Mahela Jayawardene holds several batting and fielding test cricket records for Sri Lanka. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level.[ 1] A Test match takes place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[ 2] [ 3] Sri Lanka obtained Full Member status of the ICC in 1981, becoming the eighth nation eligible to play Test cricket.[ 4] The Sri Lanka national cricket team played their first Test match on 17 February 1982, against England, and recorded their first victory on 6 September 1985, in a match against India .[ 5] Since then, they have played nearly 300 matches, against every other Test-playing nation.[ 6] Sri Lanka holds the world record for the highest team score, which was established against India in 1997.[ 7] The highest partnership in Test cricket was also established by two Sri Lankan batsmen; Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara.[ 8] Sri Lankan players also hold the highest partnership scores for the second and third wickets.[ 9]
Top order batsman and former captain Kumar Sangakkara holds several Sri Lankan batting records as he has scored the most runs for Sri Lanka in Test cricket. He is also the record holder for the highest number of centuries as well as the highest number of half-centuries. The 374 made by Mahela Jayawardene against South Africa in 2006 is the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan cricketer, surpassing the previous best of 340 by Sanath Jayasuriya, which was established in 1997.[ 10] It is also the fourth-highest individual score in Test cricket. Jayawardene, Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara [319] are the only Sri Lankan players who have scored triple centuries.[ 11]
Muttiah Muralitharan, who was hailed by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002 as the "best bowler ever" in Test cricket, dominates the bowling records for Sri Lanka.[ 12] He is the world record holder for the highest number of wickets, the most five wickets per innings, as well as the most ten wickets per match.[ 13] Muralitharan also holds the records for the best bowling average, best figures in an innings, best figures in a match, and best figures in a series. He missed an opportunity to capture all ten wickets in an innings in 2002 against Zimbabwe, when Chaminda Vaas took the last wicket after Muralitharan had taken the previous nine.[ 14] The Sri Lankan team won an ODI series against Australia in Australia in 2010. However, they are yet to register a Test match win and an ODI series win against India in India, as of 2017.
Sri Lanka holds a unique record of having the most Test wickets by both a right arm and left arm bowler:: Muralitharan with 800 wickets and Rangana Herath with 433 wickets.
Key The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties and the partnership records . Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Sri Lanka only, and are correct as of March 2022[update] .
Key Symbol Meaning † Player or umpire is currently active in Test cricket * Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken ♠ Test cricket record d Innings was declared (e.g. 8/758d) Date Starting date of the Test match Innings Number of innings played Matches Number of matches played Opposition The team India was playing against Period The time period when the player was active in Test cricket Player The player involved in the record Venue Test cricket ground where the match was played
Team records
Team wins, losses, and draws
First Test series wins
First Test match wins
Team scoring records
Most runs in an innings
Highest successful run chases Rank Score Target Opposition Venue Date 1 391/6 388 Zimbabwe R Premadasa Stadium , Colombo , Sri Lanka 14 July 2017 2 352/9 352 South Africa Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium , Colombo , Sri Lanka 4 August 2006 3 326/5 326 Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 14 January 1998 4 304/9 304 South Africa Kingsmead , Durban , South Africa 13 February 2019 5 268/4 268 New Zealand Galle International Stadium , Galle , Sri Lanka 14 August 2019 Last updated: 29 April 2023 [ 20]
