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Sadeera Samarawickrama

Kusal Mendis (W)

Dhananjaya de Silva

Charith Asalanka

Sahan Arachchige

Dasun Shanaka (C)

Wanindu Hasaranga

Maheesh Theekshana

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Dilshan Madushanka

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Max O'Dowd

Vikramjit Singh

Wesley Barresi

Noah Croes

Teja Nidamanuru

Scott Edwards (C) (W)

Saqib Zulfiqar

Logan van Beek

Clayton Floyd

Ryan Klein

Aryan Dutt

Bastiaan Franciscus Wilhelmus de Leede

Benjamin Edwin Fletcher

Cedric de Lange

Colin Niel Ackermann

Daniel Tarric Doram

Frederick Jack Klaassen

Kyle Klein

Maxwell Patrick O'Dowd

Michael Levitt

Noah Roderick Joseph Croes

Paul Adriaan van Meekeren

Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe

Saqib Mohammad Zulfiqar

Scott Andrew Edwards

Thomas Sebastiaan Braat

Shariz Ahmad

Sikander Ali Zulfiqar

Anil Teja Nidamanuru

Timm van der Gugten

Timothy James Gerard Pringle

Vivian Jilling Kingma

Zach Benjamin Lion-Cachet

Asitha Madusanka Fernando

Pramod Bhanuka Bandara Rajapaksa

Binura Fernando

Chamika Karunaratne

Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka

Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka

Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva

Lokumarakkalage Dilshan Madushanka

Dunith Nethmika Wellalage

Munasinghe Arachchige Dushan Ishara Hemantha

Pathira Vasan Dushmantha Chameera

Kiribathgala Kankanamalage Eshan Malinga Dharmasena

Kongala Liyanage Janith Vimukthi

Jeffrey Dexter Francis Vandersay

Rajapaksha Vidana Pathiranalage Kamil Mishara

Pasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis

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Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera

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Pathum Nissanka Silva

Pavan Rathnayake

Pramod Madushan Liyanagamage

Wedagedara Sadeera Rashen Samarawickrama

Traveen Sashenka Mathew

Vijayakanth Viyaskanth

Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga De Silva

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<p>Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka stamped their authority with a 128-run win over Netherlands in the World Cup 2023 Qualifiers final at Harare Sports Club.

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Theekshana-Madushanka's clinical display bundles out Netherlands for 105, Sri Lanka win World Cup Qualifiers final by 128 runs

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Sri Lanka vs Netherlands Stats

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Best Strike Rate

Most 4s

Most 6s

Most Wickets

Sean Williams

ZIM

600 Runs 7 Matches•7 Inns

Pathum Nissanka

SL

417 Runs 8 Matches•8 Inns

Dimuth Karunaratne

SL

369 Runs 7 Matches•7 Inns

Brandon McMullen

SCO

364 Runs 7 Matches•7 Inns

Nicholas Pooran

WI

350 Runs 7 Matches•7 Inns

Shai Hope

WI

341 Runs 7 Matches•7 Inns

Vikramjit Singh

NED

326 Runs 8 Matches•8 Inns

Sikandar Raza

ZIM

325 Runs 7 Matches•6 Inns

Ayaan Khan

OMA

315 Runs 7 Matches•7 Inns

Scott Edwards

NED

314 Runs 8 Matches•7 Inns

Max O'Dowd

NED

299 Runs 8 Matches•8 Inns

Richie Berrington

SCO

291 Runs 7 Matches•7 Inns

Bas de Leede

NED

285 Runs 7 Matches•7 Inns

Paul Stirling

IRE

264 Runs 6 Matches•6 Inns

Brandon King

WI

260 Runs 7 Matches•7 Inns

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