Cricket Records for Sri Lanka in Test matches

Most wickets in a series
Player
Mat
Balls
Overs
Mdns
Inns
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4
5
10
82131355.150151021386/7026.862.8756.07331
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
51598266.2439815336/5924.693.0648.42141
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
31219203.1846294309/519.81.4440.63421
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
72199366.352121229307/13740.963.3573.3211
ICC World Test Championship, 2019-2021
3870145.0416357287/6412.752.4631.07231
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016
31255209.1376649286/5923.173.1044.82141
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
3677112.5336282266/2810.842.4926.03231
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007
31390231.41096320267/4612.31.3853.46411
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
3842140.2326401267/7115.422.8532.38221
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
3979163.1246478266/11718.382.9237.65321
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008
31366227.4526480267/8418.462.1052.53-31
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000
31279213.1506516266/7119.842.4249.19511
Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00
3878146.2355405248/7016.872.7636.58122
Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2006
31306217.4536536246/8122.332.4654.41132
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02
2742123.4254348239/12715.132.8132.26-31
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014
31065177.3516444238/8719.32.5046.3-21
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001
61073178.5319593236/5125.783.3146.65211
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
2978163.0314397227/9718.042.4344.45132
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2006
31014169.0206527225/7523.953.1146.0912-
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19
61614269.0579788225/3535.812.9273.36-2-
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
3965160.5186467216/2622.232.9045.95-21
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008
2708118.0214278206/4313.92.3535.4-31
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13
3977162.5356459206/8522.952.8148.8512-
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985
71244207.26712511205/4725.552.4662.221-
ICC World Test Championship, 2019-2021
2696116.0284287198/6315.12.4736.63-21
Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2016/17
2714119.0234341196/7417.942.8637.57-31
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12
3930155.0416374195/3019.682.4148.9412-
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998
31124187.2506411196/5521.632.1959.15-2-
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08
61167194.34810600195/6431.573.0861.4211-
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
81389231.33213816195/10142.943.5273.111-
ICC World Test Championship, 2019-2021
2625104.1274238185/1313.222.2834.72221
Asian Test Championship (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 2001/02
2644107.2204275186/7015.272.5635.77121
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021/22
3801133.3326348185/5219.332.6044.5-1-
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985
245375.3204175178/4610.292.3126.64-21
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005
256694.2244217176/8712.762.3033.29211
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2006/07
357495.4206256174/2115.052.6733.763--
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
2850141.4504262177/9415.411.8450-21
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997/98
3650108.2176338174/5819.883.1238.233--
Sobers/Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka in West Indies), 2018
2826137.4384370177/5221.762.6848.58-21
Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023
2986164.2354414175/8224.352.515812-
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2022
3874145.4286434175/8225.522.9751.41-1-
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992
3918153.0205492175/5928.943.215421-
Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1981/82
251485.4224177166/8711.062.0632.12-31
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1994/95
247979.5174208166/32132.6029.93211
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018
1683113.5412220169/6513.751.9342.68-21
Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1998
3760126.4376236164/2414.751.8647.53--
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01
3665110.5306244166/7315.252.2041.5611-
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01
258898.0324247165/3415.432.5236.75-2-
Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 1997
2642107.0224277166/4317.312.5840.12-21
Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2017/18
257495.4234282166/5417.622.9435.87-2-
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2005/06
2634105.4174288166/59182.7239.6211-
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
3960160.0456339165/3621.182.116021-
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998
31045174.1475356165/10122.252.0465.3112-
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993
2756126.0224368167/157232.9247.25-2-
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2011
2951158.3444370165/6923.122.3359.4321-
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014
3774129.0285373165/8623.312.8948.37-1-
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1983/84
2839139.5304400165/63252.8652.4321-
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 1997/98
3952158.4285496167/100313.1259.5-1-
Sri Lanka in India Test Series, 2005/06
256994.5224242156/6816.132.5537.93211
Sobers/Tissera Trophy (West Indies in Sri Lanka), 2015/16
3847141.1244349155/7123.262.4756.4611-
Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1999
3660110.0206354154/4323.63.21443--
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015
3786131.0206372156/7024.82.8352.4111
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016
3825137.3256404155/9926.932.935512-
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
3826137.4265410155/6827.332.9755.0621-
Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1995/96
2714119.0164415157/13727.663.4847.6-11
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2020/21
31029171.3306425154/9928.332.4768.61--
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012
3943157.1206465157/48312.9562.8611-
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015
232053.2134135146/189.642.5322.85-1-
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005
2633105.3274195145/3313.921.8445.2111-
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996
250283.4204219146/4515.642.6135.8511-
Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2004
2783130.3264333147/8923.782.5555.92-21
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13
3928154.4376347144/5624.782.2466.281--
Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 1999/00
3645107.3136379144/9227.073.5246.071--
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015
31416236.0666421144/6630.071.78101.142--
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01
4936156.0338464144/4033.142.9766.852--
ICC World Test Championship, 2021-2023
31033172.1386513145/12536.642.9773.78-1-
Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2013/14
229849.419372136/225.531.4422.9211-
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005
241969.5324100134/167.691.4332.232--
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996
241769.3123216136/5116.613.1032.07111
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2022
2697116.1424242135/3518.612.0853.61-2-
West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021/22
357696.0185254135/9919.532.6444.321-
Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1995/96
3620103.2246273134/77212.6447.691--
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04
2602100.2234282136/4921.692.8146.3111
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09
2738123.0184317134/7324.382.5756.761--
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009
2971161.5594320135/4924.611.9774.69-1-
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003
3789131.3266357134/4227.462.7160.692--
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1990/91
3876146.0296408133/6931.382.7967.38---
Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 1999/00
3960160.0276420135/7732.32.6273.8411-
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1990/91
2783130.3284451135/11434.693.4560.2311-
Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2019/20
3813135.3106496135/13438.153.6662.5311-
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015
131252.052177126/5914.753.4026-21
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2022
244974.5154207126/9817.252.7637.41-1-
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018
237562.364227124/6218.913.6331.252--
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2018/19
252487.2174237125/6119.752.7143.66-1-
Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2007/08
2631105.1223258126/9921.52.4552.5811-
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1994
2669111.3283260126/3921.662.3355.75-21
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01
3678113.0306262123/2521.832.3156.5---
Sobers/Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka in West Indies), 2018
258397.1154268125/4722.332.7548.5811-
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2022
237061.444270125/10122.54.3730.83-21
Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series, 2004
238464.064288125/47244.503211-
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2015/16
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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]