Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records for Sri Lanka in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SD Anurasiri	15.0	11	9	-	0.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
HDPK Dharmasena	19.3	13	12	-	0.61	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
KJ Silva	14.4	9	10	3	0.68	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
A Ranatunga	10.0	8	7	-	0.70	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
M Muralidaran	29.0	18	23	5	0.79	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
JR Ratnayeke	21.0	11	17	-	0.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	9	15	4	0.83	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
HMRKB Herath	22.0	14	19	1	0.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	03 Nov 2011	Test # 2014
HMRKB Herath	45.0	30	40	5	0.88	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
M Muralidaran	36.0	17	35	4	0.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
M Muralidaran	40.0	21	40	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	7	15	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
UC Hathurusingha	12.0	4	12	1	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
ST Jayasuriya	28.0	14	30	-	1.07	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
DM de Silva	11.0	7	12	1	1.09	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016	Test # 2209
DM de Silva	11.0	6	12	-	1.09	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
S Randiv	19.0	9	21	1	1.10	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	03 Nov 2011	Test # 2014
A Ranatunga	16.0	5	18	-	1.12	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
M Muralidaran	56.0	28	64	4	1.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
M Muralidaran	58.3	26	67	5	1.14	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	24.0	9	28	2	1.16	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	8	20	2	1.17	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
M Muralidaran	54.2	27	65	9	1.19	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
DM de Silva	10.0	5	12	-	1.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
WPUJC Vaas	14.0	6	17	1	1.21	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
SD Anurasiri	26.0	11	32	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
WPUJC Vaas	11.2	5	14	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
MRCN Bandaratilleke	38.0	13	47	4	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
VB John	21.0	11	26	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
KPJ Warnaweera	25.0	15	31	1	1.24	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
M Muralidaran	39.0	18	49	5	1.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
HMRKB Herath	30.0	13	38	3	1.26	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016	Test # 2228
AP Gurusinha	15.0	9	19	2	1.26	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
M Muralidaran	37.0	18	47	4	1.27	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	1.27	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
WPUJC Vaas	26.3	11	34	2	1.28	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
RS Kalpage	17.5	6	23	1	1.28	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
HMRKB Herath	11.3	5	15	4	1.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	04 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
BAW Mendis	13.0	8	17	-	1.30	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
HDPK Dharmasena	16.0	6	21	1	1.31	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
HDPK Dharmasena	16.0	7	21	-	1.31	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
KJ Silva	19.0	12	25	4	1.31	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
RAS Lakmal	25.0	10	33	-	1.32	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
HMCM Bandara	11.2	6	15	1	1.32	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
ST Jayasuriya	24.0	6	32	1	1.33	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
EAR de Silva	15.0	6	20	-	1.33	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
WPUJC Vaas	12.0	6	16	-	1.33	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
RAS Lakmal	20.0	8	27	4	1.35	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
KPJ Warnaweera	34.0	15	46	2	1.35	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
HDPK Dharmasena	14.0	7	19	1	1.35	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
ST Jayasuriya	16.1	6	22	1	1.36	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
MDK Perera	44.0	24	60	3	1.36	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
AD Mathews	11.0	5	15	2	1.36	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015	Test # 2168
M Muralidaran	30.0	15	41	3	1.36	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
RAS Lakmal	19.0	12	26	4	1.36	Sri Lanka	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
KJ Silva	19.4	9	27	3	1.37	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
ST Jayasuriya	32.0	13	44	4	1.37	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
UDU Chandana	13.0	7	18	-	1.38	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
RTM Mendis	13.0	2	18	2	1.38	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
M Muralidaran	31.3	10	44	5	1.39	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
HDPK Dharmasena	10.0	2	14	1	1.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
HMRKB Herath	42.0	16	59	3	1.40	Sri Lanka	v England	Leeds	20 Jun 2014	Test # 2126
GP Wickramasinghe	21.0	6	30	1	1.42	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
HMRKB Herath	21.0	6	30	3	1.42	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012	Test # 2046
DM de Silva	14.0	5	20	-	1.42	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023	Test # 2503
M Muralidaran	23.0	9	33	-	1.43	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	23.4	13	34	5	1.43	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
M Muralidaran	54.3	14	79	3	1.44	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
M Muralidaran	31.4	15	46	7	1.45	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	6	22	6	1.46	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
GRA de Silva	19.0	4	28	-	1.47	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
M Muralidaran	29.5	11	44	3	1.47	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
ST Jayasuriya	21.0	5	31	1	1.47	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
ST Jayasuriya	29.0	10	43	5	1.48	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	45.5	14	68	5	1.48	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
M Muralidaran	35.0	12	52	2	1.48	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
SD Anurasiri	44.0	11	66	3	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
M Muralidaran	40.0	18	60	4	1.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
KIW Wijegunawardene	31.2	13	47	3	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
MRCN Bandaratilleke	24.0	9	36	5	1.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
D Hettiarachchi	24.0	6	36	2	1.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	3	1.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	4	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
EAR de Silva	12.0	5	18	-	1.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
AP Gurusinha	12.0	5	18	1	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
TT Samaraweera	12.0	3	18	2	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	6	15	-	1.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
CBRLS Kumara	21.0	8	32	3	1.52	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
PA de Silva	10.3	3	16	-	1.52	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
M Muralidaran	50.0	20	77	2	1.54	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995	Test # 1293
WPUJC Vaas	24.0	9	37	4	1.54	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995	Test # 1306
KMDN Kulasekara	11.0	5	17	1	1.54	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (RPS)	23 Nov 2010	Test # 1980
M Muralidaran	31.0	11	48	1	1.54	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
M Muralidaran	42.3	14	66	4	1.55	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
M Muralidaran	35.0	14	55	6	1.57	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
KJ Silva	10.1	4	16	4	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
HMRKB Herath	45.0	17	71	4	1.57	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
DNT Zoysa	19.0	4	30	2	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
HMRKB Herath	30.2	11	48	6	1.58	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	06 Aug 2014	Test # 2133

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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]

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