Sri Lanka women's national cricket team
The Sri Lanka women's national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international women's cricket. One of eight groups competitory within the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of the sport), the team is organized by the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Sri Lanka created it's in the future International (ODI) debut in 1997, against The Netherlands, and later within the year participated within the 1997 tourney in India. The team has since participated in each edition of the globe Cup, with a fifth-place end at the 2013 event being its best performance. At the globe Twenty20, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has likewise vied at each tournament, though the team has ne'er progressed past the primary spherical. Sri Lanka vies in its initial and solely matched game thus far in April 1998, defeating West Pakistan.
HISTORY
1990
Sri Lanka's international debut came in 1997 with a 3 match ODI series against the Netherlands, that they lost 2–1. This was a part of their preparation for the globe Cup in India the subsequent month, within which they reached the quarter-finals, losing to an England country. The following year they hosted a tour by a Pakistan, winning the 3 ODIs yet as what was the primary match for each country. It remains Sri Lanka's sole Test match. The Netherlands toured Sri Lanka once more in 1999, and now the Sri Lankans were way more thriving, winning all 5 ODIs
2000
Sri Lanka finished sixth within the 2000 tourney, and their next international engagement was against Pakistan reception in 2002, winning all six ODIs. They also won all six ODIs in an away series against the West Indies the following year.In 2004 they hosted the inaugural Women's Asia Cup, which was reduced to a series against India after the withdrawal of Pakistan. They lost the series. The following year they once more finished sixth within the tourney. In 2005/06, they visited Pakistan to require half within the second Asia Cup, finishing as runners-up to an Asian country.
2010
In 2014, allegations of statutory offense by country officers surfaced. Some players were apparently compelled to perform sexual favors for the officials in order to earn and/or keep their place in the national team.[8]On 2013 Women's Cricket tourney, country beat England country in a very pool match, that was a serious upset in Women's ODI history. England area unit world's top-ranked team and the country is in and eventually, they finished as fifth within the rankings.On eight August 2018, when a five-year gap since his previous spell accountable, Harsha American state sylva was reappointed because of the head coach of the team by the SLC.[10][11]
Records
Test cricket
Highest team total: 305/9 declared v Pakistan, 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Highest individual score: 105 not out, Chamani Seneviratne v Pakistan, 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Best innings bowling: 5/31, Chamani Seneviratne v Pakistan, 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Best match bowling: 8/57, Rasanjali Silva v Pakistan, 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka
ODI cricket
Highest team total: 282/5 India, 5 February 2013 at cci, Mumbai, India
Highest individual score: 178*, Chamari Atapattu v England, 29 June 2017 at County Ground, Bristol, Bristol, England
Best innings bowling: 5/2, Suthershini Sivanantham v Pakistan, 22 January 2002 at Moors Sports Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka cricket crest
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| Association | Sri Lanka Cricket | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Chamari Atapattu | |||||||||
| Coach | Harsha de Silva | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status |
Associate member (1965)
Full member (1981)
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| ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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| Women's Tests | ||||||||||
| Only WTest | v  Pakistan at Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo; 17–20 April 1998 | |||||||||
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| Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WODI | v  Netherlands at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo; 25 November 1997 | |||||||||
| Last WODI | v  West Indies at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba; 15 October 2017 | |||||||||
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| Women's World Cupappearances | 6 (first in 1997) | |||||||||
| Best result | 5th (2013) | |||||||||
| Women's World Cup Qualifierappearances | 2 (first in 2011) | |||||||||
| Best result | 3rd (2011, 2017) | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v Pakistan at the County Ground, Taunton; 12 June 2009 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v West Indies at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Saint George; 22 October 2017 | |||||||||
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| Women's T20 World Cupappearances | 5 (first in 2009) | |||||||||
| Best result | 1st round (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) | |||||||||
| Women's World Twenty20 Qualifierappearances | 1 (first in 2013) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2013) | |||||||||
As of 8 January 2018 | ||||||||||
