Captain: Mahela Jayawardene [ Images ]
Coach: Tom Moody
Squad: Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold [ Images ], Marvan Atapattu [ Images ], Malinga Bandara, Tillakaratne Dilshan [ Images ], Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ], Nuwan Kulasekara [ Images ], Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga [ Images ], Muttiah Muralitharan [ Images ], Kumar Sangakkara [ Images ], Chamara Silva, Upul Tharanga, Chaminda Vaas [ Images ].
World Cup record: 1975 - first round; 1979 - first round; 1983 - first round; 1987 - first round; 1992 - first round; 1996 - champions; 1999 - first round; 2003 - semi-finalists.
Overall playing record: Played: 527, Won: 241, Lost: 263, Tied: 3, No result: 20.
Highest innings total: 443-9 v Netherlands, Amstelveen, 2006
Lowest innings total: 55 v West Indies [ Images ], Sharjah, 1986
Most appearances: 389 - Sanath Jayasuriya
Highest individual score: 189 - Sanath Jayasuriya
Leading run-scorer: 11,942 - Sanath Jayasuriya
Best bowling: 8-19 - Chaminda Vaas v Zimbabwe, 2001
Leading wicket-taker: 455 - Muttiah Muralitharan
Highest partnership: 286 (1st) - Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga v England [ Images ], Leeds, 2006
Most catches by a fielder: 122 - Mahela Jayawardene
Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper: 229 - Kumar Sangakkara
Road to Final:
Group Stage:
-- Defeated Bermuda by 243 runs.
-- Defeated Bangladesh by 198 runs (D/L method).
-- Defeated India [ Images ] by 69 runs.
Super Eights:
-- Lost to South Africa [ Images ] by one wicket.
-- Defeated West Indies by 113 runs.
-- Defeated England by two runs.
-- Defeated New Zealand [ Images ] by six wickets.
-- Lost to Australia by seven wickets.
-- Defeated Ireland by eight wickets.
Semi-final:
-- Defeated New Zealand by 81 runs

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