Cricket Records for Sri Lanka (Host) in Test matches

By an innings
Winner
Margin
Target
Overs
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
inns & 280 runs--v IrelandGalle16 Apr 2023Test # 2502
inns & 239 runs--v IndiaColombo (SSC)23 Jul 2008Test # 1882
inns & 234 runs--v BangladeshColombo (SSC)25 Jun 2007Test # 1837
inns & 222 runs--v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)24 Jul 2023Test # 2514
inns & 215 runs--v EnglandColombo (SSC)18 Dec 2003Test # 1675
inns & 208 runs--v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)6 Sep 1993Test # 1233
inns & 196 runs--v BangladeshColombo (PSS)21 Jul 2002Test # 1609
inns & 193 runs--v BangladeshKandy11 Jul 2007Test # 1839
inns & 171 runs--v Sri LankaPallekele12 Aug 2017Test # 2269
inns & 166 runs--v ZimbabweColombo (SSC)27 Dec 2001Test # 1581
inns & 163 runs--v Sri LankaGalle21 Jun 2000Test # 1501
inns & 153 runs--v South AfricaColombo (SSC)27 Jul 2006Test # 1810
inns & 137 runs--v BangladeshColombo (SSC)6 Sep 2001Test # 1561
inns & 96 runs--v BangladeshColombo (RPS)12 Sep 2005Test # 1764
inns & 94 runs--v ZimbabweKandy4 Jan 2002Test # 1583
inns & 90 runs--v BangladeshColombo (PSS)3 Jul 2007Test # 1838
inns & 77 runs--v ZimbabweColombo (RPS)11 Sep 1996Test # 1333
inns & 77 runs--v IndiaColombo (SSC)29 Aug 2001Test # 1559
inns & 69 runs--v BangladeshColombo (PSS)20 Sep 2005Test # 1766
inns & 65 runs--v Sri LankaColombo (PSS)22 Aug 2019Test # 2356
inns & 61 runs--v Sri LankaColombo (CCC)24 Mar 1984Test # 985
inns & 53 runs--v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)3 Aug 2017Test # 2267
inns & 52 runs--v Sri LankaKandy26 Aug 1994Test # 1267
inns & 39 runs--v AustraliaGalle8 Jul 2022Test # 2471
inns & 38 runs--v Sri LankaKandy22 Apr 1983Test # 955
inns & 28 runs--v EnglandGalle22 Feb 2001Test # 1530
inns & 20 runs--v Sri LankaKandy23 Feb 1986Test # 1037
inns & 16 runs--v New ZealandGalle3 Jun 1998Test # 1416
inns & 15 runs--v South AfricaGalle20 Jul 2000Test # 1504
inns & 10 runs--v IrelandGalle24 Apr 2023Test # 2503
inns & 6 runs--v West IndiesGalle14 Oct 2015Test # 2181
By runs
Winner
Margin
Target
Overs
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
315 runs39543.3v ZimbabweGalle12 Jan 2002Test # 1585
313 runs49367.0v South AfricaColombo (SSC)11 Aug 2004Test # 1710
304 runs55076.5v Sri LankaGalle26 Jul 2017Test # 2265
301 runs48347.0v Sri LankaColombo (PSS)9 Aug 1994Test # 1265
288 runs47360.4v BangladeshColombo (SSC)28 Jul 2002Test # 1611
278 runs41343.4v Sri LankaColombo (PSS)20 Aug 2015Test # 2177
278 runs35228.5v South AfricaGalle12 Jul 2018Test # 2311
259 runs45760.2v BangladeshGalle7 Mar 2017Test # 2252
246 runs50877.0v PakistanGalle24 Jul 2022Test # 2473
240 runs37841.2v West IndiesKandy22 Jul 2005Test # 1757
235 runs472121.1v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)27 Jul 1993Test # 1228
229 runs41350.1v AustraliaGalle4 Aug 2016Test # 2213
211 runs46285.1v Sri LankaGalle6 Nov 2018Test # 2324
209 runs510114.0v PakistanGalle22 Jun 2012Test # 2046
209 runs43771.0v BangladeshPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
202 runs41371.5v New ZealandGalle18 Aug 2009Test # 1930
199 runs49086.5v South AfricaColombo (SSC)20 Jul 2018Test # 2313
197 runs35245.2v Sri LankaGalle8 Mar 2004Test # 1685
187 runs34879.0v West IndiesGalle21 Nov 2021Test # 2434
170 runs30747.3v Sri LankaGalle31 Jul 2008Test # 1884
167 runs465131.5v Sri LankaColombo (RPS)27 May 1998Test # 1415
167 runs36385.5v Sri LankaColombo (PSS)25 Nov 2012Test # 2063
165 runs26327.3v Sri LankaKandy9 Mar 1984Test # 980
164 runs29654.3v New ZealandColombo (SSC)10 Jun 1998Test # 1418
164 runs29756.1v West IndiesGalle29 Nov 2021Test # 2437
163 runs32444.1v AustraliaColombo (SSC)13 Aug 2016Test # 2217
153 runs37071.3v Sri LankaGalle16 Jul 2014Test # 2129
149 runs34866.2v IndiaColombo (PSS)6 Sep 1985Test # 1024
131 runs32283.5v West IndiesKandy21 Nov 2001Test # 1570
125 runs37995.5v Sri LankaGalle31 Aug 2011Test # 2005
121 runs37093.4v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)24 Mar 2004Test # 1691
117 runs38685.0v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)28 Aug 2015Test # 2179
106 runs26888.3v AustraliaPallekele26 Jul 2016Test # 2209
105 runs27152.1v PakistanColombo (SSC)14 Aug 2014Test # 2136
96 runs494123.5v New ZealandColombo (SSC)26 Aug 2009Test # 1932
88 runs35094.0v EnglandKandy1 Dec 2007Test # 1851
75 runs34099.0v EnglandGalle26 Mar 2012Test # 2038
72 runs24465.5v West IndiesColombo (PSS)22 Oct 2015Test # 2182
63 runs17649.5v IndiaGalle12 Aug 2015Test # 2176
57 runs30174.0v Sri LankaPallekele14 Nov 2018Test # 2326
50 runs16844.3v PakistanGalle4 Jul 2009Test # 1921
42 runs32786.4v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)23 Nov 2018Test # 2329
41 runs31694.2v PakistanColombo (PSS)3 Oct 2002Test # 1615
27 runs35273.1v Sri LankaKandy16 Mar 2004Test # 1688
16 runs18151.1v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)17 Aug 1992Test # 1194
7 runs17750.1v Sri LankaKandy30 Jul 2000Test # 1505
By wickets
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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]