Sri Lanka is one of the oldest initial nations participating in the world cup. The history of Sri Lankan cricket dates back to 1800s. The first recorded cricket match had been played in 1832. The universe of cricket world cup fantasy league knew Sri Lanka as Ceylon in those days.

Sri Lanka began participating in the cricket world cup from the inaugural season of the tournament in 1975. Thy lost against West Indies by 9 wickets during that world cup tournament. However, they succeeded in grabbing the attention of cricket lovers with an excellent display against Australia. The world cup fantasy league cricket fans of the nation rejoiced when they succeeded in winning the cup after 21 years in 1996.

For two other occasions, the Sri Lankan team reached the finals ODI fantasy world cup. However, they lost on both occasions, in 2007 against Australia and in 2011 against India to be runners-up.

Let us take a look at the declared Sri Lankan squad for world cup cricket 2019. Read on:

BATSMEN
Dimuth Karunaratne (Captain)
Age – 31
Matches Played – 17
Runs – 190
Highest Score – 60
Average – 15.83
Strike Rate – 68.59
50s/100s – 1/0

Avishka Fernando
Age – 21
Matches Played – 5
Runs – 71
Highest Score – 29
Average – 14.2
Strike Rate – 89.87

Lahiru Thirimanne
Age – 29
Matches Played – 117
Runs – 2916
Highest Score – 139
Average – 34.71
Strike Rate – 71.12
50s/100s –20

ALL-ROUNDER
Angelo Mathews (Batting All-rounder)
Age – 32
Matches Played – 203
Runs – 5380
Highest Score – 139
Average – 42.36
Strike Rate – 83.41
50s/100s – 37/2
Wickets – 114
Best bowling figures – 6/20
Economy – 4.62

Dhananjaya de Silva (Batting All-rounder)
Age – 27
Matches Played – 32
Runs – 681
Highest Score – 84
Average – 26.19
Strike Rate – 77.65
50s/100s – 4/0
Wickets – 15
Best bowling figures – 3/41
Economy – 5.36

Isuru Udana (Batting All-rounder)
Age – 31
Matches Played – 5
Runs – 110
Highest Score – 78
Average – 55.0
Strike Rate – 115.79
50s/100s – 1/0
Wickets – 2
Best bowling figures – 2/50
Economy – 6.41

Milinda Siriwardana (Batting All-rounder)
Age – 33
Matches Played – 26
Runs – 513
Highest Score – 66
Average – 23.32
Strike Rate – 98.46
50s/100s – 3/0
Wickets – 9
Best bowling figures – 2/27
Economy – 5.4

Thisara Perera (Bowling All-rounder)
Age – 30
Matches Played – 153
Runs – 2147
Highest Score – 140
Average – 20.64
Strike Rate – 112.35
50s/100s – 10/0
Wickets – 169
Best bowling figures – 6/44
Economy –5.86

Jeevan Mendis (Bowling All-rounder)
Age – 36
Matches Played – 54
Runs – 604
Highest Score – 72
Average – 20.13
Strike Rate – 85.07
50s/100s – 1/0
Wickets – 28
Best bowling figures – 3/15
Economy –5.09

WICKET-KEEPER
Kusal Perera (Keeper)
Age – 28
Matches Played – 88
Runs – 2283
Highest Score – 135
Average – 28.9
Strike Rate – 90.81
50s/100s – 11/4

Kusal Mendis
Age – 24
Matches Played – 62
Runs – 1626
Highest Score – 102
Average – 28.03
Strike Rate – 84.82
50s/100s –14/1

BOWLER
Jeffrey Vandersay
Age – 29
Matches Played – 11
Wickets – 10
Best bowling figures – 3/50
Average – 43.0
Economy – 5.75

Lasith Malinga
Age – 35
Matches Played – 218
Wickets – 322
Best bowling figures – 6/38
Average – 29.03
Economy – 5.34
5-wickets hauls – 8

Suranga Lakmal
Age – 32
Matches Played – 81
Wickets – 105
Best bowling figures – 4/13
Average – 31.63
Economy – 5.41

Nuwan Pradeep
Age – 32
Matches Played – 34
Wickets – 38
Best bowling figures – 3/28
Average – 41.87
Economy – 6.13

*Records have been compiled as on April 26, 2019

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