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| Sri Lankan
Squad
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Team
Allocations |
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Sri Lanka
Pool-B
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Note:
Matches played at Newlands and Kingsmead
(shown depicted in Bold) are to be staged as
Day/Night matches. |
| Date/Days |
Match
No. |
|
v |
Team |
Venue |
|
10
Feb, Monday
|
2
|
Sri
Lanka
|
v
|
New
Zealand
|
Goodyear
Park, Bloemfontein
|
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14
Feb, Friday
|
10
|
Sri
Lanka
|
v
|
Bangladesh
|
Pietermaritzburg
Oval, Pietermaritzburg
|
|
19
Feb, Wednesday
|
18
|
Sri
Lanka
|
v
|
Canada
|
Boland
Park, Paarl
|
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24
Feb, Monday
|
27
|
Sri
Lanka
|
v
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Kenya
|
Nairobi
Gymkhana Club, Nairobi
|
|
28
Feb, Friday
|
33
|
Sri
Lanka
|
v
|
West
Indies
|
Newlands,
Cape Town
|
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03
Mar, Monday
|
39
|
Sri
Lanka
|
v
|
South
Africa
|
Kingsmead,
Durban
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Country
Information |
| Official
Name |
Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
| History |
Formerly
known as Ceylon from the 6th to 19th centuries
Sri Lanka was a monarchy. From 1795 until
independence in 1947 Sri Lanka was a British
colony. |
| Religion |
Buddhist |
| Language |
Sinhala,
English and Tamil |
| Area |
65,610km2 |
| Population |
18,100,000 |
| Capital |
Colombo |
| Other
Major Cities |
Kandy,
Galle |
| Local
Time |
5
½ hours ahead of GMT |
| Money |
Sri
Lanka rupee = 100 cents |
| Weather |
Tropical,
with the monsoon season from May to September.
Temperature remains warm throughout the year. |
|
|
Cricket
Stats |
|
|
Board
of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka |
|
|
1982 v
England |
|
|
1975 v
West Indies |
|
|
Aravinda
de Silva 5952 |
Highest
Test Wicket Taker
|
Muttiah
Muralitharan 412 |
|
|
Aravinda
de Silva 5952 |
|
|
Muttiah
Muralitharan 412 |
|
Major
Grounds |
Colombo - Premadasa
Colombo - Sinhalese
Galle
Kandy
Moratuwa |
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