Reverse Around the rim, the country name Sri Lanka: in Tamil on the right: "இலங்கை", in Sinhala at the top: "ශ්රී ලංකාව", in English on the left: "SRI LANKA". At the bottom, the year of issue: "2007". In the central part is the coat of arms of Sri Lanka. Below it is the numeral 1000 and the inscription: "RUPIYAL" in Tamil, Sinhala, and English.
Obverse In the central part, a man playing cricket is depicted. Above him is a two-line inscription in English: "2007 CRICKET WORLD CUP March 13 - April 28". Along the rim are the names of the participating countries of the championship in English, in two lines.