Most wickets
Player Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
M Muralidaran 1992-2010 132 228 7285.5 1786 18023 795 9/51 16/220 22.67 2.47 54.9 67 22
HMRKB Herath 1999-2018 93 170 4332.1 814 12157 433 9/127 14/184 28.07 2.80 60.0 34 9
WPUJC Vaas 1994-2009 111 194 3906.2 895 10501 355 7/71 14/191 29.58 2.68 66.0 12 2
RAS Lakmal 2010-2022 70 122 2073.5 439 6232 171 5/47 7/80 36.44 3.00 72.7 4 0
MDK Perera 2014-2021 43 78 1800.5 239 5780 161 6/32 10/78 35.90 3.20 67.1 8 2
SL Malinga 2004-2010 30 59 868.1 112 3349 101 5/50 9/210 33.15 3.85 51.5 3 0
CRD Fernando 2000-2012 40 68 1030.1 143 3784 100 5/42 7/95 37.84 3.67 61.8 3 0
ST Jayasuriya 1991-2007 110 140 1364.4 323 3366 98 5/34 9/74 34.34 2.46 83.5 2 0
GP Wickramasinghe 1991-2001 40 63 1210.0 248 3559 85 6/60 6/80 41.87 2.94 85.4 3 0
KTGD Prasad 2008-2015 25 44 721.1 96 2698 75 5/50 8/169 35.97 3.74 57.6 1 0
CBRLS Kumara 2016-2023 26 42 775.5 107 2995 74 6/122 7/135 40.47 3.86 62.9 1 0
RJ Ratnayake 1983-1992 23 35 826.5 136 2563 73 6/66 9/125 35.10 3.09 67.9 5 0
L Embuldeniya 2019-2022 17 28 807.3 141 2611 71 7/137 10/210 36.77 3.23 68.2 5 1
BAW Mendis 2008-2014 19 31 788.2 118 2434 70 6/99 10/209 34.77 3.08 67.5 4 1
N Pradeep 2011-2017 28 53 846.1 130 3003 70 6/132 7/180 42.90 3.54 72.5 1 0
HDPK Dharmasena 1993-2004 31 53 1156.3 265 2920 69 6/72 8/183 42.31 2.52 100.5 3 0
DNT Zoysa 1997-2004 30 51 737.0 160 2157 64 5/20 8/73 33.70 2.92 69.0 1 0
ALF de Mel 1982-1986 17 27 586.2 92 2180 59 6/109 7/201 36.94 3.71 59.6 3 0
KR Pushpakumara 1994-2001 23 38 632.0 98 2242 58 7/116 7/116 38.65 3.54 65.3 4 0
RMS Eranga 2011-2016 19 35 648.3 125 2138 57 4/49 6/226 37.50 3.29 68.2 0 0
JR Ratnayeke 1982-1989 22 31 638.5 118 1972 56 8/83 8/108 35.21 3.08 68.4 4 0
UWMBCA Welegedara 2007-2014 21 35 633.1 114 2273 55 5/52 6/106 41.32 3.58 69.0 2 0
KMDN Kulasekara 2005-2014 21 38 594.3 120 1794 48 4/21 8/58 37.37 3.01 74.3 0 0
RTM Mendis 2021-2022 10 19 440.1 60 1306 46 6/70 11/136 28.39 2.96 57.4 3 1
CAK Rajitha 2018-2023 15 25 430.2 92 1379 44 5/64 7/104 31.34 3.20 58.6 1 0
CPH Ramanayake 1988-1993 18 29 609.0 109 1880 44 5/82 8/157 42.72 3.08 83.0 1 0
S Randiv 2010-2012 12 21 524.2 70 1613 43 5/82 9/162 37.51 3.07 73.1 1 0
MVT Fernando 2016-2022 17 27 444.0 54 1646 43 5/101 8/133 38.27 3.70 61.9 1 0
SD Anurasiri 1986-1998 18 27 662.1 152 1548 41 4/71 5/149 37.75 2.33 96.9 0 0
TM Dilshan 1999-2013 87 76 564.1 83 1711 39 4/10 4/10 43.87 3.03 86.7 0 0
PADLR Sandakan 2016-2018 11 20 343.5 37 1276 37 5/95 7/107 34.48 3.71 55.7 2 0
DS de Silva 1982-1984 12 19 505.1 108 1347 37 5/59 9/162 36.40 2.66 81.9 1 0
UDU Chandana 1999-2005 16 29 447.3 64 1535 37 6/179 10/210 41.48 3.43 72.5 3 1
DM de Silva 2016-2023 47 69 556.3 65 1879 34 3/25 5/51 55.26 3.37 98.2 0 0
NGRP Jayasuriya 2022-2023 5 9 266.2 43 815 33 6/59 12/177 24.69 3.06 48.4 4 1
A Dananjaya 2018-2019 6 12 230.5 33 819 33 6/115 8/44 24.81 3.54 41.9 4 0
AD Mathews 2009-2023 102 84 658.0 159 1784 33 4/44 4/60 54.06 2.71 119.6 0 0
KPJ Warnaweera 1986-1994 10 15 388.5 90 1021 32 4/25 8/188 31.90 2.62 72.9 0 0
PVD Chameera 2015-2021 12 21 337.0 28 1321 32 5/47 9/115 41.28 3.91 63.1 1 0
PA de Silva 1984-2002 93 58 432.3 77 1208 29 3/30 3/34 41.65 2.79 89.4 0 0
VB John 1983-1984 6 9 213.3 53 614 28 5/60 8/159 21.92 2.87 45.7 2 0
T Thushara 2003-2010 10 18 278.0 35 1040 28 5/83 6/118 37.14 3.74 59.5 1 0
AM Fernando 2021-2023 9 13 225.5 40 749 27 6/51 10/144 27.74 3.31 50.1 1 1
GF Labrooy 1986-1991 9 15 359.4 58 1194 27 5/133 7/90 44.22 3.31 79.9 1 0
P Jayawickrama 2021-2022 5 10 220.0 50 642 25 6/92 11/178 25.68 2.91 52.8 2 1
PHT Kaushal 2014-2015 7 14 276.2 22 1105 25 5/42 8/181 44.20 3.99 66.3 2 0
MF Maharoof 2004-2011 22 35 490.0 107 1631 25 4/52 5/122 65.24 3.32 117.6 0 0
MRCN Bandaratilleke 1998-2001 7 14 287.0 83 698 23 5/36 9/83 30.34 2.43 74.8 1 0
KJ Silva 1995-1998 7 11 255.3 72 647 20 4/16 7/35 32.35 2.53 76.6 0 0
AP Gurusinha 1985-1996 41 39 234.4 47 681 20 2/7 4/68 34.05 2.90 70.4 0 0
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 2nd Test, Mar 17-20, 2023 [Test # 2500]
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, 1st Test, Mar 9-13, 2023 [Test # 2498]
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, 2nd Test, Jul 24-28, 2022 [Test # 2473]
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