   thumb|right|200px|sri lanka cricket logo the sri lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of sri lanka. the team first played international cricket in 1926â27, and were later awarded test status in 1981, which made sri lanka the eighth test cricket playing nation. the team is administered by sri lanka cricket. sri lanka's national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising from underdog status to winning the cricket world cup in 1996. since then, the team has continued to be a force in international cricket. the sri lankan cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 and 2011 cricket world cups consecutively. but they ended up being runners up in both those occasions. the batting of sanath jayasuriya, aravinda de silva, mahela jayawardene and kumar sangakkara backed up by the bowling of muttiah muralitharan, chaminda vaas and lasith malinga, among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of sri lankan cricket in the last two decades. sri lanka have won the cricket world cup in 1996, the icc champions trophy in 2002
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