Fewest runs in an innings
Most runs conceded in an innings Rank Score Opposition Venue Date 1 765/6d Pakistan National Stadium , Karachi , Pakistan 21 February 2009 2 726/9d India Brabourne Stadium , Mumbai , India 2 December 2009 3 707 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 26 July 2010 4 676/7 Green Park Stadium , Kanpur , India 17 December 1986 5 671/4 New Zealand Basin Reserve , Wellington , New Zealand 31 January 1991 Last updated: 29 April 2023 [ 22]
Least runs conceded in an innings
Result records A Test match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their two innings . If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If one side scores more runs in a single innings than the total runs scored by the other side in both their innings, it is known as a win by innings and runs. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets , indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.[ 24]
Greatest win margins (by innings)
Greatest win margins (by runs)
Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets) Rank Number of Victories Opposition Most Recent Venue Date 1 2 West Indies Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 29 November 2001 India Galle International Stadium , Galle , Sri Lanka 18 July 2010 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club , Harare , Zimbabwe 19 January 2020 4 1 England The Oval , London , England 14 August 1998 Bangladesh Shaheed Chandu Stadium , Bogra , Bangladesh 8 March 2006 New Zealand Galle International Stadium , Galle , Sri Lanka 17 November 2012 Afghanistan Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 5 February 2024 Last updated: 05 February 2024 [ 25]
Narrowest win margins (by runs)
Narrowest win margins (by wickets)
Greatest loss margins (by innings) Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 Innings and 239 runs India Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium , Nagpur , India 24 November 2017 2 Innings and 229 runs South Africa Newlands , Cape Town , South Africa 2 January 2001 3 Innings and 222 runs India Punjab Cricket Association Stadium , Mohali , India 4 March 2022 4 Pakistan Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 24 July 2023 5 Innings and 208 runs South Africa Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 6 September 1993 Last updated: 29 July 2023 [ 27]
Greatest loss margins (by runs) Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 423 runs New Zealand Hagley Oval , Christchurch , New Zealand 26 December 2018 2 366 runs Australia Manuka Oval , Canberra , Australia 1 February 2019 3 304 runs India Galle International Stadium , Galle , Sri Lanka 17 July 2017 4 301 runs Pakistan Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium , Colombo , Sri Lanka 9 August 1994 5 282 runs South Africa Newlands , Cape Town , South Africa 2 January 2017 Last updated: 29 April 2023 [ 27]
Greatest loss margins (by 10 wickets)
Narrowest loss margins (by runs) Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 7 runs South Africa Asgiriya Stadium , Kandy , Sri Lanka 30 July 2000 2 16 runs Australia Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 17 August 1992 3 27 runs Asgiriya Stadium , Kandy , Sri Lanka 16 March 2004 4 42 runs England Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 23 November 2018 5 57 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium , Pallekele , Sri Lanka 14 November 2018 Last updated: 29 April 2023 [ 28]
Narrowest loss margins (by wickets) Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 2 wicket New Zealand Hagley Oval , Christchurch , New Zealand 9 March 2023 2 3 wicket Pakistan Iqbal Stadium , Faisalabad , Pakistan 2 January 1992 England Asgiriya Stadium , Kandy , Sri Lanka 7 March 2001 South Africa Centurion Park , Centurion , South Africa 26 December 1998 5 4 wicket England Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 15 March 2001 Bangladesh Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium , Colombo , Sri Lanka 17 March 2017 Pakistan Galle International Stadium , Galle , Sri Lanka 20 July 2023 Last updated: 20 July 2023 [ 28]
Individual records
