Sri Lanka national deaf cricket team explained

Sri Lanka
Captain:Tharaka Sampath Jayasinghe
Conference:Deaf International Cricket Council

Sri Lanka national deaf cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international deaf cricket arena. The team consists of players who are having hearing problems (deaf). The team also participated in the 3rd edition of the 2017 Deaf Cricket Asia Cup tournament in India.[1] [2] [3] The team ended up as runners-up to India in the finals, lost the match by a big margin of 156 runs.[4] [5] [6] [7]

In November 2017, the national deaf cricket team played their first ever leather ball ODIs and T20Is against Pakistan, a team which is considered as the most consistent team in deaf cricket history.[8] [9]

On 30 November 2018, Sri Lanka created history after winning the 2018 Deaf T20 World Cup which was also the first ever instance where Sri Lanka won a Deaf T20 World Cup defeating India by 36 runs.[10] [11]

Current squad

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Sri Lanka to participate at Asia Deaf Cricket Cup 2017. Island Cricket. 2017-03-31.
  2. Web site: SL Deaf Cricket Team to participate at Asia Deaf Cricket Cup 2017 Sri Lanka Cricket. www.srilankacricket.lk. en-US. 2017-03-31.
  3. News: Sri Lanka to participate at Asia Deaf Cricket Cup 2017. Admin. 2017-02-19. ThePapare.com. 2017-03-31. en-US.
  4. Web site: 3rd Asia Deaf Cricket Tournament : Sri Lanka finish runner-up to India. Daily News. 2017-03-31.
  5. News: Lankans face a huge defeat. The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. 2017-03-31.
  6. News: live . Lakshman Ranasinghe . Lankans face a huge defeat . 9 July 2023 . . . 26 Mar 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329223833/https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/sunday-times-sri-lanka/20170326/282677572120220 . Mar 29, 2019 . en.
  7. News: Indian deaf cricket team beats Sri Lanka to lift Asia Cup - Times of India. The Times of India. 2017-03-31.
  8. Web site: Sunday Times - Cricket: Sri Lanka to play 'deaf international' ODIs and T-20 against Pakistan. www.sundaytimes.lk. en. 2017-11-12.
  9. News: Sri Lanka to play 'Deaf International Cricket' ODIs and T-20 against Pakistan. The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. 2017-11-12.
  10. Web site: Champion cricketers from the blues. 2018-12-08. Sunday Observer. en. 2018-12-09.
  11. Web site: Sri Lanka win inaugural Deaf-ICC T20 World Cup - 2018. Sridheran. Sharmeegan. 2018-11-30. ThePapare.com. en-US. 2018-12-09.

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