Best bowling figures in an innings in 1990s in Tests - Sri Lanka
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 54.2 | 27 | 65 | 9 | 1.19 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 | Test # 1423 | |
| 42.5 | 13 | 94 | 7 | 2.19 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Kandy | 07 Jan 1998 | Test # 1394 | |
| 35.4 | 7 | 116 | 7 | 3.25 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 26 Oct 1994 | Test # 1272 | |
| 59.3 | 14 | 155 | 7 | 2.60 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v England | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 | Test # 1423 | |
| 21.2 | 6 | 60 | 6 | 2.81 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 18 Nov 1999 | Test # 1470 | |
| 24.1 | 4 | 72 | 6 | 2.97 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Galle | 03 Jun 1998 | Test # 1416 | |
| 40.0 | 9 | 87 | 6 | 2.17 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1995 | Test # 1293 | |
| 53.0 | 19 | 98 | 6 | 1.84 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Colombo (RPS) | 19 Apr 1997 | Test # 1366 | |
| 45.2 | 13 | 99 | 6 | 2.18 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | 09 Aug 1994 | Test # 1265 | |
| 29.1 | 7 | 103 | 6 | 3.53 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 04 Mar 1999 | Test # 1447 | |
| 47.5 | 7 | 179 | 6 | 3.74 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 12 Mar 1999 | Test # 1450 | |
| 29.0 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 0.79 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Kandy | 07 Jan 1998 | Test # 1394 | |
| 18.3 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 1.62 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 10 Jun 1998 | Test # 1418 | |
| 20.3 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 1.60 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (RPS) | 11 Sep 1996 | Test # 1333 | |
| 23.4 | 13 | 34 | 5 | 1.43 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v West Indies | St John's | 13 Jun 1997 | Test # 1369 | |
| 24.0 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 1.50 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v New Zealand | Galle | 03 Jun 1998 | Test # 1416 | |
| 12.4 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 3.23 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v West Indies | Kingstown | 20 Jun 1997 | Test # 1371 | |
| 26.4 | 10 | 43 | 5 | 1.61 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v New Zealand | Napier | 11 Mar 1995 | Test # 1292 | |
| 18.5 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 2.49 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Napier | 11 Mar 1995 | Test # 1292 | |
| 25.0 | 5 | 56 | 5 | 2.24 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 04 Dec 1999 | Test # 1474 | |
| 12.4 | - | 57 | 5 | 4.50 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v India | Wankhede | 03 Dec 1997 | Test # 1390 | |
| 30.0 | 8 | 63 | 5 | 2.10 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v South Africa | Centurion | 27 Mar 1998 | Test # 1414 | |
| 36.0 | 15 | 64 | 5 | 1.77 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v New Zealand | Napier | 11 Mar 1995 | Test # 1292 | |
| 23.3 | 6 | 68 | 5 | 2.89 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 15 Sep 1995 | Test # 1305 | |
| 27.0 | 4 | 69 | 5 | 2.55 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v England | Lord's | 22 Aug 1991 | Test # 1176 | |
| 38.0 | 10 | 71 | 5 | 1.86 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Australia | Galle | 22 Sep 1999 | Test # 1460 | |
| 32.0 | 9 | 73 | 5 | 2.28 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 02 Jan 1992 | Test # 1182 | |
| 30.4 | 10 | 77 | 5 | 2.51 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 22 Feb 1991 | Test # 1164 | |
| 31.0 | 3 | 82 | 5 | 2.64 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Moratuwa | 08 Sep 1992 | Test # 1196 | |
| 24.2 | 5 | 85 | 5 | 3.49 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Apr 1997 | Test # 1367 | |
| 38.2 | 9 | 90 | 5 | 2.34 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Colombo (RPS) | 27 May 1998 | Test # 1415 | |
| 29.0 | 3 | 99 | 5 | 3.41 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 08 Sep 1995 | Test # 1304 | |
| 54.0 | 17 | 101 | 5 | 1.87 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Sep 1993 | Test # 1233 | |
| 39.0 | 8 | 104 | 5 | 2.66 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v South Africa | Moratuwa | 25 Aug 1993 | Test # 1232 | |
| 41.0 | 13 | 113 | 5 | 2.75 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v West Indies | Kingstown | 20 Jun 1997 | Test # 1371 | |
| 32.0 | 3 | 122 | 5 | 3.81 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Nagpur | 26 Nov 1997 | Test # 1387 | |
| 41.5 | 3 | 162 | 5 | 3.87 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
| 10.1 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1.57 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (SSC) | 18 Sep 1996 | Test # 1334 | |
| 14.0 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1.78 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Dec 1992 | Test # 1204 | |
| 19.0 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 1.31 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (RPS) | 11 Sep 1996 | Test # 1333 | |
| 24.0 | 9 | 37 | 4 | 1.54 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Pakistan | Sialkot | 22 Sep 1995 | Test # 1306 | |
| 20.0 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (SSC) | 18 Sep 1996 | Test # 1334 | |
| 12.4 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 3.15 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 26 Nov 1999 | Test # 1473 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 2.21 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 01 Mar 1991 | Test # 1165 | |
| 18.2 | 6 | 45 | 4 | 2.45 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 | Test # 1162 | |
| 15.0 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 3.00 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 15 Sep 1995 | Test # 1305 | |
| 15.5 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 2.96 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v West Indies | Moratuwa | 08 Dec 1993 | Test # 1239 | |
| 38.0 | 13 | 47 | 4 | 1.23 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Galle | 03 Jun 1998 | Test # 1416 | |
| 17.2 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 2.94 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 02 Jan 1992 | Test # 1182 | |
| 17.0 | 3 | 52 | 4 | 3.05 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 10 Jun 1998 | Test # 1418 | |
| 33.0 | 7 | 53 | 4 | 1.60 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1998 | Test # 1410 | |