Batting records Sangakkara holds several Sri Lanka Test cricket records in batting
Most career runs Kumar Sangakkara is the fifth-highest scoring batsman in Test cricket.[ 29]
Rank Runs Player Matches Innings Period 1 12,400 Kumar Sangakkara 134 233 2000–2015 2 11,814 Mahela Jayawardene 149 252 1997–2014 3 7,608 Angelo Mathews † 109 193 2009-2024 4 6,973 Sanath Jayasuriya 110 188 1991-2007 5 6,899 Dimuth Karunaratne † 91 174 2012-2024 6 6,361 Aravinda de Silva 93 159 1984-2002 7 5,502 Marvan Atapattu 90 156 1990-2007 8 5,492 Tillakaratne Dilshan 87 145 1999-2013 9 5,479 Dinesh Chandimal † 79 142 2011-2024 10 5,462 Thilan Samaraweera 81 132 2001-2013 Last updated: 2 April 2024 [ 29]
Fastest runs getter Runs Batsman Match Innings Record Date Reference 1000 Roy Dias 12 23 14 September 1985 [ 30] Michael Vandort 15 22 March 2008 Dhananjaya de Silva 12 31 January 2018 2000 Kumar Sangakkara 29 46 20 June 2003 [ 31] 3000 Mahela Jayawardene 42 65 16 May 2002 [ 32] 4000 57 91 24 March 2004 [ 33] 5000 Kumar Sangakkara 64 106 15 December 2006 [ 34] 6000 71 116 18 December 2007 [ 35] 7000 83 138 20 July 2009 [ 36] 8000 91 ♠ 152 ♠ 3 August 2010 [ 37] 9000 103 ♠ 172 ♠ 3 November 2011 [ 38] 10000 115 195 ♠ 26 December 2012 [ 39] 11000 122 ♠ 208 ♠ 4 February 2014 [ 40] 12000 130 ♠ 224 ♠ 3 January 2015 [ 41] Last updated: 29 April 2023
Most runs in each batting position
Most runs against each team
Highest individual score
Highest individual score – progression of record Runs Player Opponent Venue Season 77 Roy Dias England Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium , Colombo , Sri Lanka 1981–82 157 Sidath Wettimuny Pakistan Iqbal Stadium , Faisalabad , Pakistan 190 England Lord's , London , England 1984 201* Brendon Kuruppu New Zealand Colombo Cricket Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 1987 267 Aravinda de Silva Basin Reserve , Wellington , New Zealand 1991 340 Sanath Jayasuriya India R Premadasa Stadium , Colombo , Sri Lanka 1997 374 Mahela Jayawardene South Africa Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 2006 Last updated: 29 April 2023 [ 63]
Highest individual score against each team Opposition Runs Player Venue Date Ref Afghanistan 141 Angelo Mathews Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo 3 February 2024 Australia 206* Dinesh Chandimal Galle Stadium , Galle 11 July 2022 [ 64] Bangladesh 319 Kumar Sangakkara Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium , Chittagong 4 February 2014 [ 65] England 213* Mahela Jayawardene Galle International Stadium , Galle 18 December 2007 [ 66] India 340 Sanath Jayasuriya R. Premadasa Stadium , Colombo 2 August 1997 [ 67] Ireland 245 Kusal Mendis Galle Stadium , Galle 24 April 2023 [ 68] New Zealand 267 Aravinda de Silva Basin Reserve , Wellington 31 January 1991 [ 69] Pakistan 253 Sanath Jayasuriya Iqbal Stadium , Faisalabad 20 October 2004 [ 70] South Africa 374 Mahela Jayawardene Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo 27 July 2006 [ 71] West Indies 204* Hashan Tillakaratne 29 November 2001 [ 72] Zimbabwe 270 Kumar Sangakkara Queens Sports Club , Bulawayo 14 May 2004 [ 73] Last updated: 3 February 2024.
Highest career average In cricket, batting average is the mean number of runs scored per innings. It is calculated by dividing total runs scored (including innings where he remained not out ) by the number of times the batsman has been dismissed.[ 74]
Highest Average in each batting position
Most Test half-centuries
Most Test centuries
Most Test double centuries
Most triple centuries
Most Sixes
Most Fours
Highest batting strike rate Rank Strike Rate Player Runs Balls Period 1 72.25 Kusal Perera 1,177 1,629 2015–2021 2 70.28 Muttiah Muralitharan 1,261 1,794 1992–2010 3 66.46 Niroshan Dickwella † 2,757 4,148 2014–2023 4 65.54 Tillakaratne Dilshan 5,492 8,379 1999–2013 5 65.18 Sanath Jayasuriya 6,973 10,698 1991–2007 Qualification: 1,000 balls. Last updated: 29 April 2023 [ 92]
Most runs in a series
Most ducks in career "Duck" refers to a batsman dismissed without scoring.[ 94]
Bowling records Muttiah Muralitharan dominates the bowling records for Sri Lanka.
