Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ndị otu egwuregwu cricket mba Sri Lanka nwere nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma na-amalite na 1990s, na-ebili site na ọnọdụ ndị na-enweghị ike iji merie 1996 Cricket World Cup. Ha merikwara 2014 ICC World Twenty20 nke a gbara na Bangladesh, na-eti India na ngwụcha. Na mgbakwunye, Sri Lanka ghọrọ onye na-agba ọsọ nke iko ụwa nke Cricket na 2007
na 2011, na nke ICC World Twenty20 na 2009 na 2012. Onye na-agbapụ agbapụ Sri Lanka bụ Muttiah Muralitharan ka akpọrọ dị ka onye kachasị agba bọọlụ bọọlụ nke "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack", na ndị egwuregwu cricket Sri Lanka anọ nọ n'ọkwa nke abụọ (Sangakkara), nke anọ (Jayasuriya), nke ise (Jayawardene) na nke iri na otu (Dilshan) ndị kacha agba ọsọ ODI oge niile, nke bụ nke abụọ kachasị mma site na otu. Sri Lanka emeriela iko mba Asia n'afọ 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 na 2014. O nwere mgbe Sri Lanka nwere akara kachasị elu n'ime ụdị egwuregwu atọ nke cricket. Mba ahụ kwadoro iko mba ụwa n'afọ 1996 na 2011, ma kwadoro 2012 ICC World Twenty20.