| 23.4 | 5 | 54 | 4 | 2.28 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Sep 1999 | Test # 1461 | |
| 18.0 | 4 | 55 | 4 | 3.05 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Pakistan | Sialkot | 22 Sep 1995 | Test # 1306 | |
| 16.0 | 3 | 56 | 4 | 3.50 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Australia | Moratuwa | 08 Sep 1992 | Test # 1196 | |
| 29.4 | 10 | 56 | 4 | 1.88 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 04 Dec 1999 | Test # 1474 | |
| 27.0 | 7 | 60 | 4 | 2.22 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Apr 1997 | Test # 1367 | |
| 25.1 | 4 | 63 | 4 | 2.50 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Kandy | 09 Sep 1999 | Test # 1459 | |
| 35.1 | 8 | 64 | 4 | 1.81 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v South Africa | Colombo (PSS) | 14 Sep 1993 | Test # 1234 | |
| 22.0 | 5 | 66 | 4 | 3.00 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Colombo (SSC) | 17 Aug 1992 | Test # 1194 | |
| 23.0 | 5 | 68 | 4 | 2.95 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 | Test # 1162 | |
| 27.1 | 6 | 72 | 4 | 2.65 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Sialkot | 22 Sep 1995 | Test # 1306 | |
| 22.0 | 3 | 73 | 4 | 3.31 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (RPS) | 11 Sep 1996 | Test # 1333 | |
| 37.0 | 11 | 74 | 4 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 11 Oct 1994 | Test # 1270 | |
| 28.5 | 7 | 75 | 4 | 2.60 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Kandy | 26 Aug 1994 | Test # 1267 | |
| 26.5 | 6 | 82 | 4 | 3.05 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Moratuwa | 27 Nov 1992 | Test # 1203 | |
| 44.3 | 14 | 85 | 4 | 1.91 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 20 Oct 1994 | Test # 1271 | |
| 40.1 | 11 | 90 | 4 | 2.24 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v England | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Mar 1993 | Test # 1219 | |
| 34.3 | 6 | 97 | 4 | 2.81 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Australia | Galle | 22 Sep 1999 | Test # 1460 | |
| 25.0 | 4 | 98 | 4 | 3.92 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v England | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Mar 1993 | Test # 1219 | |
| 48.0 | 17 | 99 | 4 | 2.06 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 09 Aug 1997 | Test # 1376 | |
| 41.0 | 10 | 108 | 4 | 2.63 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1998 | Test # 1410 | |
| 45.0 | 12 | 118 | 4 | 2.62 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v England | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Mar 1993 | Test # 1219 | |
| 35.0 | 3 | 127 | 4 | 3.62 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Australia | Colombo (SSC) | 17 Aug 1992 | Test # 1194 | |
| 40.0 | 6 | 134 | 4 | 3.35 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Dec 1992 | Test # 1204 | |
| 50.0 | 9 | 134 | 4 | 2.68 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 08 Sep 1995 | Test # 1304 | |
| 45.0 | 8 | 135 | 4 | 3.00 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1998 | Test # 1410 | |
| 47.1 | 12 | 136 | 4 | 2.88 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 04 Aug 1993 | Test # 1229 | |
| 36.0 | 5 | 137 | 4 | 3.80 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v New Zealand | Colombo (RPS) | 27 May 1998 | Test # 1415 | |
| 35.0 | 6 | 144 | 4 | 4.11 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 07 Mar 1997 | Test # 1358 | |
| 26.0 | 3 | 145 | 4 | 5.57 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Kandy | 26 Aug 1994 | Test # 1267 | |
| 65.0 | 11 | 179 | 4 | 2.75 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Bengaluru | 26 Jan 1994 | Test # 1245 | |
| 14.4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0.68 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (RPS) | 11 Sep 1996 | Test # 1333 | |
| 15.0 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1.00 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Australia | Kandy | 09 Sep 1999 | Test # 1459 | |
| 12.1 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 1.80 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Dec 1992 | Test # 1204 | |
| 13.0 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 1.69 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 26 Nov 1999 | Test # 1473 | |
| 16.0 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1.50 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v New Zealand | Galle | 03 Jun 1998 | Test # 1416 | |
| 19.4 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 1.37 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Kandy | 07 Jan 1998 | Test # 1394 | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 2.33 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v West Indies | Kingstown | 20 Jun 1997 | Test # 1371 | |
| 18.5 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 1.59 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 10 Jun 1998 | Test # 1418 | |
| 19.0 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 1.73 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v New Zealand | Napier | 11 Mar 1995 | Test # 1292 | |
| 13.0 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 2.92 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Kandy | 09 Sep 1999 | Test # 1459 | |
| 13.0 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 3.00 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Sep 1993 | Test # 1233 | |
| 22.1 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 1.93 | Sri Lanka | 4 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 15 Sep 1995 | Test # 1305 | |
| 22.0 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 1.95 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1359 | |
| 16.0 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 2.68 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Australia | Kandy | 09 Sep 1999 | Test # 1459 | |
| 21.0 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 2.09 | Sri Lanka | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1996 | Test # 1324 | |
| 29.5 | 11 | 44 | 3 | 1.47 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 26 Nov 1999 | Test # 1473 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 2.50 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 02 Aug 1997 | Test # 1374 | |
| 31.2 | 13 | 47 | 3 | 1.50 | Sri Lanka | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 02 Jan 1992 | Test # 1182 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 2.61 | Sri Lanka | 1 | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1359 |
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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures