The Ceylon national cricket team, later Sri Lanka national cricket team, represents Sri Lanka in international cricket since its first international representative match in 1927. Before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status on 21 July 1981, Sri Lanka had associate member status from 1965 to 1981. From 1927 to 1981 all top-level international matches were of first-class or List A status. Sri Lanka first competed in top-level international cricket in 1975, when they played against West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup.
Key M – Number of matches played W – Number of matches won L – Number of matches lost T – Number of matches tied D – Number of matches ended in a draw NR – Number of matches ended with no result Tie+W – Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over Tie+L – Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over Win% – Percentage of games won to those playedGames that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win. Loss% – Percentage of games lost to those played Draw% – Percentage of games drawn to those played First – Year of the first match played by Sri Lanka against the team Last – Year of the last match played by Sri Lanka against the team
First-class cricket First-class record
Team Opponent 1st Match Last match Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied % Won Andhra Chief Minister's XI Australian Services Bombay Central Provinces and Berar Commander-in-Chief's XI Commonwealth XI Hyderabad Indian Board President's XI Indian Universities Indian University Occasionals Indian XI Karachi and Sind Kerala Kerala Chief Minister's XI Madras Cricket Association President's XI Maharashtra Marylebone Cricket Club North West Frontier Province Governor's XI Mysore Pakistan A Pakistan under-19 Pakistan Universities Patiala President's XI Punjab Punjab Governor's XI Railways Sind Sir Julien Cahn's XI Tamil Nadu Total
List of matches Season Opponent Venue Played Won Lost Drawn+ First-class matches played by Ceylon/Sri Lanka to 1981First-class matches 1926–27 Marylebone Cricket Club Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 1 1 1932–33 Sind Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi 1 1 1932–33 India Lawrence Gardens, LahoreFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 2 2 1932–33 Patiala Baradari Ground, Patiala 1 1 1932–33 Central Provinces and Berar Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground, Nagpur 1 1 1932–33 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 1 1 1933–34 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 1 1 1935–36 Indian University Occasionals Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 1 1 1935–36 Australians Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 1 1 1936–37 Sir Julien Cahn's XI Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 1 1 1940–41 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 1 1 1940–41 Indian XI Eden Gardens, Calcutta 1 1 1940–41 Indian XI Brabourne Stadium, Bombay 1 1 1944–45 India Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1945–46 Australian Services Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1948–49 West Indians Colombo Oval, Colombo 2 1 1 1948–49 Pakistan Colombo Oval, Colombo 2 2 1949–50 Commonwealth XI Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1949–50 Karachi and Sind Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi 1 1 1949–50 Pakistan Bagh-e-Jinnah, LahoreKarachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi 2 2 1949–50 Commander-in-Chief's XI Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi 1 1 1949–50 Pakistan Universities Punjab University Ground, Lahore 1 1 1950–51 Commonwealth XI Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1951–52 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1952–53 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, MadrasNehru Stadium, Madras 2 2 1955–56 Hyderabad cricket team Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad 1 1 1956–57 India Colombo Oval, Colombo 2 2 1957–58 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 1 1 1957–58 Mysore Central College Ground, Bangalore 1 1 1959–60 Madras Nehru Stadium, Madras 1 1 1961–62 Madras Nehru Stadium, Madras 1 1 1961–62 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1964–65 Pakistan A Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1964–65 Indian Universities Nehru Stadium, Madras 1 1 1964–65 India Central College Ground, BangaloreLal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, HyderabadSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad 3 1 2 1964–65 Maharashtra Club of Maharashtra, Poona 1 1 1964–65 Indian Board President's XI Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda 1 1 1964–65 Bombay Brabourne Stadium, Bombay 1 1 1964–65 Madras Nehru Stadium, Madras 1 1 1966–67 President's XI Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi 1 1 1966–67 Punjab Governor's XI Lyallpur Stadium, Lyallpur 1 1 1966–67 Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreDacca Stadium, DaccaNational Stadium, Karachi 3 3 1966–67 West Indies Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1966–67 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 1 1 1968–69 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1968–69 Madras Cricket Association President's XI Kajamalai Stadium, Tiruchirapalli 1 1 1968–69 Madras Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 1 1 1969–70 Australians Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1969–70 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1970–71 Kerala University Stadium, Trivandrum 1 1 1970–71 Andhra Chief Minister's XI Brahmananda Reddy Stadium, Guntur 1 1 1970–71 Tamil Nadu Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 1 1 1972–73 Pakistan Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1972–73 Marylebone Cricket Club Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1972–73 Kerala Chief Minister's XI University Stadium, Trivandrum 1 1 1972–73 Tamil Nadu Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 1 1 1973–74 India Colombo Oval, ColomboSinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 2 1 1 1973–74 Sind Gama Stadium, Mirpurkhas 1 1 1973–74 Punjab Lyallpur Stadium, Lyallpur 1 1 1973–74 Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreNational Stadium, Karachi 2 1 1 1973–74 North West Frontier Province Governor's XI Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar 1 1 1973–74 Pakistan Universities Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi 1 1 1973–74 Railways Zafar Ali Stadium, Sahiwal 1 1 1973–74 Pakistan national under-19 Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan 1 1 1974–75 West Indians Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Colombo Oval, Colombo 2 2 1974–75 Tamil Nadu Mahatma Gandhi Stadium, Salem 1 1 1975–76 India Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, HyderabadSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, AhmedabadVidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur 3 2 1 1975–76 Pakistan Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 2 1 1 1976–77 Marylebone Cricket Club Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 1 1 1976–77 Tamil Nadu Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras 1 1 1978–79 West Indies Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 1 1 1981 Australia Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 1 1Totals 88 14 34 41Other International matches 1926 Australians Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 1 1 1927 New Zealanders Colombo 1 1 1930 Australians Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 1 1 1934 Australians Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 1 1 1937–38 New Zealanders Colombo 1 1 1938 Australians Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo 1 1 1948 Australians Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 1 1 1953 Australians Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1957 Singapore The Padang, Singapore 1 1 1957 Malaya The Padang, Kuala Lumpur 1 1 1961 Australians Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1 1964 Australians Colombo Oval, Colombo 1 1Totals 12 1 1 10
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