List of international cricket grounds in Sri Lanka

Cricket is a popular sport in Sri Lanka. The country has eight grounds that have been used to host international cricket matches, and seven of them have hosted Test matches. However, the Colombo Cricket Club Ground and the Tyronne Fernando Stadium are no longer used for matches at international level, although they are still used for domestic matches and warm-up matches for visiting teams.^[1]^[2] The Galle International Stadium was destroyed in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but was rebuilt and hosted international matches again in 2007.^[3] The Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium held its maiden One Day International in 2001, but was unable to host another until 2003 due to a legal problem.^[4]

The Hambantota and Pallekele cricket grounds were both newly constructed for 2011 Cricket World Cup, which Sri Lanka jointly hosted with India and Bangladesh. The R. Premadasa Stadium has also hosted world cup matches.^[5] The R. Premadasa Stadium was also one of the three grounds in Sri Lanka that hosted matches for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The other two were the Asgiriya Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.^[6]

The R. Premadasa Stadium was the venue for the match in 1997 where Sri Lanka scored a record 952 runs for 6 wickets against India.^[7] Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene has scored a total of 2467 Test runs at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, the most runs scored by a batsman in one ground.^[8] It is also the venue where he scored 374 runs, the highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman.^[9] The venue where the most Test wickets have been taken by a single bowler is also the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, where 166 have been taken by Muttiah Muralitharan. The Asgiriya Stadium ranks second with 117 wickets, and is followed by the Galle International Stadium with 103 wickets. Both these records are also held by Muralitharan.^[10] Sanath Jayasuriya has scored 2514 ODI runs at the R. Premadasa Stadium, making it the venue which has the highest ODI runs by a single batsman.^[11] The largest non-cricket stadium in Sri Lanka is the 25,000-capacity Sugathadasa Stadium, which is used mostly for association football matches.

CCC, Saravanamuttu, SSC

R. Premadasa

Tyronne Fernando

Galle

Asgiriya

Rangiri Dambulla

Pallekele

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Welagedara

Uyanwatta

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Locations of grounds that have hosted an international match in Sri Lanka

List of grounds

Key
Symbol/ Word		Meaning
Name		Official name
Other names		Nicknames and past names used for the ground.
Capacity		Seating capacity of the stadium (approximately).
Ends		The names of the two ends of the ground.
Test	First	Starting date of the first Test match played.
Test	Last	Starting date of the last Test match played.
ODI	First	Date of the first One Day International played.
ODI	Last	Date of the last One Day International played.
T20I	First	Date of the first Twenty20 International played.
T20I	Last	Date of the last Twenty20 International played
Ref.		Reference(s)

Name	Image	Other names	Location	Capacity	Ends	Test		ODI		T20I		Ref.
Name	Image	Other names	Location	Capacity	Ends	First	Last	First	Last	First	Last	Ref.
Asgiriya Stadium		data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	Kandy, Central Province	10,300	Hunnasgiriya End Hanthana End	v 22 April 1983	v 1 December 2007	v 2 March 1986	v 16 December 2001	—	—	^[12]^[13]
Colombo Cricket Club Ground (CCC)		Maitland Crescent	Colombo, Western Province	6,000	Press Box End Pavilion End	v 24 March 1984	v 16 April 1987	—	—	—	—	^[1]
De Soysa Stadium		Moratuwa Stadium, Tyronne Fernando Stadium	Moratuwa, Western Province	16,000	Press Box End Katubadda End	v 8 September 1992	v 8 December 1993	v 31 March 1984	v 14 August 1993	—	—	^[2]
Galle International Stadium		The Esplanade	Galle, Southern Province	35,000	City End Fort End	v 3 June 1998	v 18 September 2024	v 22 August 1999	v 2 July 2017	—	—	^[14]^[15]
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium		Sooriyawewa International Cricket Stadium	Hambantota, Southern Province	35,000	Thanamalwila End Sooriyawewa End	data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	—	v 20 February 2011	v 4 August 2023	v 1 June 2012	v 6 August 2013	^[16]^[17]
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium		P. Sara Oval, Colombo Oval	Colombo, Western Province	15,000	Janashakthi Complex End Scoreboard End	v 17 February 1987	v 22 August 2019	v 13 April 1983	v 20 July 2007	v 1 February 2010	v 24 November 2014	^[18]
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium		Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium	Pallekele, Central Province	35,000	Hunnasgiriya End Rikillagaskada End	v 1 December 2010	v 29 April 2021	v 8 March 2011	v 16 February 2024	v 6 August 2011	v 30 July 2024	^[19]
R. Premadasa Stadium		Khettarama Stadium	Colombo, Western Province	35,000	Khettarama End Scoreboard End	v 28 August 1992	v 14 July 2017	v 5 April 1986	v 7 August 2024	v 10 February 2009	v 18 January 2024	^[20]
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium		data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, #2C2C2C); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	Dambulla, Central Province	16,800	Press Box End Scoreboard End	—	—	v 23 March 2001	v 13 October 2018	v 17 February 2024	v 21 February 2024	^[21]
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)		Maitland Place, Lord's of Sri Lanka	Colombo, Western Province	10,000	Tennis Courts End South End	v 13 March 1984	v 2 February 2024	v 13 February 1982	v 22 February 2020	v 3 February 2010	v 4 February 2010	^[22]