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      • Not only did Sri Lanka's aggressive batting style through the tournament influence the limited-overs game the world over, it also professionalised cricket within Sri Lanka, and helped transform the men's side into a force in international cricket.
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    Sri Lanka's game style over the course of the series revolutionized One Day International Cricket, and was characterized by the highly aggressive batting of their openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana in the first fifteen overs of the innings to take advantage of the fielding restrictions imposed during this period. This strategy ...

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    12 hours ago · Not only did Sri Lanka's aggressive batting style through the tournament influence the limited-overs game the world over, it also professionalised cricket within Sri Lanka, and...

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  6. www.bbc.com › sport › cricketSri Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup success - the inside story

    Mar 27, 2021 · England's more prosaic approach to 50-over batting was brutally exposed in a one-sided quarter-final as Jayasuriya's 44-ball 82 powered Sri Lanka into the final four and another meeting with...

  7. www.wikiwand.com › en › articlesHistory of the Sri Lankan cricket team - Wikiwand

    Sri Lanka's game style over the course of the series revolutionized One Day International Cricket, and was characterized by the highly aggressive batting of their openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana in the first fifteen overs of the innings to take advantage of the fielding restrictions imposed during this period. This strategy ...

  8. caughtatpoint.com › 2024/03/17 › when-sri-lankaMarch 17, 1996: When Sri Lanka Climbed The Top Of World Cricket

    Mar 17, 2024 · In an era where one-day teams typically began slowly and picked up speed, Sri Lanka’s bold pinch-hitting approach introduced a fresh style of play. Everyone else was content with scoring at a modest rate of three or four runs per over in the beginning of their innings, aiming to accumulate around 60 odd runs by the 15th over.

  9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sri_Lanka_national_cricketSri Lanka national cricket team - Wikipedia

    Sri Lanka's national cricket team achieved considerable success beginning in the 1990s, rising from underdog status to winning the Cricket World Cup in 1996, under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga. Since then, the team has continued to be a force in international cricket.

  10. srilankacricket.lk › 2020 › 03FLASHBACK TO 24 YEARS AGO: When Sri Lanka ... - Sri Lanka Cricket

    Mar 21, 2020 · Sri Lanka not only orbited into a new planet by creating history in winning cricket’s biggest pot of gold, the cricket world cup in 1995-96, but as a hitherto little known entity in the ICC fold doing it in style by bringing down the very might of the world Australia, who was the No.1 cricketing country in the world was a phenomenal achievement.