Sri Lanka national cricket team record by opponent

Sri Lanka Cricket Team Practicing at Pallekele

The Sri Lanka national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.^[1] Sri Lanka first competed in international cricket in 1975, when they played against West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup; West Indies won the match by 9 wickets at the Old Trafford, Manchester, England.^[2] After Sri Lanka awarded Test status in 17 February 1982 as eighth Test playing nation, they had to wait until 6 September 1985, where Sri Lanka recorded their first Test win by beating India, in the second match of the series by 149 runs at the P Sara Oval, Colombo.^[3][4] As of January 2016, Sri Lanka have played 245 Test matches; they have won 75 matches, lost 90 matches, and 80 matches were drawn.^[5] They have also won the 2001-02 Asian Test Championship, defeating Pakistan in the final by an innings and 175 runs.^[6]

Sri Lanka registered their first ODI win against India at Manchester, England, in 16 June 1979.^[7] As of February 2016, Sri Lanka have played 765 ODI matches, winning 362 matches and losing 366; they also tied 4 matches, whilst 33 had no result.^[8] They also won the 1996 Cricket World Cup,^[9] co-champions in 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and also became five times Asian champions in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 and 2014.

Sri Lanka played their first Twenty20 International (T20I) match at the Rose Bowl, on 15 June 2006, against England, winning the match by 2 runs.^[10] In 2014, they won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, defeating India by 6 wickets.^[11] As of February 2016, Sri Lanka have played 73 T20I matches and won 43 of them; 28 were lost and 1 tied and 1 no result match as well.^[12]

As of January 2016, Sri Lanka have faced all nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being Pakistan, playing 51 matches against them.^[13] Sri Lanka have registered more wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh than any other team, with 14.^[13] In ODI matches, Sri Lanka have played against 17 teams; they have played against India most frequently, with a winning percentage of 39.49 in 149 matches.^[14] Within usual major ODI nations, Sri Lanka have defeated England on 34 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs.^[14] The team have competed against 13 countries in T20Is, and have played 15 matches against New Zealand. Sri Lanka have defeated Australia and West Indies 6 occasions each.^[15] Sri Lanka is currently the best T20I team in the world, where they ranked number one in more than 32 months, and reached World Twenty20 final in three times.

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 played[n 1] Loss% – Percentage of games lost to those played[n 1] Draw% – Percentage of games drawn to those played[n 1] First – Year of the first match played by Pakistan against the country Last – Year of the last match played by Pakistan against the country

Test cricket

Statistics are correct as of 31 January 2016

Team	Opponent	1st Test	Last Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
Sri Lanka	Australia	22 April 1983[16]	3 January 2013	26	1	17	8	0	3.84
	Bangladesh	6 September 2001[17]	4 February 2014	16	14	0	2	0	87.50
	England	17 February 1982[18]	20 June 2014	28	8	10	10	0	28.57
	India	17 September 1982[19]	28 August 2015	38	7	16	15	0	18.42
	New Zealand	4 March 1983[20]	18 December 2015	32	8	14	10	0	25.80
	Pakistan	5 March 1982[21]	3 July 2015	51	14	19	18	0	27.45
	South Africa	25 August 1993[22]	24 July 2014	22	5	11	6	0	22.72
	West Indies	8 December 1993[23]	22 October 2015	17	8	3	6	0	47.05
	Zimbabwe	11 October 1994[24]	14 May 2004	15	10	0	5	0	66.66
	Total			243	75	88	80	0	30.86
	Last updated: 21 December 2015[25]

One Day International

Statistics are correct as of 31 January 2016

Team	Opponent	1st ODI	Last ODI	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	% Won
Sri Lanka	Afghanistan	3 March 2014	22 February 2015	02	02	0	0	0	100.00
	Australia	11 June 1975	8 March 2015	91	32	56	0	4	36.04
	Bangladesh	2 April 1986	26 February 2015	38	33	04	0	1	88.88
	Bermuda	15 March 2007		01	01	0	0	0	100.00
	Canada	19 February 2003	20 February 2011	02	02	0	0	0	100.00
	England	13 February 1982	1 March 2015	64	34	30	0	0	50.81
	India	16–18 June 1979	16 November 2014	149	54	83	1	11	39.49
	Ireland	18 April 2007	6 May 2015	02	02	0	0	0	100.00
	Kenya	6 March 1996	1 March 2011	06	05	1	0	0	83.33
	Netherlands	16 September 2002	6 July 2006	03	03	0	0	0	100.00
	New Zealand	9 June 1979	5 January 2016	95	41	45	1	8	47.70
	Pakistan	14 June 1975	26 July 2015	147	58	84	1	4	41.07
	Scotland	12 July 2011	11 March 2015	02	02	0	0	0	100.00
	South Africa	2 March 1992	18 March 2015	61	28	31	1	1	50.86
	United Arab Emirates	17 July 2004	26 June 2008	02	02	0	0	0	100.00
	West Indies	7 June 1975	7 November 2015	54	24	27	0	3	47.05
	Zimbabwe	23 February 1992	10 March 2011	47	39	7	0	1	84.78
	Total			765	362	366	4	33	49.72
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 5 January 2016.

Twenty20 International

Statistics are correct as of 31 March 2016

Team	Opponent	1st T20I	Last T20I	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No result	% Won
Sri Lanka	Afghanistan	17 March 2016		1	1	0	0	0	100.00
	Australia	20 September 2007	28 January 2013	8	6	2	0	0	75.00
	Bangladesh	18 September 2007	28 February 2016	5	4	1	0	0	80.00
	Canada	12 October 2008		1	1	0	0	0	100.00
	England	15 June 2006	26 March 2016	7	4	3	0	0	57.14
	India	10 February 2009	1 March 2016	10	4	6	0	0	44.44
	Ireland	14 June 2009		1	1	0	0	0	100.00
	Kenya	14 September 2007		1	1	0	0	0	100.00
	Pakistan	17 September 2007	4 March 2016	15	5	10	0	0	33.33
	Netherlands	24 March 2014		1	1	0	0	0	100.00
	New Zealand	22 December 2006	10 January 2016	15	6	7	1	1	46.42
	South Africa	22 September 2012	28 March 2016	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
	United Arab Emirates	25 February 2016		1	1	0	0	0	100.00
	West Indies	10 June 2009	20 March 2016	9	6	3	0	0	66.66
	Zimbabwe	10 October 2008	18 September 2012	3	3	0	0	0	100.00
	Total			84	46	36	1	1	58.12
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 31 March 2016.

Notes

1. Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.

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