Batting Most Runs Series

Cricket Records for Sri Lanka (Host) in Test matches

Most runs in a series

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
BC Lara (WI)	3	6	-	688	221	114.66	1226	56.11	3	1	-	70	5
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2	3	-	571	340	190.33	842	67.81	2	-	-	65	4
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2	3	-	510	374	170.00	847	60.21	2	-	-	56	3
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2006
KC Sangakkara (SL)	3	6	3	490	199*	163.33	903	54.26	2	1	1	46	4
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	3	4	1	474	213*	158.00	953	49.73	2	1	-	50	1
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08
KC Sangakkara (SL)	3	5	1	467	219	116.75	757	61.69	2	1	-	52	2
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010
MEK Hussey (AUS)	3	5	-	463	142	92.60	774	59.81	2	2	-	47	6
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2011
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2	4	-	441	142	110.25	772	57.12	3	1	-	45	3
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13
PA de Silva (SL)	2	4	2	432	168	216.00	721	59.91	3	-	-	48	2
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996/97
KC Sangakkara (SL)	3	3	2	428	222*	428.00	610	70.16	2	-	-	49	2
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2	3	-	428	244	142.66	705	60.70	2	1	-	48	1
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021
JE Root (ENG)	2	4	-	426	228	106.50	649	65.63	2	-	-	37	1
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2020/21
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	3	4	3	403	204*	403.00	783	51.46	2	1	-	35	1
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
PA de Silva (SL)	2	3	-	392	146	130.66	635	61.73	3	-	-	49	0
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
SR Tendulkar (IND)	3	5	-	390	203	78.00	704	55.39	1	2	-	43	2
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010
BKG Mendis (SL)	2	2	-	385	245	192.50	484	79.54	2	-	-	36	12
Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023
MS Atapattu (SL)	3	5	1	380	207*	95.00	950	40.00	1	2	-	43	1
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000
SP Fleming (NZ)	2	4	2	376	274*	188.00	825	45.57	1	1	1	36	1
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003
DS Lehmann (AUS)	3	6	-	375	153	62.50	651	57.60	2	1	-	42	4
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2	4	-	367	232	91.75	496	73.99	1	2	-	54	2
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004
CH Gayle (WI)	3	4	-	366	333	91.50	486	75.30	1	-	1	41	9
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010/11
S Dhawan (IND)	3	4	-	358	190	89.50	342	104.67	2	-	-	56	1
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017
SP Fleming (NZ)	3	6	1	357	174*	71.40	857	41.65	1	2	-	39	1
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2	4	1	356	158*	118.66	548	64.96	1	3	-	36	1
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2	4	-	354	180	88.50	729	48.55	2	1	-	38	4
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12
V Sehwag (IND)	3	5	-	348	109	69.60	357	97.47	2	1	1	59	1
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2	4	-	347	159	86.75	574	60.45	2	-	-	45	4
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
V Sehwag (IND)	3	6	1	344	201*	68.80	366	93.98	1	1	-	46	5
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	3	3	-	341	165	113.66	475	71.78	2	-	-	38	5
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2	3	-	340	287	113.33	552	61.59	1	-	-	46	0
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2006
AD Mathews (SL)	3	6	-	339	110	56.50	610	55.57	2	1	-	38	2
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	3	5	1	334	134	83.50	738	45.25	1	2	-	33	2
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
DR Martyn (AUS)	3	6	-	333	161	55.50	736	45.24	2	-	-	36	1
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
KC Sangakkara (SL)	3	6	1	331	130*	66.20	613	53.99	1	1	-	28	1
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2	4	-	329	114	82.25	655	50.22	1	2	-	29	1
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	3	6	-	329	96	54.83	710	46.33	-	5	-	27	1
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2	4	-	327	237	81.75	650	50.30	1	1	-	35	3
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004
DM de Silva (SL)	3	6	1	325	129	65.00	565	57.52	1	1	-	45	1
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2	4	-	323	221	80.75	622	51.92	1	1	-	33	0
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	3	5	1	321	167	80.25	585	54.87	2	-	-	43	3
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000
RR Sarwan (WI)	3	6	-	318	88	53.00	779	40.82	-	3	-	39	0
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	3	6	-	318	130	53.00	595	53.44	1	2	-	32	0
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015
A Ranatunga (SL)	3	5	1	316	135*	79.00	175+	44.00	1	2	-	11+	4
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985/86
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	3	6	-	315	196	52.50	558	56.45	1	1	-	36	1
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012
LRD Mendis (SL)	3	6	1	310	124	62.00	-	0.00	1	3	-	-	2
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985
G Gambhir (IND)	3	6	-	310	74	51.66	568	54.57	-	3	-	40	0
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008
CA Pujara (IND)	3	4	-	309	153	77.25	565	54.69	2	-	-	26	1
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017
TM Dilshan (SL)	2	4	-	306	121	76.50	466	65.66	2	1	-	37	3
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012
TT Samaraweera (SL)	3	5	3	306	137*	153.00	601	50.91	1	2	1	27	1
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	3	5	-	300	167	60.00	707	42.43	1	2	-	36	0
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998
