – Number of games tied
  • NR – Number of games with no result
  • Win% – Ratio of games won to those captained[B 2]

Players

Statistics are outdated, they were correct as at 7 October 2012.
Sri Lanka T20I cricketers
General Batting Bowling Fielding
Cap[16] Name First Last Mat Inn NO Runs HS 50 Avg Balls Wkt BB Avg 5wI Ca St
1 Arnold, RusselRussel Arnold[17] 2006 2006 1 1 0 7 7 0 7.00 0 0 &
—
 — 0 0 0
2 Dilshan, TillakaratneTillakaratne Dilshan[18] double-daggerdagger 2006 2012 45 44 6 1096 104* 6 28.84 150 5 2/4 37.00 0 22 2
3 Fernando, DilharaDilhara Fernando[19] 2006 2011 17 6 2 24 21 0 6.00 366 18 3/19 25.38 0 3 0
4 Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya[20] 2006 2011 31 30 3 629 88 4 23.29 371 19 3/21 24.00 0 4 0
5 Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene[21] double-dagger 2006 2012 44 44 6 1224 100 7 32.21 6 0 &
—
 — 0 14 0
6 Kapugedera, ChamaraChamara Kapugedera[22] 2006 2012 21 18 3 295 47 0 19.66 0 0 &
—
 — 0 7 0
7 Maharoof, FarveezFarveez Maharoof[23] 2006 2008 7 4 1 23 13* 0 7.66 144 7 2/18 24.71 0 2 0
8 Malinga, LasithLasith Malinga[24] 2006 2012 40 15 7 69 27 0 8.43 822 48 5/31 21.35 1 13 0
9 Perera, RuchiraRuchira Perera[25] 2006 2006 2 2 2 0 0* 0 &
—
 42 0 &
—
 — 0 0 0
10 Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara[26] double-daggerdagger 2006 2012 42 41 5 1080 78 6 30.00 0 0 &
—
 — 0 18 17
11 Tharanga, UpulUpul Tharanga[27] 2006 2011 10 10 0 131 37 0 13.10 0 0 &
—
 — 0 1 0
12 Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu[28] 2006 2006 2 1 0 5 5 0 5.00 0 0 &
—
 — 0 0 0
13 Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan[29] 2006 2010 12 2 0 1 1 0 0.50 282 13 3/29 22.84 0 1 0
14 Silva, ChamaraChamara Silva[30] 2006 2011 16 15 2 175 38 0 13.46 18 1 1/4 15.00 0 5 0
15 Vaas, ChamindaChaminda Vaas[31] 2006 2007 6 2 1 33 21 0 33.00 132 6 2/14 21.33 0 0 0
16 Bandara, MalingaMalinga Bandara[32] 2006 2009 4 3 1 12 7 0 6.00 84 4 3/32 24.00 0 1 0
17 Mubarak, JehanJehan Mubarak[33] 2007 2009 16 15 4 238 46* 0 21.63 8 1 1/9 17.00 0 9 0
18 Wijekoon, GayanGayan Wijekoon[34] 2007 2007 3 2 1 1 1* 0 1.00 66 2 1/12 50.50 0 0 0
19 Lokuhettige, DilharaDilhara Lokuhettige[35] 2008 2008 2 1 1 18 18* 0 &
—
 30 2 2/6 15.00 0 0 0
20 Kandamby, ThilinaThilina Kandamby[36] double-dagger 2008 2011 5 4 0 13 10 0 3.25 0 0 &
—
 — 0 4 0
