Sri Lanka at the Cricket World Cup
The Sri Lanka cricket team has reached the World Cup final three times. Winning in 1996 under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga and finishing as runners-up in the 2007 & 2011 World Cups. Sri Lanka has also reached the Semi Final at the 2003 World Cup and the Quarter Final at the 2015 World Cup.
Cricket World Cup Records[]
By Tournament[]
| World Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
 1975 |
Group stage | 7/8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 |
5/8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 1983 |
7/8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
  1987 |
7/8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
  1992 |
8/9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
 1996 |
Champion | 1/8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   1999 |
Group Stage | 10/12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
   2003 |
Semi-finals | 4/14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
 2007 |
Runners-up | 2/16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
 2011 |
Runners-up | 2/14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 |
Quarter-final | 7/14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 |
Group Stage | 6/9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | Champions (1996) | 1 Title | 83 | 38 | 39 | 1 | 5 |
White: Group/Round-Robin Stage
Green: Quarter-Finals/Super Six/Super 8 Bronze: Semifinals Silver: Runner Up Gold: Champions
Team wise record[]
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | Win % | First played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 22 February 2015 |
| Australia |
10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11.11 | 11 June 1975 |
| Bangladesh |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 14 February 2003 |
 Bermuda |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 15 March 2007 |
 Canada |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 19 February 2003 |
| England |
11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | 11 June 1983 |
| India |
9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 18 June 1979 |
 Ireland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 18 April 2007 |
| Kenya |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 6 March 1996 |
| New Zealand |
11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54.54 | 9 June 1979 |
| Pakistan |
8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 June 1975 |
| Scotland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 11 March 2015 |
| South Africa |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 March 1992 |
| West Indies |
8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 42.85 | 7 June 1975 |
| Zimbabwe |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 23 February 1992 |
| Total | 83 | 38 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 49.35% | [1] |
| Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 7 July 2019. | |||||||
References[]
- ^ Overall World Cup Result Summary – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
External links[]
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