Sri Lankan cricket team records
This page details Sri Lanka national cricket team records.
Head to Head records with other teams
Overall
International match Summary – Sri Lanka[1]
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | D/NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test matches | 253 | 80 | 92 | 0 | 81 | 17 February 1982 |
| One-Day Internationals | 782 | 368 | 374 | 5 | 35 | 7 June 1975 |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 87 | 46 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 15 June 2006 |
Updated 27 November 2016
Test matches
Test record versus other nations[2]
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | D | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
v  Australia | 29 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 11 September 1999 |
v  Bangladesh | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 September 2001 |
v  England | 31 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 18 March 1993 |
v  India | 38 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 11 September 1985 |
v  New Zealand | 32 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 9 December 1992 |
v  Pakistan | 51 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 18 March 1986 |
v  South Africa | 22 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 23 July 2000 |
v  West Indies | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 November 2001 |
v  Zimbabwe | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 September 1996 |
Updated 10 November 2016
One-Day International
ODI record versus other nations[3]
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v Australia | 96 | 32 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 13 April 1983 |
| v Bangladesh | 38 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 April 1986 |
| v England | 69 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 14 February 1982 |
| v India | 149 | 54 | 83 | 1 | 11 | 18 June 1979 |
| v New Zealand | 95 | 41 | 45 | 1 | 8 | 18 June 1983 |
| v Pakistan | 147 | 58 | 84 | 1 | 4 | 12 March 1982 |
| v South Africa | 57 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 March 1992 |
| v West Indies | 56 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 19 October 1989 |
| v Zimbabwe | 50 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 February 1992 |
| v {Associate Members} | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 March 1996 |
Note that career records are for Sri Lanka only and exclude matches for ICC World XI and Asia XI.
Updated 27 November 2016
Twenty20 International
T20I record versus other nations[4]
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v Australia | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 June 2009 |
| v Bangladesh | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 September 2007 |
| v England | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 June 2006 |
| v India | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 December 2009 |
| v New Zealand | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 December 2006 |
| v Pakistan | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 October 2008 |
| v South Africa | 6 | 2 | 4 | 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 |
| v {Associate Members} | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 September 2007 |
Updated 9 September 2016
Test records
Main article: List of Sri Lankan Test cricket records
Records are bold if it is a World Record.
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.
- 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 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 (146).
- 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.
ODI records
Main article: List of Sri Lanka One Day International cricket records
Records are bold if it is a World Record.
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 opening partnership – 286 by Sanath Jayasuriya (152) and Upul Tharanga (109) against England in July 2006.
- 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 has taken most stumpings in career as a wicketkeeper in ODIs with 99 stumpings.
- Kumar Sangakkara is the only bastman to score four consecutive centuries in ODIs.
- Tillakaratne Dilshan has scored the highest individual score in ODIs without hitting a six, with 161* runs with only 22 fours.
- 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 fist ball, ODI - Ricky Ponting in his second ball, T20I - Gautam Gambhir in his fourth ball where all balls in his debut over.
T20I records
Main article: List of Sri Lanka T20 International cricket records
Records are bold if it is a World Record.
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 - 78 by Lasith Malinga in 62 matches at an average of 20.28.
- 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.
Other records
- Most number of catches – Tillakaratne Dilshan (31) in 80 matches.
- Tillakaratne Dilshan is the only player to score centuries in all formats as a captain.
Records by tournament
World Cup records
Records are bold if it is a World Record.
- Team records
- Highest team total – 398/5 against Kenya in 1996.
- Sri Lanka walked off with a 210-runs victory against Canada at Hambantota on 20 February 2011, the seventh largest in World Cup history.
- Individual records
- Most number of runs – Kumar Sangakkara (1532) in 37 matches.
- Highest individual score – Tillakaratne Dilshan (161*) against Bangladesh in 2015.
- Best individual bowling – 6/25 by Chaminda Vaas against Bangladesh in 2003.
- Most number of dismissals (includes wicket-keeping) – Kumar Sangakkara (54) in 28 matches.
- Most number of wickets – Muttiah Muralitharan (68) in 40 matches.
- World's only bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive balls – Lasith Malinga against South Africa in 2007.
- World's only bowler to take two World Cup hat-tricks – Lasith Malinga against South Africa and Kenya in 2007 and 2011.[5]
- First Sri Lankan bowler to take a World Cup Hat-trick – Chaminda Vaas against Bangladesh in 2003.
- World's only bowler to have taken a World Cup Hat-trick in the first three balls of a match – Chaminda Vaas against Bangladesh in 2003.
- World's only batsman to score four consecutive centuries - Kumar Sangakkara scored four consecutive centuries against Bangladesh (105*), England (117*), Australia (104) and Scotland (124).
- Partnership records
- Highest opening partnership – 282 by Upul Tharanga(133) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (144) against Zimbabwe in 2011.
- First 200 run opening stand in World Cup Cricket – 282 by Upul Tharanga(133) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (144) against Zimbabwe in 2011.
- 'Highest partnership (runs) – 282 for the first wicket by Upul Tharanga (133) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (144) against Zimbabwe.
- Other records
- Most number of matches played – Muttiah Muralitharan (40).
References
- ↑ "One-Day Internationals / Team records". Cricinfo.com.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka / Records / Test matches". Cricinfo.com.
- ↑ "One-Day Internationals / Team records". Cricinfo.com.
- ↑ "Twenty20 Internationals / Team records". Cricinfo.com.
- ↑ "Hat trick in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011". Cricket Archives.
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