Most wickets in a career Muralitharan, who is the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, has taken 5 wickets for the ICC World XI team during a match in 2005, which are not included in this list.[ 96] Muralitharan and Shane Warne —who ranks second with 708 wickets—are the only bowlers who have captured more than 700 Test wickets.[ 97]
Most career wickets against each team
Fastest wicket taker Wickets Bowler Match Record Date Reference 50 Prabath Jayasuriya 7 24 April 2023 [ 110] 100 Dilruwan Perera 25 2 December 2017 [ 111] 150 Muttiah Muralitharan 36 14 January 1998 [ 112] 200 42 27 August 1998 [ 113] 250 51 12 March 2000 [ 114] 300 58 26 December 2000 [ 115] 350 66 ♠ 6 September 2001 [ 116] 400 72 ♠ 12 January 2002 [ 117] 450 80 ♠ 3 May 2003 [ 118] 500 87 ♠ 16 March 2004 [ 119] 600 101 ♠ 8 March 2006 [ 120] 700 113 ♠ 11 July 2007 [ 121] 750 122 ♠ 31 July 2008 [ 122] 800 133 ♠ 18 July 2010 [ 123] Last updated: 29 April 2023
Muttiah Muralitharan's 9 wickets for 51 runs against Zimbabwe is Test cricket's fifth-best bowling figures in a single innings.[ 124] Also Rangana Herath's 9 wickets for 127 runs against Pakistan is the Best bowling figures by a left hand bowler in Test cricket history.[ 125]
The Sri Lankan record of 16 wickets for 220 runs set by Muttiah Muralitharan against England is the fifth-best figures by a bowler in a single Test match.[ 138]
Best career average Bowling average is the measurement of mean runs conceded per wicket. In calculating this the total number of runs conceded by the bowler is divided by the number of wickets captured.[ 74]
Rank Average Player Wickets Runs Balls Period 1 22.67 Muttiah Muralitharan 795 18,023 43,715 1992–2010 2 26.60 Asitha Fernando † 45 1,195 2,125 2021–2024 3 28.00 Prabath Jayasuriya † 71 1,988 3,875 2022–2024 4 28.07 Rangana Herath 433 12,157 25,993 1999–2018 5 29.58 Chaminda Vaas 355 10,501 23,438 1994–2009 Kasun Rajitha † 55 1,627 2,996 2018–2024 Qualification: 2,000 deliveries. Last updated: 3 April 2024 [ 140]
Best career economy rate A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[ 94]
Rank Economy rate Player Wickets Runs Balls Period 1 2.33 Don Anurasiri 41 1,548 3,973 1986–1998 2 2.46 Sanath Jayasuriya 98 3,366 8,188 1991–2007 3 2.47 Muttiah Muralitharan 795 18,023 43,715 1992–2010 4 2.52 Kumar Dharmasena 69 2,920 6,939 1993–2004 5 2.62 Jayananda Warnaweera 32 1,021 2,333 1984–1994 Arjuna Ranatunga 16 1,040 2,373 1984–2000 Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 29 April 2023 [ 141]
Best career strike rate A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[ 94]
Rank Strike rate Player Wickets Runs Balls Period 1 45.2 Asitha Fernando † 45 1,135 2,035 2021–2024 2 51.5 Lasith Malinga 101 3,349 5,209 2004–2010 3 53.8 Prabath Jayasuriya † 69 1,889 3,713 2022–2024 4 54.5 Kasun Rajitha † 55 1,627 2,996 2018–2024 5 54.9 Muttiah Muralitharan 795 18,023 43,715 1992–2010 Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 1 April 2024 [ 142]
Most five-wicket hauls in an innings Taking five or more wickets in a single innings (called a five-wicket haul , fifer or five-for) is considered a notable achievement for a bowler.[ 143] Muralitharan is well ahead of other bowlers by number of five-wicket hauls in Tests with 67 to his name; Australian cricketer Shane Warne ranks in second place with only 37, 30 below Murali. Which shows the class of Murali in bowling compared to Warne.[ 144]
Most ten-wickets in a match Muralitharan has taken ten or more wickets in a match on more occasions than any other bowler in Test cricket. He has performed this feat 22 times, more than double the number of the bowler ranking second—Shane Warne, who has achieved this on 10 occasions.[ 146]
Rank Figures Player Overs Opposition Venue Date 1 0/164 Dilruwan Perera 47 Australia Manuka Oval , Canberra , Australia 1 February 2019 Lahiru Kumara 25 New Zealand Basin Reserve , Wellington , New Zealand 17 March 2023 3 0/155 Praveen Jayawickrama 51 Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium , Dhaka , Bangladesh 23 May 2022 4 0/154 Chaminda Vaas 40 Australia Cazaly's Stadium , Cairns , Australia 9 July 2004 5 0/151 Nuwan Pradeep 32 Pakistan Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 30 June 2012 Last updated:29 April 2023 [ 149]
Most wickets in a series
Hat-trick In cricket , a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings , but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count.
