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Do you want to check out Team Sri Lanka's performance at the ICC Cricket World Cup? If yes, check out this article.

Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup


When the ICC Cricket World Cup was played for the first time, in England, Sri Lanka was one of the teams that had participated in it.

However, the team was out of the tournament after Round 1 only. Team Sri Lanka met with similar results in the next four ODI World Cups as well. However, with the sixth tournament, it won its lost glory, after defeating Australia in the final match. Till now, the feat is yet to be repeated by the team. The team also runner up in 2007 amd 2011, but last World Cup 2019 fail to qualify semi-final.

Read on further to know more about Sri Lanka's performance in all the ODI World Cups played so far.

Sri Lankan team at ICC World Cup

  • 1975: Round 1
  • 1979: Round 1
  • 1983: Round 1
  • 1987: Round 1
  • 1992: Round 1
  • 1996: Winner
  • 1999: Round 1
  • 2003: Semi finals
  • 2007: Runner
  • 2011: Runner
  • 2015: Quarter finals
  • 2019: Round 1 (6th position)
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Bowlers, Roy help England march into final [+]
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Jadeja brilliance in vain as NZ enter final [+]
New Zealand beat India by 18 runs and entered World Cup Finals for the second consecutive time.
Rain force extends first semifinal into reserve day [+]
Semi-final resumes on Wednesday but India advance into finla if washes out again.
Warner heroics is vain, Australia finish second [+]
Faf du Plessis ton sets up consolation win and hands Australia semi-final against England on Thursday.
Rohit, Rahul tons put India top of table [+]
India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets at Headingley in the ICC Cricket World Cup and move top of point table.
Shaheen Shine but Pakistan semi-final hopes over [+]
Shaheen takes six wickets as Pakistan hammer Bangladesh by 94 runs in their last World Cup match.
West Indies Deny Naiden World Cup for Afghanistan [+]
West Indies record their second win at the World Cup, a 23-run victory over winless Afghanistan at Headingley.
England book semifinal spot after 27 years [+]
England surged into their first World Cup semi-final since 1992 with a comprehensive 119-run defeat of New Zealand at Chester-le-Street.
India confirm semis end Bangladesh campaign [+]
India finally confirmed their place in the World Cup semi-finals with a comfortable if not flawless win which eliminated spirited Bangladesh.

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