21 Kulatunga, JeevanthaJeevantha Kulatunga[37] 2008 2008 2 2 0 19 11 0 9.50 0 0 &
—
 — 0 2 0
22 Mendis, AjanthaAjantha Mendis[38] 2008 2012 27 7 4 8 4* 0 2.66 618 55 6/8 10.76 2 3 0
23 Thushara, ThilanThilan Thushara[39] 2008 2010 6 2 0 4 3 0 2.00 132 7 2/37 25.57 0 2 0
24 Udawatte, MahelaMahela Udawatte[40] 2008 2009 5 5 0 77 25 0 15.40 0 0 &
—
 — 0 0 0
25 Kulasekara, NuwanNuwan Kulasekara[41] 2008 2012 24 14 4 89 26 0 8.90 503 23 3/4 27.13 0 8 0
26 Weeraratne, KaushalyaKaushalya Weeraratne[42] 2008 2009 5 5 2 49 20* 0 16.33 90 4 4/19 31.50 0 4 0
27 de Saram, IndikaIndika de Saram[43] 2009 2009 1 0 0 0 0 0 &
—
 0 0 &
—
 — 0 1 0
28 Mathews, AngeloAngelo Mathews[44] double-dagger 2009 2012 35 27 10 414 58 1 24.35 457 21 3/16 24.04 0 9 0
29 Udana, IsuruIsuru Udana[45] 2009 2012 6 2 1 2 1* 0 2.00 132 5 2/17 36.40 0 1 0
30 Rupasinghe, GihanGihan Rupasinghe[46] 2009 2009 2 2 0 33 18 0 36.00 0 0 &
—
 — 0 1 0
31 Jayasinghe, ChinthakaChinthaka Jayasinghe[47] 2009 2010 5 3 2 49 38 0 49.00 0 0 &
—
 — 0 0 0
32 Pushpakumara, MuthumudaligeMuthumudalige Pushpakumara[48] 2009 2009 1 0 0 0 0 0 &
—
 18 1 1/27 27.00 0 1 0
33 Chandimal, DineshDinesh Chandimal[49] 2010 2012 11 10 0 168 56 1 16.80 0 0 &
—
 — 0 0 0
34 Welegedara, ChanakaChanaka Welegedara[50] 2010 2010 2 1 1 2 2* 0 &
—
 36 1 1/21 61.00 0 0 0
35 Randiv, SurajSuraj Randiv[51] 2010 2011 7 2 0 8 6 0 4.00 126 7 3/20 19.85 0 0 0
36 Perera, ThisaraThisara Perera[52] 2010 2012 20 17 7 168 32* 0 16.80 238 10 2/19 30.80 0 7 0
37 Lakmal, SurangaSuranga Lakmal[53] 2011 2011 2 0 0 0 0 0 &
—
 42 3 2/26 16.33 0 0 0
38 Mendis, JeevanJeevan Mendis[54] 2011 2011 11 9 3 135 43* 0 22.50 102 6 3/24 18.33 0 4 0
39 Herath, RanganaRangana Herath[55] 2011 2012 6 2 2 1 1* 0 &
—
 108 6 3/25 20.16 0 0 0
40 Perera, DilruwanDilruwan Perera[56] 2011 2011 3 2 0 1 1 0 0.50 60 3 3/26 24.00 0 0 0
41 Prasad, DhammikaDhammika Prasad[57] 2011 2011 1 0 0 0 0 0 &
—
 18 0 &
—
 — 0 0 0
42 Lokuarachchi, KaushalKaushal Lokuarachchi[58] 2012 2012 2 2 0 11 11 0 5.50 36 2 2/31 24.00 0 1 0
43 Senanayake, SachithraSachithra Senanayake[59] 2012 2012 2 1 0 1 1 0 1.00 30 2 2/20 18.50 0 0 0
44 Thirimanne, LahiruLahiru Thirimanne[60] 2012 2012 10 7 1 95 30 0 15.83 0 0 &
—
 — 0 4 0
45 Eranga, ShamindaShaminda Eranga[61] 2012 2012 1 1 0 6 6 0 6.00 24 2 2/30 15.00 0 1 0
46 Dananjaya, AkilaAkila Dananjaya[62] 2012 2012 3 1 1 0 0* 0 &
—
 74 5 2/26 14.80 0 1 0

