ICC Worldcup 2015 Squads - SriLanka
Last World Cup's runner up Sri Lanka looks like a very formidable side.
Presence of the veterans, Sangakara and Jayawardene should really help the captain Angelo Mathews.
The management has also provisionally included Malinga on terms of fitness. If he could prove his fitness, then this team might give a fight for all the teams!
Batting stats of the SriLankan Team in World Cups
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| Player | Years | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumar Sangakkara (wk) | 2003-2011 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 991 | 111 | 45.04 | 78.71 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 1999-2011 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 975 | 115* | 37.5 | 87.67 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 2007-2011 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 717 | 144 | 47.8 | 91.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Angelo Mathews (capt) | 2011-2011 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 94 | 41* | 31.33 | 104.44 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 2007-2011 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 32 | 16.25 | 112.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thisara Perera | 2011-2011 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 22* | 14.66 | 141.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lasith Malinga | 2007-2011 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 94.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rangana Herath | 2011-2011 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4* | - | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne (vice-capt) | |||||||||||
| Dinesh Chandimal | |||||||||||
| Dimuth Karunaratne | |||||||||||
| Jeevan Mendis | |||||||||||
| Suranga Lakmal | |||||||||||
Dhammika Prasad Dushmantha Chameera | |||||||||||
| Sachithra Senanayake |
Bowling stats of the SriLankan Team in World Cups
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| Player | Years | Mat | Inns | Overs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasith Malinga | 2007-2011 | 15 | 14 | 107 | 554 | 31 | 6/38 | 17.87 | 5.17 | 20.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 2007-2011 | 20 | 16 | 67.5 | 284 | 13 | 4/4 | 21.84 | 4.18 | 31.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Thisara Perera | 2011-2011 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 174 | 7 | 3/24 | 24.85 | 5.61 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Mathews (capt) | 2011-2011 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 171 | 6 | 2/29 | 28.5 | 4.75 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 2007-2011 | 8 | 8 | 59.2 | 244 | 5 | 3/16 | 48.8 | 4.11 | 71.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rangana Herath | 2011-2011 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 124 | 3 | 2/46 | 41.33 | 4.27 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 1999-2011 | 33 | 4 | 24 | 131 | 2 | 2/56 | 65.5 | 5.45 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (wk) | 2003-2011 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lahiru Thirimanne (vice-capt) | ||||||||||||
| Dinesh Chandimal | ||||||||||||
| Dimuth Karunaratne | ||||||||||||
| Jeevan Mendis | ||||||||||||
| Suranga Lakmal | ||||||||||||
Dhammika Prasad Dushmantha Chameera | ||||||||||||
| Sachithra Senanayake |
*Srilanka replaced injured Prasad with Chameera
The stats shows that SriLanka has got a mixture of experience and in-experienced players.
SriLankan cricket team can challenge any team in any condition and we can be sure that they will try to give more than 100% to give a fitting farewell to their seniors!
In the Worldcup pool, SriLankan team is present in the Pool A along with Australia, England, NewZealand, Bangladesh, Scotland and Afghanistan.
SriLanka team should pose a serious challenge to all the 3 mighty teams. It's going to be a very interesting contest.
Let's see how it all goes!