Sri Lanka national deaf cricket team

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

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. The team ended up as runners-up to India in the finals, lost the match by a big margin of 156 runs.

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.

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.

Current squad

Tharaka Sampath Jayasinghe (Captain)
Lakshan Fernando (VC)
Sumudu Lanka
Tharinda Deepika Wimalasena
Goyum Shanaka Walgama
Nalin Sameera
Asanka Manjula
Udaya Lakmal
Priyankara Madushanka
Kumarasamy Thirukumaran
Alenross Kalep
N.P.G.Ushan Lakshitha
G.A. Nuwan Hasaranga
A.P. Dinuka Sachin
Anton Jayasegaram
Antony Norman

References

"Sri Lanka to participate at Asia Deaf Cricket Cup 2017". Island Cricket. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
"SL Deaf Cricket Team to participate at Asia Deaf Cricket Cup 2017 | Sri Lanka Cricket". www.srilankacricket.lk. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
Admin (19 February 2017). "Sri Lanka to participate at Asia Deaf Cricket Cup 2017". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
"3rd Asia Deaf Cricket Tournament : Sri Lanka finish runner-up to India". Daily News. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
"Lankans face a huge defeat". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
Lakshman Ranasinghe (26 March 2017). "Lankans face a huge defeat". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via PressReader.
"Indian deaf cricket team beats Sri Lanka to lift Asia Cup - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
"Sunday Times - Cricket: Sri Lanka to play 'deaf international' ODIs and T-20 against Pakistan". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
"Sri Lanka to play 'Deaf International Cricket' ODIs and T-20 against Pakistan". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
"Champion cricketers from the blues". Sunday Observer. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
Sridheran, Sharmeegan (30 November 2018). "Sri Lanka win inaugural Deaf-ICC T20 World Cup - 2018". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

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