Bowling Best Figures Innings - vs Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in an innings in 2020s in Tests - vs Sri Lanka

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Jansen	6.5	1	13	7	1.90	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
Noman Ali	23.0	8	70	7	3.04	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
Sikandar Raza	43.0	8	113	7	2.62	Zimbabwe	2	v Sri Lanka	Harare	27 Jan 2020	Test # 2383
JM Anderson	29.0	13	40	6	1.37	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	3.86	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
AY Patel	30.0	8	90	6	3.00	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Sep 2024	Test # 2549
Nayeem Hasan	30.0	4	105	6	3.50	Bangladesh	1	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	15 May 2022	Test # 2462
JJ Bumrah	10.0	4	24	5	2.40	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
JO Holder	17.4	6	27	5	1.52	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
DM Bess	10.1	3	30	5	2.95	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
V Permaul	13.0	3	35	5	2.69	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
RA Jadeja	13.0	4	41	5	3.15	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	4 Mar 2022	Test # 2452
W O'Rourke	18.5	4	55	5	2.92	New Zealand	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Sep 2024	Test # 2549
AAP Atkinson	16.0	4	62	5	3.87	England	4	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	29 Aug 2024	Test # 2546
MP Kuhnemann	18.2	3	63	5	3.43	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
TG Southee	26.4	10	64	5	2.40	New Zealand	1	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	9 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
D Paterson	22.0	4	71	5	3.22	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	5 Dec 2024	Test # 2566
Taijul Islam	19.2	2	72	5	3.72	Bangladesh	3	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
KA Maharaj	25.0	3	76	5	3.04	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	5 Dec 2024	Test # 2566
RL Chase	28.5	3	83	5	2.87	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
Mohammad Nawaz	28.0	2	88	5	3.14	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
NM Lyon	25.0	2	90	5	3.60	Australia	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
Shakib Al Hasan	40.1	11	96	5	2.39	Bangladesh	2	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	23 May 2022	Test # 2463
Nayeem Hasan	43.2	4	121	5	2.79	Bangladesh	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2025	Test # 2586
MJ Leach	41.5	6	122	5	2.91	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
Taijul Islam	42.5	4	131	5	3.05	Bangladesh	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2025	Test # 2588
TM Head	2.5	0	10	4	3.52	Australia	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
NM Lyon	11.0	1	31	4	2.81	Australia	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
L Ngidi	15.0	5	44	4	2.93	South Africa	3	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
RA Jadeja	16.0	5	46	4	2.87	India	3	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	4 Mar 2022	Test # 2452
R Ashwin	21.0	5	47	4	2.23	India	3	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	4 Mar 2022	Test # 2452
DM Bess	16.0	1	49	4	3.06	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
JA Warrican	18.3	5	50	4	2.70	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
R Ashwin	19.3	3	55	4	2.82	India	4	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
Shaheen Shah Afridi	14.1	3	58	4	4.09	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
MJ Leach	14.0	1	59	4	4.21	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
MP Kuhnemann	23.0	5	63	4	2.73	Australia	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Feb 2025	Test # 2580
Hasan Mahmud	15.0	2	65	4	4.33	Bangladesh	3	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	30 Mar 2024	Test # 2537
Abrar Ahmed	20.4	3	69	4	3.33	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
M Jansen	21.4	5	73	4	3.36	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	29.0	8	74	4	2.55	Bangladesh	3	v Sri Lanka	Sylhet	22 Mar 2024	Test # 2536
L Sipamla	16.0	1	76	4	4.75	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
NM Lyon	19.0	4	78	4	4.10	Australia	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
MJ Henry	26.0	8	80	4	3.07	New Zealand	1	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	9 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
Taijul Islam	34.0	9	82	4	2.41	Bangladesh	3	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	15 May 2022	Test # 2462
Naveed Zadran	22.5	4	83	4	3.63	Afghanistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2 Feb 2024	Test # 2527
NM Lyon	28.0	3	84	4	3.00	Australia	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Feb 2025	Test # 2580
MP Kuhnemann	17.3	2	86	4	4.91	Australia	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
MA Starc	29.0	3	89	4	3.06	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	8 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
BM Tickner	28.0	1	100	4	3.57	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	9 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
