Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records for Sri Lanka (Host) in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HMRKB Herath	55.2	5	184	14	3.32	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
WPUJC Vaas	57.2	8	191	14	3.33	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
M Muralidaran	66.4	26	115	13	1.72	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
HMRKB Herath	56.2	14	145	13	2.57	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
M Muralidaran	76.0	13	171	13	2.25	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
M Muralidaran	35.5	11	82	12	2.28	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
M Muralidaran	71.5	31	117	12	1.62	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
HMRKB Herath	64.3	15	157	12	2.43	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Mar 2013	Test # 2082
HMRKB Herath	57.0	14	171	12	3.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
NGRP Jayasuriya	52.0	5	177	12	3.40	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
M Muralidaran	80.4	14	225	12	2.78	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
KA Maharaj	81.1	14	283	12	3.48	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
Mohammad Asif	35.0	13	71	11	2.02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
M Muralidaran	68.4	33	93	11	1.35	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
MA Starc	28.4	8	94	11	3.27	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
HMRKB Herath	48.0	8	108	11	2.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
M Muralidaran	42.0	7	110	11	2.61	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
Waqar Younis	32.0	5	119	11	3.71	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
RTM Mendis	59.2	14	136	11	2.29	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
M Muralidaran	85.1	21	170	11	1.99	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
P Jayawickrama	64.0	17	178	11	2.78	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
SK Warne	55.0	10	188	11	3.41	Australia	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
M Muralidaran	81.0	26	196	11	2.41	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
M Muralidaran	77.3	14	212	11	2.73	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
HMRKB Herath	71.1	9	249	11	3.49	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2263
MDK Perera	37.0	12	78	10	2.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
M Muralidaran	25.3	4	83	10	3.25	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
M Muralidaran	44.4	12	98	10	2.19	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
MDK Perera	38.0	9	99	10	2.60	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
Sir RJ Hadlee	38.0	11	102	10	2.68	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
NGRP Jayasuriya	47.1	16	108	10	2.28	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023	Test # 2502
M Muralidaran	45.1	10	111	10	2.45	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
M Muralidaran	59.3	21	135	10	2.26	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
HMRKB Herath	55.0	14	147	10	2.67	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015	Test # 2181
Harbhajan Singh	54.3	9	153	10	2.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
SK Warne	41.2	5	155	10	3.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
SK Warne	57.4	14	159	10	2.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
R Ashwin	42.0	8	160	10	3.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
M Muralidaran	82.2	17	172	10	2.08	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
GP Swann	68.1	5	181	10	2.65	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	03 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
BAW Mendis	55.2	5	209	10	3.77	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
L Embuldeniya	62.0	9	210	10	3.38	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
M Muralidaran	24.4	5	60	9	2.43	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
ST Jayasuriya	47.0	15	74	9	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Tauseef Ahmed	28.0	11	77	9	2.75	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
MRCN Bandaratilleke	62.0	22	83	9	1.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	74.3	33	91	9	1.22	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
DW Steyn	40.0	12	99	9	2.47	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
M Muralidaran	43.4	15	102	9	2.33	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
HMRKB Herath	58.3	24	103	9	1.76	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016	Test # 2209
BN Schultz	36.0	12	106	9	2.94	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
HMRKB Herath	90.0	47	111	9	1.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
NM Lyon	36.0	3	121	9	3.36	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
RJ Ratnayake	48.3	11	125	9	2.57	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
HMRKB Herath	46.4	9	131	9	2.80	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Galle	07 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
M Muralidaran	71.0	26	140	9	1.97	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
RTM Mendis	51.1	13	148	9	2.89	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473
Yasir Shah	60.4	12	155	9	2.55	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
S Randiv	54.1	9	162	9	2.99	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	03 Aug 2010	Test # 1968
HMRKB Herath	68.2	20	164	9	2.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	06 Aug 2014	Test # 2133
HMRKB Herath	70.0	13	170	9	2.42	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
NGRP Jayasuriya	95.2	20	217	9	2.27	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
M Muralidaran	65.3	12	221	9	3.37	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
Saqlain Mushtaq	107.2	23	226	9	2.10	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
M Muralidaran	74.2	14	227	9	3.05	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
AG Cremer	87.3	10	275	9	3.14	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2263
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.5	11	43	8	1.54	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
KMDN Kulasekara	28.4	9	58	8	2.02	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	12 Jul 2009	Test # 1924
Shoaib Akhtar	29.0	7	72	8	2.48	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
Wasim Akram	35.0	8	73	8	2.08	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
I Sharma	34.0	7	86	8	2.52	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
M Muralidaran	62.0	25	88	8	1.41	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
M Muralidaran	51.2	18	90	8	1.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
ST Jayasuriya	59.0	20	94	8	1.59	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
DL Underwood	55.5	21	95	8	1.70	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
JJC Lawson	26.3	4	102	8	3.84	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
TG Southee	42.0	9	120	8	2.85	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
D Gough	36.0	7	123	8	3.41	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
FS Ahangama	51.0	13	124	8	2.43	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
M Muralidaran	96.0	46	124	8	1.29	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
MDK Perera	85.5	35	129	8	1.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
DM Bess	43.1	7	130	8	3.01	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
AF Giles	72.5	23	132	8	1.81	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
BAW Mendis	45.5	8	132	8	2.88	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
HMRKB Herath	47.0	6	133	8	2.82	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
BAW Mendis	62.0	11	137	8	2.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
MM Ali	41.0	6	137	8	3.34	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	06 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
M Muralidaran	84.5	28	138	8	1.62	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
M Muralidaran	73.0	28	139	8	1.90	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
V Permaul	53.0	7	141	8	2.66	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
RJ Ratnayake	65.2	17	149	8	2.28	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
Yasir Shah	52.0	5	151	8	2.90	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015	Test # 2168
MJ Leach	57.0	7	153	8	2.68	England	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018	Test # 2326
CPH Ramanayake	53.1	7	157	8	2.95	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
VB John	47.0	8	159	8	3.38	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
M Muralidaran	64.0	15	168	8	2.62	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
KTGD Prasad	45.0	7	169	8	3.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
A Kumble	62.1	17	172	8	2.76	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
NGRP Jayasuriya	72.0	17	174	8	2.41	Sri Lanka	v Afghanistan	Colombo (SSC)	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2527
PHT Kaushal	50.3	3	181	8	3.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Colombo (SSC), Only Test, Feb 2-5, 2024 [Test # 2527]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 24-27, 2023 [Test # 2514]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jul 16-20, 2023 [Test # 2511]