Cricket has given a lot of memories. There are some teams whose matches and rivalries were heated up like a total cinema. So the topic for today’s article is Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs Australian Men’s Cricket Team Timeline. Both the teams have achieved a lot in the world cricket. They both have played a wonderful cricket in the past and still they are doing the same. According to the stats the Australian team is the most successful team in the international cricket with most number of ICC trophies.
On the other hand, Sri Lankan team also have some good achievements. They have won some good number of ICC trophies. Both the teams produced legendary players. In last few years the Sri Lankan team faced some hard times after the retirement of some of their key players. In the recent time it has been noticed that they are again on the track and playing a very good cricket.
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Australian Cricket Team: Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs Australian Men’s Cricket Team Timeline
Australian cricket team is one of the very old team. They are the one who played the ever first test in the year 1877. Australia won 8 International Cricket Council trophies. The name of their cricket board is Cricket Australia. Currently Pat Cummins is captaining the team in One Day Internationals and in Test Internationals as well. In the Twenty 20 format Mitchell Marsh is captaining the team. In Test Internationals their ICC ranking is 1st among all the teams.
Apart from test their ICC ranking in Twenty 20 and One Day Internationals is 2nd among all the teams. This team played the very first team of world cricket in the year 1877 against the team England. England is the one who introduced this game in the whole world. Cricket is the national game of England. Even after inventing the game England lost the first ever test to Australia. This match was played in the world second largest stadium named Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia.
Sri Lankan Cricket Team
Sri Lankan is one of the great team to acquire the test cricket status. They played their first test in 1981. This team has different captains in all the formats. Dhananjaya De Silva is the Test captain of Sri Lankan Cricket Team. Kusal Mendis is the One Day International Captain of Sri Lankan Team. Charith Asalanka is the Twenty 20 international captain of Sri Lankan Team. Right now the legendary player Sanath Jayasuriya is the head coach of team Sri Lanka. In Test Internationals and in One Day Internationals their ICC ranking is 7th among all the teams. If we talk about their Twenty 20 International ICC ranking, then it is 8th among other teams. It’s been very long for this team that they have been ranked in the top 4 in the ICC ranking in any of the format.
Rivalries: Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs Australian Men’s Cricket Team Timeline
Both of the team has played a lot of matches against each other. The greatest rivalries between them took place in the year 1996 and 2000. Australia has shown a very great and brilliant cricket in almost all the tournaments. Though Sri Lanka never showed that much consistent talent in the world cricket. In the year 1996 Sri Lanka played a very great cricket and showed the world that the new world champions are in the house. Then in the starting years of the 19th century Australia played a very brilliant cricket and defeated Sri Lanka in a lot of matches.
There is no big and heated rivalry between both of the teams. Still the matches played between them very exciting and were neck to neck. Maximum number of matches were very crucial and interesting till the last ball. There were only few matches which went one sided.
Upcoming Fixtures: Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Vs Australian Men’s Cricket Team Timeline
According to the reports there is no information available about the matches and the series between Sri Lankan Team and the Australian Cricket Team. Both the teams have bilateral series against some other teams. The fans not gonna watch team facing each other in the coming time soon. There is a high possibility that the fans can watch these two teams facing each other in the Champions Trophy which will held in the year 2025. Before that there is no news about any kind of match or series happening between these two teams.
Conclusion
Lastly, we want to say that these both the teams have given a lot of memories and they are still doing the same. These two teams are doing very well nowadays. Australia has won two ICC trophies. One is World Test Championship and One Day Internationals World Cup. If we talk about Sri Lankan cricket team, then it is a hard time for them as they did not win any ICC trophy in the past few years. They won Twenty 20 world cup in the year 2014 against team India. We all wish that the both the team keep on playing the world class cricket and keep on entertaining their fans all over the world.