Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chikwata chenyika chekiriketi cheSri Lanka chakabudirira zvikuru kutanga kuma1990, chichibva pakuva chinzvimbo chevasingakwanisi kusvika pakukunda Mukombe Wenyika weChiriketi wa1996. Vakakundawo 2014 ICC World Twenty20 yakatambirwa muBangladesh, vachikunda India mufainari. Mukuwedzera, Sri Lanka yakava mumhanyi wechipiri weCricket World Cup muna
2007 na2011, uye yeICC World Twenty20 muna 2009 na2012. Aimbove mutambi weSri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan akaverengerwa semutambi akanakisa mumutambo weTest Match na "Wisden Cricketers 'Almanack", uye vatambi vana veSri Lankan cricket vakaverengerwa 2nd (Sangakkara), 4th (Jayasuriya), 5th (Jayawardene) uye 11th (Dilshan) yepamusoro ODI run scorer yenguva dzese, inova yechipiri yakanakisa nechikwata. Sri Lanka yakakunda mukombe weAsia muna 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 na2014. Pane imwe nguva Sri Lanka ndiyo yaiva nechikwata chaiva nepfungwa dzakakwirira zvikuru mumhando dzose nhatu dzecricket. Nyika iyi yakabata makwikwi eCricket World Cup muna 1996 na2011, uye yakabata makwikwi eICC World Twenty20 muna 2012.