Azhar Ali (PAK)	3	5	-	300	157	60.00	614	48.85	2	-	2	23	0
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012
RS Mahanama (SL)	2	3	-	297	225	99.00	715	41.53	1	-	-	39	0
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	3	4	-	296	139	74.00	450	65.77	2	-	-	38	1
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001
BKG Mendis (SL)	3	6	-	296	176	49.33	438	67.57	1	1	-	35	5
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016
Saud Shakeel (PAK)	2	3	1	295	208*	147.50	509	57.95	1	1	-	31	0
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	3	4	-	295	139	73.75	486	60.69	1	1	-	42	1
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2	2	-	294	179	147.00	368	79.89	2	-	-	30	0
Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	3	6	-	294	131	49.00	378	77.77	1	2	-	38	3
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
NT Paranavitana (SL)	3	6	1	292	111	58.40	617	47.32	2	-	-	35	1
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010
RS Mahanama (SL)	2	3	-	291	153	97.00	478	60.87	2	-	-	38	0
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992/93
KC Sangakkara (SL)	3	4	-	291	152	72.75	533	54.59	1	1	-	39	0
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2	3	-	290	143	96.66	557	52.06	2	-	-	37	0
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2	4	-	288	185	72.00	477	60.37	1	1	-	41	0
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005/06
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	3	5	-	288	174	57.60	528	54.54	1	1	-	30	1
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010
LD Chandimal (SL)	3	6	1	288	162*	57.60	343	83.96	1	1	-	38	5
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	3	6	-	285	141	47.50	632	45.09	1	1	-	30	0
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017
ML Hayden (AUS)	3	6	-	283	130	47.16	442	64.02	1	1	-	34	3
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2	4	1	280	92	93.33	375	74.66	-	3	-	40	4
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021
VVS Laxman (IND)	3	5	1	279	103*	69.75	532	52.44	1	2	-	28	0
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	3	5	1	279	136	69.75	545	51.19	1	2	-	24	1
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2	4	-	278	113	69.50	457	60.83	1	2	-	24	2
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996/97
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2	4	-	278	147	69.50	504	55.15	1	1	-	31	0
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021/22
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	3	5	-	278	148	55.60	393	70.73	1	1	1	43	1
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000
AN Cook (ENG)	3	6	-	278	118	46.33	677	41.06	1	2	1	29	0
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08
MS Atapattu (SL)	2	4	1	277	223	92.33	539	51.39	1	-	1	39	1
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997/98
TM Dilshan (SL)	2	4	1	277	123*	92.33	303	91.41	1	1	-	27	2
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
BT Foakes (ENG)	3	6	2	277	107	69.25	492	56.30	1	1	-	21	5
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19
DM Jones (AUS)	3	6	1	276	100*	55.20	534	51.68	1	2	-	26	2
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	3	5	-	275	188	55.00	511	53.81	1	-	-	29	2
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000
L Klusener (SA)	3	6	2	275	118*	68.75	546	50.36	1	1	-	27	2
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000
AD Mathews (SL)	3	5	2	274	105*	91.33	627	43.70	1	2	-	30	3
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2011
RL Dias (SL)	3	6	1	273	106	54.60	-	0.00	1	2	1	-	0
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985
DL Vettori (NZ)	2	4	-	272	140	68.00	457	59.51	1	1	-	27	0
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
LD Chandimal (SL)	2	4	1	271	94*	90.33	449	60.35	-	3	-	24	5
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2022
Babar Azam (PAK)	2	4	-	271	119	67.75	528	51.32	1	2	-	24	4
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2022
DM de Silva (SL)	2	4	-	271	122	67.75	438	61.87	1	2	-	33	6
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023
GP Thorpe (ENG)	3	6	2	269	113*	67.25	650	41.38	1	1	-	25	0
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01
AD Mathews (SL)	3	6	1	269	122	53.80	530	50.75	1	1	-	26	2
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015
Younis Khan (PAK)	3	5	1	267	171*	66.75	479	55.74	1	-	-	29	1
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015
PA de Silva (SL)	3	5	-	266	148	53.20	625	42.56	1	1	-	37	2
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2	4	1	265	103	88.33	357	74.22	1	3	-	20	1
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	3	5	-	262	101	52.40	473	55.39	1	2	-	28	4
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	3	6	1	262	134	52.40	478	54.81	1	-	1	29	3
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	2	3	-	261	136	87.00	448	58.25	1	1	-	23	0
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1994
IR Bell (ENG)	3	6	-	261	83	43.50	557	46.85	-	3	-	29	0
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	3	5	1	257	100*	64.25	530	48.49	1	2	1	32	0
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012
M Azharuddin (IND)	2	3	1	256	126	128.00	434	58.98	2	-	-	28	0
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	3	6	-	256	83	42.66	470	54.46	-	3	-	22	0
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19
KC Sangakkara (SL)	3	4	-	255	140	63.75	574	44.42	1	1	-	26	0
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
KC Sangakkara (SL)	3	4	-	255	128	63.75	354	72.03	1	1	-	38	2
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02

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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]