Cricket in Test matches
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
52.2 | 11 | 116 | 14 | 2.21 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 22 Mar 1982 | Test # 927 | |
36.4 | 10 | 121 | 13 | 3.30 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Gros Islet | 14 Jun 2018 | Test # 2308 | |
81.1 | 14 | 283 | 12 | 3.48 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2018 | Test # 2313 | |
35.0 | 13 | 71 | 11 | 2.02 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 03 Apr 2006 | Test # 1796 | |
28.4 | 8 | 94 | 11 | 3.27 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 | Test # 2213 | |
32.0 | 5 | 119 | 11 | 3.71 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 26 Aug 1994 | Test # 1267 | |
56.2 | 16 | 125 | 11 | 2.21 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 08 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
64.3 | 19 | 128 | 11 | 1.98 | India | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
25.1 | 11 | 45 | 10 | 1.78 | England | v Sri Lanka | Leeds | 19 May 2016 | Test # 2203 | |
29.4 | 11 | 62 | 10 | 2.08 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 24 Jan 2019 | Test # 2343 | |
29.0 | 5 | 92 | 10 | 3.17 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2017 | Test # 2244 | |
31.3 | 4 | 100 | 10 | 3.17 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Canberra | 01 Feb 2019 | Test # 2345 | |
38.0 | 11 | 102 | 10 | 2.68 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (CCC) | 24 Mar 1984 | Test # 985 | |
24.1 | 3 | 102 | 10 | 4.22 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Dec 2011 | Test # 2023 | |
37.4 | 10 | 107 | 10 | 2.84 | India | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 27 Dec 1986 | Test # 1063 | |
53.2 | 10 | 141 | 10 | 2.64 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
54.3 | 9 | 153 | 10 | 2.80 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 | Test # 1884 | |
41.2 | 5 | 155 | 10 | 3.75 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 16 Mar 2004 | Test # 1688 | |
64.0 | 13 | 157 | 10 | 2.45 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 | |
57.4 | 14 | 159 | 10 | 2.75 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 08 Mar 2004 | Test # 1685 | |
42.0 | 8 | 160 | 10 | 3.80 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 | Test # 2176 | |
68.1 | 5 | 181 | 10 | 2.65 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 03 Apr 2012 | Test # 2039 | |
56.3 | 7 | 183 | 10 | 3.23 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 15 Dec 2006 | Test # 1822 | |
83.0 | 23 | 190 | 10 | 2.28 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 28 Oct 2004 | Test # 1719 | |
30.2 | 12 | 60 | 9 | 1.97 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 23 Jun 2018 | Test # 2309 | |
28.0 | 11 | 77 | 9 | 2.75 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 23 Feb 1986 | Test # 1037 | |
31.0 | 8 | 85 | 9 | 2.74 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Kingston | 27 Jun 2003 | Test # 1649 | |
29.0 | 9 | 87 | 9 | 3.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 04 Mar 2022 | Test # 2452 | |
37.3 | 8 | 95 | 9 | 2.53 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Sialkot | 27 Oct 1985 | Test # 1027 | |
40.0 | 12 | 99 | 9 | 2.47 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 16 Jul 2014 | Test # 2129 | |
51.3 | 22 | 104 | 9 | 2.01 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Hobart | 14 Dec 2012 | Test # 2067 | |
36.0 | 12 | 106 | 9 | 2.94 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Sep 1993 | Test # 1233 | |
43.2 | 19 | 107 | 9 | 2.46 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2336 | |
36.0 | 3 | 121 | 9 | 3.36 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 29 Jun 2022 | Test # 2469 | |
53.2 | 16 | 130 | 9 | 2.43 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Hamilton | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1359 | |
38.0 | 4 | 152 | 9 | 4.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 02 Jan 1992 | Test # 1182 | |
60.4 | 12 | 155 | 9 | 2.55 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 17 Jun 2015 | Test # 2167 | |
44.5 | 4 | 176 | 9 | 3.92 | England | v Sri Lanka | Leeds | 20 Jun 2014 | Test # 2126 | |
59.0 | 11 | 211 | 9 | 3.57 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Auckland | 01 Mar 1991 | Test # 1165 | |
107.2 | 23 | 226 | 9 | 2.10 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 19 Apr 1997 | Test # 1366 | |
87.3 | 10 | 275 | 9 | 3.14 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 14 Jul 2017 | Test # 2263 | |
53.5 | 38 | 37 | 8 | 0.68 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
27.5 | 11 | 43 | 8 | 1.54 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 09 Mar 1984 | Test # 980 | |
19.0 | 8 | 47 | 8 | 2.47 | India | v Sri Lanka | Bengaluru | 12 Mar 2022 | Test # 2456 | |
35.0 | 8 | 73 | 8 | 2.08 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 09 Aug 1994 | Test # 1265 | |
22.1 | 3 | 78 | 8 | 3.51 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | St John's | 13 Jun 1997 | Test # 1369 | |
34.0 | 7 | 86 | 8 | 2.52 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 28 Aug 2015 | Test # 2179 | |
39.3 | 11 | 94 | 8 | 2.37 | England | v Sri Lanka | Chester-le-Street | 27 May 2016 | Test # 2204 | |
55.5 | 21 | 95 | 8 | 1.70 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
35.0 | 13 | 96 | 8 | 2.74 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 04 Mar 1983 | Test # 950 | |
38.0 | 13 | 96 | 8 | 2.52 | India | v Sri Lanka | Eden Gardens | 16 Nov 2017 | Test # 2281 | |
26.3 | 4 | 102 | 8 | 3.84 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Jul 2005 | Test # 1755 | |
