| England in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1981/82 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 1981/82 | - | |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 1982/83 | - | |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1982/83 | Australia | 1-0 (1) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1983/84 | New Zealand | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 1983/84 | - | |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 1985 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1985 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1985/86 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 1985/86 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1987 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 1987 | - | |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1992 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 1992 | - | |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 1992/93 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 1992/93 | - | |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 1993 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1993 | India | 1-0 (3) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 1993 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1993 | South Africa | 1-0 (3) |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 1993/94 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Match | 1993/94 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 1994 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1994 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1996 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka | 1996 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1996/97 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 1996/97 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1997 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 1997 | - | |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1997/98 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka | 1997/98 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1998 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 1998 | - | |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 1998/99 | - | |
| Asian Test Championship (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka) | 1998/99 | Pakistan | |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series | 1999 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 1999 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2000 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2000 | - | |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2000 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2000 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2000/01 | - | |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2000/01 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2001 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2001/02 | - | |
| Asian Test Championship (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Pakistan/Sri Lanka) | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2001/02 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka | 2001/02 | - | |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2002 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2002 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Australia v Pakistan Test Series (in Sri Lanka/United Arab Emirates) | 2002/03 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates | 2002/03 | - | |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates | 2002/03 | - | |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 2003 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2003 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2003/04 | - | |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2003/04 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 2003/04 | - | |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2003/04 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2004 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2004 | - | |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2005 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2005 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2005/06 | Pakistan | 1-0 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2005/06 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2006 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2006 | - | |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2007 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2007 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2007/08 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2007/08 | - | |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2008 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2008 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2009 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 2009 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2010 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2010 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2010/11 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2010/11 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 2011 | - | |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka) | 2011 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2011/12 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2011/12 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2012 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2012 | - | |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 2012/13 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2012/13 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2012/13 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2012/13 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2014 | South Africa | 1-0 (2) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2014 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2014 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2014 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2015 | Pakistan | 2-1 (3) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2015 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2015 | India | 2-1 (3) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2015 | - | |
| Sobers/Tissera Trophy (West Indies in Sri Lanka) | 2015/16 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2015/16 | - | |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 2016 | - | |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka) | 2016 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2016/17 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2016/17 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka | 2017 | - | |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Match | 2017 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| India tour of Sri Lanka | 2017 | - | |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2017 | India | 3-0 (3) |
| South Africa tour of Sri Lanka | 2018 | - | |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2018 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2018/19 | - | |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2018/19 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka | 2019 | - | |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2019 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2020/21 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| England tour of Sri Lanka | 2020/21 | - | |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2021 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka | 2021 | - | |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2021/22 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | 2021/22 | - | |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka) | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Australia tour of Sri Lanka | 2022 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2022 | - | |
| Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2023 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Ireland tour of Sri Lanka | 2023 | - | |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series | 2023 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2023 | - | |
| Afghanistan in Sri Lanka Test Match | 2023/24 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka | 2023/24 | - | |