Sri Lankan cricket team records

Overall

International Match Summary – Sri Lanka^[1]

Updated 11 October 2018

Test Matches

Test record versus other nations^[2]

Opponent	M	W	L	T	D	First win
v  Afghanistan	0	-	-	-	-	-
v  Australia	29	4	17	0	8	11 September 1999
v  Bangladesh	20	16	1	0	3	8 September 2001
v  England	31	8	12	0	11	18 March 1993
v  India	44	7	20	0	17	11 September 1985
v  Ireland	0	-	-	-	-	-
v  New Zealand	32	8	14	0	10	9 December 1992
v  Pakistan	53	16	19	0	18	18 March 1986
v  South Africa	27	7	14	0	6	23 July 2000
v  West Indies	20	9	4	0	7	17 November 2001
v  Zimbabwe	18	13	0	0	5	14 September 1996

Updated 23 July 2018

One-Day International

ODI record versus other nations^[3]

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First win
vs Test nations
v  Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	0	3 March 2014
v  Australia	96	32	60	0	4	13 April 1983
v  Bangladesh	45	36	7	0	2	2 April 1986
v  England	70	34	33	1	2	14 February 1982
v  India	158	56	90	1	11	18 June 1979
v  Ireland	4	4	0	0	0	18 April 2007
v  New Zealand	95	41	45	1	8	18 June 1983
v  Pakistan	153	58	90	1	4	12 March 1982
v  South Africa	71	31	38	1	1	2 March 1992
v  West Indies	56	25	28	0	3	19 October 1989
v  Zimbabwe	57	44	11	0	2	23 February 1992
vs Associate/Affiliate Members
v  Bermuda	1	1	0	0	0	15 March 2007
v  Canada	2	2	0	0	0	19 February 2003
v  Kenya	6	5	1	0	0	6 March 1996
v  Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	16 September 2002
v  Scotland	2	2	0	0	0	13 July 2011
v  United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	0	0	17 July 2004

Note that career records are for Sri Lanka only and exclude matches for ICC World XI and Asia XI.
Updated 11 October 2018

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations^[4]

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First win
vs Test nations
v  Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	0	17 March 2016
v  Australia	13	8	5	0	0	8 June 2009
v  Bangladesh	11	7	4	0	0	18 September 2007
v  England	8	4	4	0	0	15 June 2006
v  India	16	5	11	0	0	9 December 2009
v  Ireland	1	1	0	0	0	14 June 2009
v  New Zealand	15	6	7	1	1	22 December 2006
v  Pakistan	18	5	13	0	0	13 October 2008
v  South Africa	9	4	5	0	0	12 September 2012
v  West Indies	9	6	3	0	0	10 June 2009
v  Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	0	10 October 2008
vs Associate/Affiliate Members
v  Canada	1	1	0	0	0	12 October 2008
v  Kenya	1	1	0	0	0	14 September 2007
v  Netherlands	1	1	0	0	0	24 March 2014
v  United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	0	25 February 2016

Updated 16 March 2018

Team records

• Highest team total – 952/6 against India in 1997, in which the record holding partnership between the two star batsman Roshan Mahanama and Sanath Jayasuriya was witnessed.

Individual records

Batting records

• Highest aggregate of runs- Kumar Sangakkara (12,400) in 134 matches at an Average of 57.40
• Highest individual score – 374 by Mahela Jayawardene against South Africa in July 2006.
• Most number of centuries – Kumar Sangakkara (38) in 134 matches.
• Most number of half centuries – Kumar Sangakkara (52) in 134 matches.
• Most number of dismissals(includes wicket-keeping) – Kumar Sangakkara (175 dismissals) in 134 matches.
• Most number of catches – Mahela Jayawardene (205) in 149 matches.
• Highest average (qualification 20 inns.) – Kumar Sangakkara (57.40)
• Fastest 8,000 runs – Kumar Sangakkara (152 innings)
• Fastest 9,000 runs – Kumar Sangakkara (172 innings)
• Fastest 11,000 runs – Kumar Sangakkara (208 innings)
• Fastest 12,000 runs - Kumar Sangakkara (224 innings)
• Most runs on a single ground – 2921 Mahela Jayawardena at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Bowling records

• Most wickets in career - 800 by Muttiah Muralitharan with 22.67 average.
• Most wickets by a left-arm bowler - Rangana Herath (430)
• Most wickets by a left-arm spinner - Rangana Herath (430)
• Best figures in an innings - 9 for 51 by Muttiah Muralitharan against India in 2002.
• Best figures in a match - 16 for 220 by Muttiah Muralitharan against England in 1998.
• Most wickets on a single ground - 166 wickets in 24 matches by Muttiah Muralitharan at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo.
• Best average - Muttiah Muralitharan 22.72 in 133 matches.
• Most five wicket hauls in an innings - Muttiah Muralitharan (67)
• Most five wicket hauls in the fourth innings - Rangana Herath (9)
• Most ten wicket hauls in a match - Muttiah Muralitharan (22)
• Most balls bowled in career - Muttiah Muralitharan (44039) in 133 matches.
• Most wickets taken bowled - Muttiah Muralitharan (167)
• Most wickets taken caught - Muttiah Muralitharan (435)
• Most wickets taken caught by a fielder - Muttiah Muralitharan (388)
• Most wickets taken stumped - Muttiah Muralitharan (47)
• Fastest to 350 wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan (66 matches)
• Fastest to 400 wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan (72 matches)
• Fastest to 450 wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan (80 matches)
• Fastest to 500 wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan (87 matches)
• Fastest to 600 wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan (101 matches)
• Fastest to 700 wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan (113 matches)
• Most wickets in a debut series - Ajantha Mendis (26) in 3 match series against India in 2008
• World's only bowler to take a hat-trick in the first three balls of the innings in tests - Nuwan Zoysa took three wickets against Zimbabwe in 2001.

