Sri Lanka National Blind Cricket Team represents
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
at
blind cricket
Blind cricket is a version of the sport of cricket adapted for blind and partially sighted players. It has been governed by the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) since 1996. So far, five Blind World Cups have been held: New Delhi, India (199 ...
. The Sri Lankan team have participated in every edition of the World Cup for Blind. It is run by the
Sri Lanka Cricket Association of the Visually Handicapped
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. The team generally participates in
One Day Internationals
One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four year ...
and
T20Is.
In the inaugural edition of the ICC Blind Cricket World T20 held in 2012 in India, Sri Lanka finished third after losing to India in the semi-finals. Sri Lanka also went on to participate in the 2nd edition of the ICC Blind World T20 in 2017, which was also held in India. Sri Lanka once again went out in the semi-finals, losing to India by 10 wickets. Sri Lankan Blind cricket team set a world record for the highest ever opening stand of 334* against New Zealand in their opening match of the 2017 tournament.
In the 2017 Blind World T20, Sri Lanka's
Suranga Sampath
Suranga Sampath is a Sri Lankan blind cricketer. He was part of the Sri Lankan team during the 2017 ICC World T20 for the Blind. In the 2017 Blind T20 World Cup, he was the top scorer throughout the tournament with an aggregate of 733 runs with a ...
was the top run scorer with an aggregate of 733 runs in 8 innings with a total of 5 hundreds and a best score of 164* He also managed to pick up 4 wickets during the tournament and was awarded "The player of the Tournament" for his all-round performance.
In 2016, the Blind Cricket team won the merit award at the
Newsfirst Platinum Awards for the best performances at Blind Cricket level.
Tournament History
40 Over Blind Cricket World Cup
# 1998 Blind Cricket World Cup - Groupstage
# 2002 Blind Cricket World Cup - Groupstage
# 2006 Blind Cricket World Cup - Semifinalists
# 2014 Blind Cricket World Cup - Semifinalists
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2018 Blind Cricket World Cup
The 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup was the fifth Blind Cricket World Cup tournament, and was held from 8–20 January 2018 in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. In the final, defending champions India defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets to secure the ...
- Semifinalists
Blind T20 World Cup
# 2012 Blind World T20 - Semifinalists
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2017 Blind World T20 - Semifinalists
Blind T20 Asia Cup
# 2015 - Groupstage
See also
Sri Lanka national deaf cricket team
References
{{Cricket in Sri Lanka
Blind cricket teams
Sri Lanka in international cricket
National sports teams of Sri Lanka
1998 establishments in Sri Lanka
National sports teams established in 1998