44.5 | 16 | 112 | 8 | 2.49 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 08 Nov 2007 | Test # 1845 | |
56.5 | 18 | 113 | 8 | 1.98 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Dubai (DICS) | 26 Oct 2011 | Test # 2011 | |
48.0 | 16 | 115 | 8 | 2.39 | England | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 22 Aug 1991 | Test # 1176 | |
45.3 | 11 | 118 | 8 | 2.59 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 15 Sep 1995 | Test # 1305 | |
42.0 | 9 | 120 | 8 | 2.85 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 | Test # 2063 | |
52.0 | 15 | 120 | 8 | 2.30 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 15 Dec 2018 | Test # 2335 | |
33.3 | 3 | 120 | 8 | 3.58 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 03 Jan 2021 | Test # 2401 | |
36.0 | 7 | 123 | 8 | 3.41 | England | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 07 Mar 2001 | Test # 1532 | |
36.2 | 5 | 126 | 8 | 3.46 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 | Test # 2026 | |
46.3 | 12 | 127 | 8 | 2.73 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 27 Mar 1998 | Test # 1414 | |
45.4 | 11 | 130 | 8 | 2.84 | India | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 24 Nov 2017 | Test # 2283 | |
43.1 | 7 | 130 | 8 | 3.01 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 14 Jan 2021 | Test # 2403 | |
72.5 | 23 | 132 | 8 | 1.81 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 02 Dec 2003 | Test # 1670 | |
41.0 | 6 | 137 | 8 | 3.34 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 06 Nov 2018 | Test # 2324 | |
51.0 | 11 | 138 | 8 | 2.70 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Nov 2002 | Test # 1626 | |
41.5 | 10 | 140 | 8 | 3.34 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Dunedin | 07 Mar 1997 | Test # 1358 | |
53.0 | 7 | 141 | 8 | 2.66 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 29 Nov 2021 | Test # 2437 | |
56.0 | 7 | 151 | 8 | 2.69 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 31 Dec 2013 | Test # 2112 | |
52.0 | 5 | 151 | 8 | 2.90 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Jun 2015 | Test # 2168 | |
57.0 | 7 | 153 | 8 | 2.68 | England | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 14 Nov 2018 | Test # 2326 | |
53.2 | 14 | 156 | 8 | 2.92 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Hobart | 16 Dec 1989 | Test # 1133 | |
45.2 | 4 | 159 | 8 | 3.50 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Mirpur | 08 Feb 2018 | Test # 2296 | |
49.5 | 7 | 169 | 8 | 3.39 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Hobart | 16 Nov 2007 | Test # 1847 | |
84.0 | 16 | 171 | 8 | 2.03 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 28 Sep 2017 | Test # 2275 | |
62.1 | 17 | 172 | 8 | 2.76 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 1993 | Test # 1228 | |
44.0 | 4 | 175 | 8 | 3.97 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 | Test # 1716 | |
75.0 | 18 | 176 | 8 | 2.34 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 27 Jan 2020 | Test # 2383 | |
95.0 | 27 | 192 | 8 | 2.02 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | Test # 925 | |
47.2 | 5 | 207 | 8 | 4.37 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chennai | 17 Sep 1982 | Test # 934 | |
59.4 | 10 | 217 | 8 | 3.63 | England | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 10 Dec 2003 | Test # 1672 | |
67.5 | 11 | 231 | 8 | 3.40 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Dubai (DICS) | 06 Oct 2017 | Test # 2278 | |
68.0 | 12 | 232 | 8 | 3.41 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chennai | 17 Sep 1982 | Test # 934 | |
24.4 | 4 | 54 | 7 | 2.18 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Darwin | 01 Jul 2004 | Test # 1705 | |
22.4 | 9 | 59 | 7 | 2.60 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2001 | Test # 1528 | |
31.0 | 13 | 61 | 7 | 1.96 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Darwin | 01 Jul 2004 | Test # 1705 | |
30.4 | 6 | 72 | 7 | 2.34 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 20 Aug 2015 | Test # 2177 | |
38.5 | 13 | 75 | 7 | 1.93 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 | Test # 2063 | |
26.0 | 5 | 75 | 7 | 2.88 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2017 | Test # 2244 | |
32.2 | 14 | 78 | 7 | 2.41 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 16 Jul 2014 | Test # 2129 | |
30.0 | 6 | 79 | 7 | 2.63 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Peshawar | 08 Sep 1995 | Test # 1304 | |
32.1 | 9 | 79 | 7 | 2.45 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 21 Jun 2000 | Test # 1501 | |
26.0 | 9 | 80 | 7 | 3.07 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jul 2023 | Test # 2514 | |
38.5 | 12 | 81 | 7 | 2.08 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 11 Mar 1983 | Test # 951 | |
33.3 | 7 | 89 | 7 | 2.65 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Hamilton | 18 Dec 2015 | Test # 2194 | |
32.3 | 11 | 91 | 7 | 2.80 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 09 Mar 1984 | Test # 980 | |
53.0 | 16 | 92 | 7 | 1.73 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Jun 2000 | Test # 1499 | |
31.4 | 3 | 94 | 7 | 2.96 | England | v Sri Lanka | Cardiff | 26 May 2011 | Test # 1994 | |
26.0 | 1 | 94 | 7 | 3.61 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Jul 2018 | Test # 2311 |
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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figuresPerformances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]
New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]
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