Partnership records

• Highest partnership – 624 for the third wicket by Kumar Sangakkara (287) & Mahela Jayawardene (374) against South Africa in 2006.
• Highest partnership for the second wicket – 576 by Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama against India in 1997.
• Most partnership runs for the 3rd wicket – Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena (scored 5890 runs )

Other records

• Most number of matches played – Mahela Jayawardena (149).
• Most number of matches as captain – Arjuna Ranatunga (56) from 1989 to 1999.
• Most player-of-the-series awards in Tests – 11 by Muttiah Muralitharan.

Team records

• Highest team total – 443/9 against Netherlands in July 2006.

Individual records

Batting records

• Highest aggregate of runs – Kumar Sangakkara (14,234) in 404 matches at an average of 41.98
• Most number of matches played – Mahela Jayawardena (447).
• Most number of matches as captain – Arjuna Ranatunga (193) from 1988 to 1999.
• Highest individual score – 189 by Sanath Jayasuriya against India in October 2000.
• Most number of centuries – Sanath Jayasuriya (28) in 445 matches.
• Most number of half centuries – Kumar Sangakkara (93) in 404 matches.
• Most number of dismissals (includes wicket-keeping) – Kumar Sangakkara (501 dismissals) [402 ct. + 99 st.] in 404 matches.
• Most number of 4s – Sanath Jayasuriya (1500).
• Most number of 6s – Sanath Jayasuriya (279).
• Highest average (qualification 20 inns.) – Kumar Sangakkara (41.98).
• Highest number of sixes in a match – Sanath Jayasuriya (11).
• Highest number of fours in a match – Sanath Jayasuriya (24).
• Fastest 50 – scored by Sanath Jayasuriya (17 balls). Kusal Perera also scored fifty by 17 balls, but Jayasuriya has more higher strike rate.
• Fastest 100 – scored by Sanath Jayasuriya (48 balls).
• Fastest 150 – scored by Sanath Jayasuriya (99 balls).
• Most runs in a single ground – 2514 runs by Sanath Jayasuriya at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
• Most runs off one over – 35 by Thisara Perera against South Africa in 2013.

Bowling records

ODI Matches

• Most wickets in career - 534 by Muttiah Muralitharan with 23.08 average
• Best figures in an innings - 8 for 19 by Chaminda Vaas against Zimbabwe in 2001
• World's only bowler to achieve 8 wickets in history - Chaminda Vaas
• World's only bowler to achieve a hatrick in first three balls of the innings - Chaminda Vaas achieved a hatrick against Bangladesh in 2003
• World's only bowler to have taken four wickets in four consecutive balls - Lasith Malinga took four wickets in four consecutive balls against South Africa in 2007.
• World's only bowler to have three hatricks - Lasith Malinga have 3 ODI hatricks against South Africa, Kenya, and Australia.
• Most wickets taken caught - Muttiah Muralitharan (290)
• Most wickets taken caught and bowled - Muttiah Muralitharan (35)
• Most wickets taken caught by a fielder - Muttiah Muralitharan (246)
• Most wickets taken stumped - Muttiah Muralitharan (56)
• Fastest to reach 50 wickets - Ajantha Mendis (29)
• Fastest to reach 450 wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan (295)
• Fastest to reach 500 wickets - Muttiah Muralitharan (324)

Partnership records

• Highest ninth wicket partnership – 132 by Angelo Mathews (77) and Lasith Malinga (56) against Australia in November 2010.

Other records

• Sanath Jayasuriya is the first player to play in 400 matches.
• Sanath Jayasuriya is the only batsman in history to have two consecutive ODI scores above 150.
• Sanath Jayasuriya has the most ducks in an ODI career with 34 ducks.
• Sanath Jayasuriya is the first and only batsman to have contributed to highest ever totals of all three formats of the game.
• Kumar Dharmasena has the most innings before first duck in ODI cricket with 72 innings.
• Mahela Jayawardene took the most number of catches with (217) in 448 matches.
• Muttiah Muralitharan is the bowler that bowled most balls in ODI career with 18811 deliveries.
• Kumar Sangakkara is the only bastman to score four consecutive centuries in ODIs.
• Shaminda Eranga is the only bowler to have taken a wicket in his first over in all formats of the game - Test - Shane Watson in first ball, ODI - Ricky Ponting in his second ball, T20I - Gautam Gambhir in his fourth ball where all balls in his debut over.
• Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella are the first pair to score back-to-back double century partnerships for any wicket in ODI history.

Team records

• Highest team total – 260/6 against Kenya on 14 September 2007.
• Highest winning margin – 172 runs against Kenya on 14 September 2007.
• Lowest team total – Netherlands scored 39 runs against Sri Lanka in 2014.
• Highest winning margin (by balls remaining) – 90 balls remaining against Netherlands in 2014.

Individual records

Batting records

• Highest aggregate of runs - Tillakaratne Dilshan (1,889) in 80 matches at an average of 28.60
• Highest individual score - 104* by Tillakaratne Dilshan against Australia in 2011.
• Most number of 4s - Tillakaratne Dilshan (223)
• Most number of 6s - Mahela Jayawardena (33)
• Most number of centuries - Mahela Jayawardena and Tillakaratne Dilshan (1)
• Most number of half-centuries - Tillakaratne Dilshan (13)

Bowling records

• Most wickets in a career - 90 by Lasith Malinga in 68 matches at an average of 19.85
• Best figures in an innings - 6 for 8 by Ajantha Mendis against Zimbabwe in 2012.
• Best career bowling average - Ajantha Mendis with 14.42 in 39 matches.