T20I captains

Sri Lanka T20I captains
No. Name[63] First Last Mat Won Lost Tied NR Win%
1 Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene 2006 2012 19 12 6 1 0 66%
2 Dilshan, TillakaratneTillakaratne Dilshan 2008 2011 5 2 3 0 0 40%
3 Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara 2009 2012 22 13 9 0 0 59.09%
4 Kandamby, ThilinaThilina Kandamby 2011 2011 1 1 0 0 0 100%
5 Mathews, AngeloAngelo Mathews 2012 2013 4 2 1 0 1 66.66%
6 Chandimal, DineshDinesh Chandimal 2013 2014 10 7 3 0 0 70.00%
Total 61 37 22 1 0 60%

Notes

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Sri Lanka team also holds the records for the highest team totals in Test and One Day International cricket.[5][6]
  2. ↑ Games that did not have a result are not included in calculating the win ratio.

References

  1. ↑ "Ponting calls time on Twenty20s". BBC Sport. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  2. ↑ English, Peter (17 February 2005). "Ponting leads as Kasprowicz follows". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Only T20I: England v Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Twenty20 Internationals – Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Team records in Tests – Highest innings totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Team records in ODIs – Highest innings totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  7. ↑ Gopalakrishna, H. R.; Varghese, Mathew (14 September 2007). "Sri Lanka break records in convincing win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Largest margin of victory (by runs) in Twenty20 Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 2009". BBC Sport. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  10. ↑ Monga, Sidharth (7 October 2012). "Sri Lanka v West Indies, Final, World Twenty20, Colombo - Samuels, Sammy give WI first world title since 1979". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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  12. ↑ "High scores for Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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  14. ↑ "Most wickets for Sri Lanka in Twenty20 Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  15. ↑ "T20I Bowling records – Best figures in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  16. ↑ "Players–Sri Lanka–T20I caps". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  17. ↑ "Russel Arnold". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  18. ↑ "Tillakaratne Dilshan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  19. ↑ "Dilhara Fernando". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  20. ↑ "Sanath Jayasuriya". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  21. ↑ "Mahela Jayawardene". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  22. ↑ "Chamara Kapugedera". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  23. ↑ "Farveez Maharoof". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  24. ↑ "Lasith Malinga". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  25. ↑ "Ruchira Perera". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  26. ↑ "Kumar Sangakkara". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  27. ↑ "Upul Tharanga". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  28. ↑ "Marvan Atapattu". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  29. ↑ "Muttiah Muralitharan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  30. ↑ "Chamara Silva". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  31. ↑ "Chaminda Vaas". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  32. ↑ "Malinga Bandara". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  33. ↑ "Jehan Mubarak". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  34. ↑ "Gayan Wijekoon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  35. ↑ "Dilhara Lokuhettige". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  36. ↑ "Thilina Kandamby". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  37. ↑ "Jeevantha Kulatunga". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  38. ↑ "Ajantha Mendis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  39. ↑ "Thilan Thushara". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  40. ↑ "Mahela Udawatte". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  41. ↑ "Nuwan Kulasekara". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  42. ↑ "Kaushalya Weeraratne". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  43. ↑ "Indika de Saram". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  44. ↑ "Angelo Mathews". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  45. ↑ "Isuru Udana". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  46. ↑ "Gihan Rupasinghe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  47. ↑ "Chinthaka Jayasinghe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  48. ↑ "Muthumudalige Pushpakumara". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  49. ↑ "Dinesh Chandimal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  50. ↑ "Chanaka Welegedara". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  51. ↑ "Suraj Randiv". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  52. ↑ "Thisara Perera". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  53. ↑ "Suranga Lakmal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  54. ↑ "Jeevan Mendis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  55. ↑ "Rangana Herath". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  56. ↑ "Dilruwan Perera". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  57. ↑ "Dhammika Prasad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  58. ↑ "Kaushal Lokuarachchi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  59. ↑ "Sachithra Senanayake". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  60. ↑ "Lahiru Thirimanne". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  61. ↑ "Shaminda Eranga". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  62. ↑ "Akila Dananjaya". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  63. ↑ "Sri Lanka–Records–Twenty20 Internationals–List of captains". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2014.