Taskin Ahmed	34.2	7	127	4	3.69	Bangladesh	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
Ebadot Hossain	38.0	4	148	4	3.89	Bangladesh	2	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	23 May 2022	Test # 2463
SCJ Broad	9.0	3	20	3	2.22	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
JJ Bumrah	9.0	4	23	3	2.55	India	4	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
Taijul Islam	16.0	6	23	3	1.43	Bangladesh	4	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2025	Test # 2586
PWA Mulder	7.0	3	25	3	3.57	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
CR Woakes	11.0	3	32	3	2.90	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	21 Aug 2024	Test # 2545
OP Stone	9.0	3	35	3	3.88	England	2	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
MA Starc	16.0	3	37	3	2.31	Australia	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Feb 2025	Test # 2580
L Sipamla	9.5	1	40	3	4.06	South Africa	3	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
Naseem Shah	14.0	3	41	3	2.92	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
MJ Henry	20.0	6	44	3	2.20	New Zealand	2	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	17 Mar 2023	Test # 2500
Naseem Shah	17.4	5	44	3	2.49	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
KAJ Roach	16.0	2	47	3	2.93	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
MJ Potts	17.3	4	47	3	2.68	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	21 Aug 2024	Test # 2545
W O'Rourke	17.0	2	49	3	2.88	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Sep 2024	Test # 2549
MG Bracewell	12.0	1	50	3	4.16	New Zealand	2	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	17 Mar 2023	Test # 2500
TG Southee	27.0	13	51	3	1.88	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	17 Mar 2023	Test # 2500
J Hull	11.0	0	53	3	4.81	England	2	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
MJ Swepson	13.0	0	55	3	4.23	Australia	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
Shoaib Bashir	23.0	4	55	3	2.39	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	21 Aug 2024	Test # 2545
NM Lyon	20.0	3	57	3	2.85	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
KAJ Roach	18.0	5	58	3	3.22	West Indies	2	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	29 Mar 2021	Test # 2417
Naseem Shah	18.0	3	58	3	3.22	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473
CR Woakes	22.0	6	58	3	2.63	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	21 Aug 2024	Test # 2545
Shakib Al Hasan	39.0	12	60	3	1.53	Bangladesh	1	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	15 May 2022	Test # 2462
Sikandar Raza	16.0	0	62	3	3.87	Zimbabwe	2	v Sri Lanka	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
MP Kuhnemann	33.4	9	63	3	1.87	Australia	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Feb 2025	Test # 2580
Abrar Ahmed	31.2	9	68	3	2.17	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
Abrar Ahmed	24.1	5	68	3	2.81	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
VM Nyauchi	32.0	7	69	3	2.15	Zimbabwe	2	v Sri Lanka	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
PWA Mulder	20.0	4	69	3	3.45	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
MJ Henry	28.0	5	71	3	2.53	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	9 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
Khaled Ahmed	17.0	2	72	3	4.23	Bangladesh	1	v Sri Lanka	Sylhet	22 Mar 2024	Test # 2536
KAJ Roach	27.0	3	74	3	2.74	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
Hasan Mahmud	21.0	4	74	3	3.52	Bangladesh	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2025	Test # 2586
Noman Ali	25.0	5	75	3	3.00	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
Yasir Shah	22.0	2	83	3	3.77	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473
MA Wood	28.0	4	84	3	3.00	England	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
BM Tickner	26.0	6	84	3	3.23	New Zealand	3	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	17 Mar 2023	Test # 2500
Shaheen Shah Afridi	24.0	3	86	3	3.58	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
JA Warrican	32.0	5	87	3	2.71	West Indies	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
Nahid Rana	14.0	2	87	3	6.21	Bangladesh	1	v Sri Lanka	Sylhet	22 Mar 2024	Test # 2536
Nayeem Hasan	18.0	4	87	3	4.83	Bangladesh	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2025	Test # 2588
Naseem Shah	22.0	2	90	3	4.09	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
NM Lyon	34.0	5	96	3	2.82	Australia	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Feb 2025	Test # 2580
DM Bess	33.0	4	100	3	3.03	England	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
MJ Swepson	38.0	2	103	3	2.71	Australia	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	8 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
V Permaul	40.0	4	106	3	2.65	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
Shakib Al Hasan	37.0	5	110	3	2.97	Bangladesh	1	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	30 Mar 2024	Test # 2537

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]