Sri Lanka National Deaf Cricket Team represents

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

in international

deaf cricket Deaf cricket is a version of cricket which is adapted for Hearing loss, deaf. It has been governed by the Deaf International Cricket Council (DICC). History The first ever interstate deaf cricket match was held in 1895 in Australia between South ...

arena. The team consists of players who are having

hearing problems Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. In children, hearing problems can affect the ability to acquire spoken l ...

( 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 managed to win 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

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Current squad

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