shantanu_rooney
Chairman of Selectors
Introduction
The time has finally arrived for the Dark Horses in World of Cricket to rule . Sri Lanka from the past have been known as real dark horses . Lead by a great skipper Mahela Jayawardena Sri Lanka have been real dominant side under his captaincy . Under Mahela Sri Lanka have won 13 of the 24 test and 42 of the 76 ODIs they played. There are also some real star performers like Sanath Jayasuriya more than 10000 runs , Kumar Sanggakkara who is a brilliant keeper batsman , Muttaih Muralitharan who has who has more than 450 wickets in ODIs and 750 in Test . They have been putting in a lot of hardwork for the country and served their country to the fullest .
Background
Sri Lanka gained full membership of the International Cricket Conference (as ICC was then known) in July 1981 after years of waiting in the wings.
"If the main criterion to play Test Cricket was the mere ability and skill to play the game then perhaps we should have been playing Test Cricket very many years ago", wrote Hon Gamini Dissanayake, President of the Board of Control for Cricket at the time Test status was granted, who was also instrumental in setting up the Sri Lanka Cricket Foundation mainly to raise funds to develop infrastructure facilities.
The first Test match was played against England in February (17-22) 1982 at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium. Sri Lanka was captained by Bandula Warnapura while Keith Fletcher led England. It was also the Centennial Year celebrating 100 years when the first international game was played in Colombo - also against an England team. England won the first Test by 7 wickets.
Much progress has been made in developing the game since, reaching the climax with the winning of the ICC World Cup in 1996. The record against Test playing nations is quite impressive in both Test matches and One Day Internationals .
Sri Lanka recorded its 50th victory in Test cricket with a win over Bangladesh in Kandy in July 2007. It set a new record in terms of time, as it took Sri Lanka just over 25 years to achieve the feat.
ICC Ratings
Test
Australia.......138
South Africa....116
India...........109
Sri Lanka.......108
England.........104
Pakistan........100
New Zealand.....83
West Indies.....81
Bangladesh......0
ODIs
Australia.......130
South Africa....128
New Zealand.....116
India...........112
Pakistan........110
England.........106
Sri Lanka.......106
West Indies.....95
Bangladesh......46
Ireland.........18
Zimbabwe........16
Kenya...........0
Current Form
ODI
Sri Lanka defeated Indians in the Asia Cup 2008 Finals held at Karachi , Pakistan . Sri Lanka also had a good tour of West Indies as they drew the 5 ODI match series 2-2
Test
Sri Lanka defeated India convincingly at home 2-1 . Mendis was their star performer . While in West Indies Sri Lanka drew the series 1-1 .
Sri Lanka vs India @ SSC
Sri Lanka vs India @ Galle
Sri Lanka vs India @ Premadasa
Australia.......138
South Africa....116
India...........109
Sri Lanka.......108
England.........104
Pakistan........100
New Zealand.....83
West Indies.....81
Bangladesh......0
ODIs
Australia.......130
South Africa....128
New Zealand.....116
India...........112
Pakistan........110
England.........106
Sri Lanka.......106
West Indies.....95
Bangladesh......46
Ireland.........18
Zimbabwe........16
Kenya...........0
Current Form
ODI
Sri Lanka defeated Indians in the Asia Cup 2008 Finals held at Karachi , Pakistan . Sri Lanka also had a good tour of West Indies as they drew the 5 ODI match series 2-2
Test
Sri Lanka defeated India convincingly at home 2-1 . Mendis was their star performer . While in West Indies Sri Lanka drew the series 1-1 .
Upcoming Fixture(s)
Sri Lanka vs India @ SSC
Sri Lanka vs India @ Galle
Sri Lanka vs India @ Premadasa
Credits
Barmyarmy for Player Editor
Tutsi for his shots variation patch
Black Magic for his T20 strokes patch
Mad Snake , Arko , Hitterman for their Faces
Appu and Burma Finest for their bats
Whitehornmatt for overlays
Aamir , SRK for their brilliant kits
Special Credits to Gamerkid and Pakistan Army all the members supporting this story .
I had to stop my South Africa story as I uninstall cricket 2007 . But as Cricket 2005 didnt have all that cricket 2007 had i had to start a new story . Sorry for inconvinience . This is gonna be a cracker of a story .