Wicket-keeping records Former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has assisted in the highest number of dismissals as wicketkeeper. A wicketkeeper can assist in the dismissal of a batsman by taking a catch or stumping .[ 153] A catch taken by the wicketkeeper means the batsman will be ruled out caught, although it may be referred to as "caught behind". A stumping occurs when the wicketkeeper catches a ball delivered by the bowler (provided it is a legal delivery) and putting down the batsman's wicket while he is out of his ground.[ 154]
Most dismissals
Most catches
Most stumpings
Most dismissals in an innings
Most dismissals in a match Rank Dismissals Player Opposition Venue Date 1 9 Amal Silva India Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 30 August 1985 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium , Colombo , Sri Lanka 6 September 1985 Prasanna Jayawardene Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai , UAE 8 January 2014 4 8 Dinesh Chandimal Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium , Colombo , Sri Lanka 25 June 2015 5 7 Hashan Tillakaratne New Zealand Seddon Park , Hamilton , New Zealand 22 February 1991 Chamara Dunusinghe McLean Park , Napier , New Zealand 11 March 1995 Prasanna Jayawardene Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium , Chittagong , Bangladesh 3 January 2009 Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium , Sharjah, UAE 16 January 2014 Niroshan Dickwella Sinhalese Sports Club Ground , Colombo , Sri Lanka 14 August 2014 West Indies Sir Vivian Richards Stadium , North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda 29 March 2021 Dinesh Chandimal South Africa Newlands , Cape Town , South Africa 2 January 2017 Niroshan Dickwella West Indies Sir Vivian Richards Stadium , Antigua , Antigua & Barboda 29 March 2021 Last updated: 11 July 2022 [ 157]
Most dismissals in a series
Fielding records
Most catches in a career A "catch" occurs when a ball hit by the batsman in the air is held by a fielder within the field of play, before it hits the ground. In such a case, the batsman is ruled out caught .[ 159]
Most catches in a series
All-round Records
1000 runs and 100 wickets A total of 71 players have achieved the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in their Test career.[ 162]
Rank Player Average Difference Period Matches Runs Bat Avg Wickets Bowl Avg 1 Chaminda Vaas −5.25 1994-2009 111 3089 24.32 355 29.58 2 Muttiah Muralitharan −10.79 1992-2010 132 1259 11.87 795 22.67 3 Rangana Herath −13.42 1999-2018 93 1699 14.64 433 28.07 4 Dilruwan Perera −17.01 2014-2021 43 1303 18.88 161 35.90 Last updated: 11 July 2022 [ 163]
Other records
Most career matches
Most consecutive career matches
Most matches played as captain
Most man of the match awards
Most man of the series awards
Youngest players on Debut
Oldest players on debut
Oldest players
Partnership records
Highest wicket partnerships Sri Lanka holds the highest partnerships in Test cricket for any wicket and, with the records for the second, and third wickets.[ 175]
Highest partnerships The world record partnership between Jayawardene and Sangakkara for 624 runs, and the partnership between Jayasuriya and Mahanama for 576 runs (which was the previous world record, and is now the second-highest partnership in Tests) are the only Test partnerships to surpass 500 runs.[ 177] [ 178]
Highest overall partnership runs by a pair
Umpiring records Rank Matches Umpire Period 1 73 Kumar Dharmasena † 2010–2021 2 49 Asoka de Silva 2000–2011 3 25 K. T. Francis 1982–1999 4 21 B. C. Cooray 1992–2001 5 11 Peter Manuel 1993–2001 Last updated: 11 July 2022 [ 181]
See also
Notes
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